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We've been nursing along our ailing 3 year old Orpington nearly a month now. Nothing we did seemed to help. She finally died last night.
I've previously cut open a few other birds that had been culled for various reasons and this bird looked different.
One question I had is that when we began to cut into her a large amount of yellow/clear fluid came gushing out. I would imagine all told there was nearly 3/4 cup. I know this is not normal, but wondered if it is normal for the situation. She had been dead for several hours. She died sometime in the night and we had to wait most of the day to investigate. The other birds we have autopsied have always been done immediately after death. So.....fliud in the cavity normal for this situation or part of what killed her.
The other significant thing was that it appears as though her intestine was tangled and adhered together. Instead of a long free intestine there was a bundle that was knotted. It had normal looking poop in it in the various places we cut in. She began her ilness with watery poop a month ago and recently hardly pooped at all. We figured that was due to not eating.
I have pictures if any one is interested!! They are graphic...of course...but I'd be happy to post for anyone who would like to see.
Also wondering, how does the intestine get tangled like that? I could not lay it out in a straight line at all.
Poor thing hung in there for so long........
We've been nursing along our ailing 3 year old Orpington nearly a month now. Nothing we did seemed to help. She finally died last night.
I've previously cut open a few other birds that had been culled for various reasons and this bird looked different.
One question I had is that when we began to cut into her a large amount of yellow/clear fluid came gushing out. I would imagine all told there was nearly 3/4 cup. I know this is not normal, but wondered if it is normal for the situation. She had been dead for several hours. She died sometime in the night and we had to wait most of the day to investigate. The other birds we have autopsied have always been done immediately after death. So.....fliud in the cavity normal for this situation or part of what killed her.
The other significant thing was that it appears as though her intestine was tangled and adhered together. Instead of a long free intestine there was a bundle that was knotted. It had normal looking poop in it in the various places we cut in. She began her ilness with watery poop a month ago and recently hardly pooped at all. We figured that was due to not eating.
I have pictures if any one is interested!! They are graphic...of course...but I'd be happy to post for anyone who would like to see.
Also wondering, how does the intestine get tangled like that? I could not lay it out in a straight line at all.
Poor thing hung in there for so long........
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