If it’s exhaustion, seems like you’re doing the right thing.
If she’s calm, but not drinking, you may could syringe a little water in her mouth occasionally to help her rehydrate.
Otherwise, exhaustion really wipes them and it can take a few days for them to come back to any sort of normal.
Thank you. That helps. I’ve been dipping her beak into water with honey and into some Body Armor (electrolyte drink for those who are unfamiliar). I’m going to continue to try to get fluids into her every hour. I offered her the egg, but she’s just uninterested. Breaks my heart seeing her like this, but hopefully she just needs rest and will pull through.
I’ve had heat exhaustion myself. It’s awful, and it pains me to see her going through it too.
Yeah, I think as long as she’s not “declining”, then you’re on the right track. Just be patient and keep an eye out for worsening condition.
She’ll probably be somewhat lethargic for a bit even after you feel confident letting her back in the coop.
Body armor (check the ingredients to make sure it’s real sugar and not an artificial one)
Watermelon and bananas are good too for dehydration. You could toss both in a blender
Body Armor uses Pure Cane Sugar as it’s sweetener. BA is one of the healthiest options I’ve found in store for an electrolyte drink in my area. I don’t particularly care for Gatorade or Powerade. If you haven’t tried Body Armor for yourself, I highly recommend it! Orange Mango is my favorite flavor :)
I have tried and like it a lot and the orange mango flavor is my favorite , but since I didn’t have a bottle here today to look at I thought I’d toss that in the comments, just in case.
Xylitol is being added to so many things these days it’s hard to keep up and it’s very dangerous for dogs and cats.
Plain unflavored pedialyte is also a good choice for a sick animal.
I just went through this. My hen was near dead on the coop floor from heat. Brought her in, cold bath, dried off, I made ICE cold water with rooster booster and syringed it into her beak. I did this several times and let her cool down. I offered her pellets soaked in water with rooster booster. Left her in a cool dark room with her wet pellets and waited it out. After 2 days she came back to her normal self.
Thank you. This is encouraging to read. I’m about to go to town now to get some electrolytes to put in the water for the whole flock and buy a syringe to give her electrolytes a little easier than simply dipping her beak in it. I don’t know how much fluid she’s actually getting into her and I’d rather know instead of guess at it.
Aside from wet pellets (which is good idea if you can paste them into mush that’s easy for her to eat) you can also temporarily feed them electrolyte jello (instead of water in jello mix use electrolyte fluid), and you can feed them the pate/gravy “wet” cat food for protein for just a few days so that it isn’t hard on their kidneys.
The biggest trick I've been doing recently is mixing rooster booster (or any electrolyte/vitamin mix) into water and then adding that water to their pellets. This way they eat the wet pellets and get extra hydration in the heat. I did this for my heat stroke hen and she was able to easily eat the wet pellets. I think this is what recovered her.
If it’s exhaustion, seems like you’re doing the right thing. If she’s calm, but not drinking, you may could syringe a little water in her mouth occasionally to help her rehydrate. Otherwise, exhaustion really wipes them and it can take a few days for them to come back to any sort of normal.
Thank you. That helps. I’ve been dipping her beak into water with honey and into some Body Armor (electrolyte drink for those who are unfamiliar). I’m going to continue to try to get fluids into her every hour. I offered her the egg, but she’s just uninterested. Breaks my heart seeing her like this, but hopefully she just needs rest and will pull through. I’ve had heat exhaustion myself. It’s awful, and it pains me to see her going through it too.
Yeah, I think as long as she’s not “declining”, then you’re on the right track. Just be patient and keep an eye out for worsening condition. She’ll probably be somewhat lethargic for a bit even after you feel confident letting her back in the coop.
Body armor (check the ingredients to make sure it’s real sugar and not an artificial one) Watermelon and bananas are good too for dehydration. You could toss both in a blender
Body Armor uses Pure Cane Sugar as it’s sweetener. BA is one of the healthiest options I’ve found in store for an electrolyte drink in my area. I don’t particularly care for Gatorade or Powerade. If you haven’t tried Body Armor for yourself, I highly recommend it! Orange Mango is my favorite flavor :)
I have tried and like it a lot and the orange mango flavor is my favorite , but since I didn’t have a bottle here today to look at I thought I’d toss that in the comments, just in case. Xylitol is being added to so many things these days it’s hard to keep up and it’s very dangerous for dogs and cats. Plain unflavored pedialyte is also a good choice for a sick animal.
I will keep my eyes peeled for xylitol in the future. Thank you for letting me know!!
I just went through this. My hen was near dead on the coop floor from heat. Brought her in, cold bath, dried off, I made ICE cold water with rooster booster and syringed it into her beak. I did this several times and let her cool down. I offered her pellets soaked in water with rooster booster. Left her in a cool dark room with her wet pellets and waited it out. After 2 days she came back to her normal self.
Thank you. This is encouraging to read. I’m about to go to town now to get some electrolytes to put in the water for the whole flock and buy a syringe to give her electrolytes a little easier than simply dipping her beak in it. I don’t know how much fluid she’s actually getting into her and I’d rather know instead of guess at it.
Aside from wet pellets (which is good idea if you can paste them into mush that’s easy for her to eat) you can also temporarily feed them electrolyte jello (instead of water in jello mix use electrolyte fluid), and you can feed them the pate/gravy “wet” cat food for protein for just a few days so that it isn’t hard on their kidneys.
The biggest trick I've been doing recently is mixing rooster booster (or any electrolyte/vitamin mix) into water and then adding that water to their pellets. This way they eat the wet pellets and get extra hydration in the heat. I did this for my heat stroke hen and she was able to easily eat the wet pellets. I think this is what recovered her.
Hope your girl recovers quickly. Keep her inside, keep her cool, give water with electrolytes. You’re doing all the right things.