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    Crop Surgery at Home??

    Has anyone performed crop surgery at home on their chicken?? Mine swallowed nylon string and it is balled up in her crop for 2 days (about the size of a golf ball). She is still eating and drinking but it is getting time sensitive. I have called several vets and the best option is a doc 2 hours...
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    Emergency crop surgery question

    Did you end up doing the surgery yourself???
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    Emergency crop surgery question

    I am considering performing crop surgery myself as I am in a similar position to the original creator of this thread where I can’t find a vet to operate on my sweet chicken. She ingested a large amount of nylon string and it is balled up in her crop. I have never performed any type of surgery...
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    Help! My chicken swallowed nylon string!

    I might have to give it a go. I don’t think I have any other options. I think waiting until Friday for the vet is pushing it time wise.
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    Help! My chicken swallowed nylon string!

    This is very helpful thank you! I don’t feel confident in my abilities at all but I might have to give it a go. I don’t think she will make it otherwise.
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    Chicken crop surgery advice

    Hi! How is she doing? Did she make it? Going thru something similar with my girl right now and considering doing an at home crop surgery
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    Help! My chicken swallowed nylon string!

    Unfortunately the closet avian vet is almost 2 hours away and quoted me $400 total for the surgery. I’m hoping it doesn’t come down to that but it sounds like if she can’t digest it then that’s our only option. I made an appointment for Friday afternoon but spending that much is going to be...
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    Help! My chicken swallowed nylon string!

    Thank you so much- I really hope so too.
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    Help! My chicken swallowed nylon string!

    Wednesday morning update! Chicken girl is still acting normal and seems comfortable and active BUT upon inspection this morning she has a golf ball sized hard bulge in her crop area. This was the first time I felt anything abnormal so I will be calling the avian vet back today to likely get her...
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    Help! My chicken swallowed nylon string!

    Epsom salt flush is a good recommendation how do you administer that?
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    Help! My chicken swallowed nylon string!

    Update this morning- chicken girl is still acting completely fine and normal. Last night I fed her a mixture of egg white and olive oil and she loved it. The vet told me to give her Metamucil so this morning I added a little Metamucil to the egg white and olive oil mixture to really try and get...
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    Help! My chicken swallowed nylon string!

    I attached a photo of the size of the string I think she consumed- the shorter one is what was hanging out of her mouth- the longer one is another string I think the same length as the original one she consumed
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    Help! My chicken swallowed nylon string!

    Unfortunately not- I tried pulling it out for about 10 minutes but it was pretty lodged in there and was worrried if I kept pulling or pulled any harder I would cause her more damaged. I ended up snipping off the rest. I’m just hoping she will survive but it’s really hard to tell. So far she is...
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    Help! My chicken swallowed nylon string!

    That’s amazing advice thank you so much!
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    Help! My chicken swallowed nylon string!

    My backyard chicken got ahold of a 5 foot long nylon string and I found her with about 2.5 feet of the string hanging out of her mouth meaning she swallowed about 2.5 feet I tried giving it a hard tug a few time but was worried to pull too hard. I ended up snipping the rest and called an avian...
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