scrambledmess
Ridin' The Range
I posted on BYC and got no response. Since an emergency success is based on time, I am posting here too.
I found a turkey in the pool. It is one of the domestic white breasted ones we got for 4H. It was still alive when I found it, but barely. It was very pale, almost blue with agonal breathing. I think I may have gotten it past the hypothermia stage. I dried him with towels and then used a blow dryer intermittently to warm him. He is now wrapped in dry towels in the bath tub. The lights are out in the room to help keep him calm. He is not warm yet. But he is no longer cold. He has pinked up quite a bit and his breathing is not labored at this time.
I am, however, worried about pneumonia setting in. When I originally pulled him from the water, his breathing sounding very wet. I have no idea about antibiotics for poultry. Any tips, pointers, be there done thats? No, I am not calling in a vet on this one. One of my goats and the vet would have been here long before, but not on this turkey.
I found a turkey in the pool. It is one of the domestic white breasted ones we got for 4H. It was still alive when I found it, but barely. It was very pale, almost blue with agonal breathing. I think I may have gotten it past the hypothermia stage. I dried him with towels and then used a blow dryer intermittently to warm him. He is now wrapped in dry towels in the bath tub. The lights are out in the room to help keep him calm. He is not warm yet. But he is no longer cold. He has pinked up quite a bit and his breathing is not labored at this time.
I am, however, worried about pneumonia setting in. When I originally pulled him from the water, his breathing sounding very wet. I have no idea about antibiotics for poultry. Any tips, pointers, be there done thats? No, I am not calling in a vet on this one. One of my goats and the vet would have been here long before, but not on this turkey.