[2022/02/17, 09:02:40] Heather Nixon: Hi. I have a client with a 6 month old ostrich chick. It's been on chicken feed, lucerne and chopped kikuyu. She was away and apparently it's lost lots of weight and appears blind. So pecking to eat but not finding its food. If she puts food in its beak it eats. Is this a deficiency? [[2022/02/17, 11:02:18] Bart Gazendam: Does it have access to gravel/pebbles/stones? [2022/02/17, 11:32:13] Heather Nixon: I believe so, why? [2022/02/17, 11:33:26] Bart Gazendam: They need it for proper gut/digestion function to grind down the food in the gizzard, otherwise they can't take up the nutrients. [2022/02/17, 11:34:18] Heather Nixon: Thanks Bart, I'll check. [2022/02/17, 11:34:50] Bart Gazendam: But if it is not eating it is probably not drinking either, so also check hydration status, might just be very weak at the moment, can give fluids SC [2022/02/17, 11:35:19] Heather Nixon: 👍💫
