Frounce in a Merlin Help

[CooperMan]

I have just got back from picking up a little Merlin found in a womans garden in a town just down the road from us nothing was outwardly wrong with it. other than when I got there it was sat on the arm of her sofa happy as larry but lethargic. On feeling its keel it was a little sharp. I have brought it home for feeding up. She weighed 61/2 oz. on closer inspection she appears to have frounce. so I am going to pick up some (metrodizile don't think that is spelt right) from the vet tomorrow so I will see how we get on. I was rather suprised to find it so close to the town but the fells are only 4 miles in a straight line so I assume it has come down for the winter. The question is do I dare trying to force feed feed it tonight, she is taking small quail strips from my fingers but flicks it away I'm worried she will be to weak to deal with food in the morning if I leave her. She has had a couple of doses of lectade and has passed two green but otherwise normal mutes.

[GriffMJ]

Sorry cant help...but keep us posted Cooperman.

[As The Falcon Her Bells]

If you have any way of croptubing, it would be good, if you do not have a crop tube sometimes just the empty tube of a pen will do. Boil it in water first and make sure there is no traces of dirt or inq on it. Mix a joke sack of a chick diluted with some warm water and tiny pieces of chick leg ore quail (no bone) into a mash and very gently blow it into her crop, try to file down the sharp edges of the pen so they are rounded and smooth and dont hurt her inside the throat, watch out for the wing pipe at the end of her toung.
Fluid its more importent then food really, so keep it quite "liquidy".

[Sprout]

Good advice ATFHB. Fluids are more important than solids. I assume you have seen white plaques in the mouth to assume frounce? Unfortunately that is not the only caus eof white plaques, get it swabbed and check under the microscope there and then to confirm - it could be bacterial or even fungal infection as well as/instead of tricomoniasis

[Sprout]

You're welcome to bring it to our surgery if you need tomorrow. You have PM

[GriffMJ]

Good advice ATFHB. Fluids are more important than solids. I assume you have seen white plaques in the mouth to assume frounce? Unfortunately that is not the only caus eof white plaques, get it swabbed and check under the microscope there and then to confirm - it could be bacterial or even fungal infection as well as/instead of tricomoniasis

Hi Sprout

Have you got any pics of Frounce or other oral infections ....or have any links to websites that contain them? I would be interested to know more about it.

[Boobook]

There are some pics on here...
http://www.themodernapprentice.com/frounce.htm

[GriffMJ]

There are some pics on here...
http://www.themodernapprentice.com/frounce.htm

Thanks Boobook :) Its not pretty is it! I have Fox's video's on Anatomy and Healthcare... will have to view again...must have missed the frounce part.

[CooperMan]

Thanks for the help guys and girls but she didn't make it through the night.
I'm gutted she was a lovely little bird and quite a suprise I thought Iwas going to pick up a Kestrel from what the woman who reported it said.
Thanks again
Cooperman.