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Date Posted: 10:43:22 06/04/12 Mon
Author: D C T friendly poultry orthopedist
Subject: Re: HELP! 5 week old chick stopped walking and has tremors
In reply to: Khymn 's message, "HELP! 5 week old chick stopped walking and has tremors" on 20:42:00 06/03/12 Sun

I clicked that photobucket link but all I saw was somebody
doing bungi jumping.
Actually do NOT even need picture to know what is wrong
with your chick having seen and treated this several times.
Your chick is the right age to get botulism which more
often than not will hit just one member of a group while
the others show NO evidence of illness. The toxin is the
same one that is injected in people's faces to paralize the
muscles that make wrinkles. In nature it occurs in maggots
or feed that has become wet so that germs grow in it
creating the toxin. But I have failed to find maggots or
rotting feed around victims of this.
The symptoms vary but the neck and/or leg muscles are
usual target. There will be muscle spasmz or paralsysis.
The neck may twist. Legs may spraddle and flop. Toes may
curl. There was once a cockerel that did benefit from
having toes taped straight as he was recovering but this
is NOT an orthopedic problem.
Yes, vitamins and minerals help with recovery. I have had
to hold and hand feed victims to prevent them from
starving. ALL vitamins are helpful but especailly A, B-
complex, C and E do help with the recovery of the nerves
that were damaged. Cortizone (prednisone) has an
anti-inflamitory effect that also helps those nerves to
heal.

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