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    Unknown vent area related internal injury (pictures are unpleasant/graphic)

    Still seems to be doing just fine! I think that she even looks better than yesterday. She's no longer huddled down with her feathers puffed out and, although I think that the stitches around her vent are bothering her a little, she doesn't look like she's in any real pain from the surgery. There...
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    Unknown vent area related internal injury (pictures are unpleasant/graphic)

    Here she is now and we're keeping her separate from her sister for at least a couple days.
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    Unknown vent area related internal injury (pictures are unpleasant/graphic)

    Alright, things went pretty well (we think). The vet couldn't tell what the mass actually was or if it was essential in keeping her alive but since it was mostly dead we decided to amputate the entire mass and hope for the best. She got anesthesia and it took about 15 minutes and there was...
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    Unknown vent area related internal injury (pictures are unpleasant/graphic)

    Alright, we're going to leave for the vet in a little bit here. I'll let you guys know what happens later on, fingers crossed that they can help her.
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    Unknown vent area related internal injury (pictures are unpleasant/graphic)

    Ok, looks like she has an appointment with a vet tomorrow afternoon and, although it's still quite a bit of a drive, it's much closer than I had thought I'd have to go.
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    Unknown vent area related internal injury (pictures are unpleasant/graphic)

    So another quick update: I've continued things mostly in the same way as before but yesterday I soaked her in a salt bath for about 45 minutes (much longer than ever before). The black part of the mass was just falling off in pieces (this was good I think) after about 25 minutes soaking so I...
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    Unknown vent area related internal injury (pictures are unpleasant/graphic)

    Oh, and I forgot to say that I did get the amoxicillin today and gave her the first dose.
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    Unknown vent area related internal injury (pictures are unpleasant/graphic)

    Yeah I've been giving daily magnesium salt soaks. I didn't do one today since she had been so lethargic but tomorrow I will again. I've been doing the hydrocortisone cream daily as well which seemed to keep it somewhat moist, at least for a while. I might try to do that more often, at least...
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    Unknown vent area related internal injury (pictures are unpleasant/graphic)

    Yeah, I'll have to see what my options are and if there's anyone that will even take her. All the vets somewhat near me have explicitly told me that they don't work on chickens or any livestock. I think the nearest vet that would maybe do it was about 2 hours drive from me (although I don't have...
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    Unknown vent area related internal injury (pictures are unpleasant/graphic)

    I'm not honestly 100% sure where she's been bleeding from but I know that at least some of it came out of that little red droplet shaped thing at the very bottom of the mass. I think that the necrotic skin doesn't bleed much but that something under/around it is bleeding. The outer necrotic...
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    Unknown vent area related internal injury (pictures are unpleasant/graphic)

    Honestly it doesn't really look quite like the other prolapse pictures I've seen on here. It is much darker and harder looking. Also there is a layer of some hard white substance (calcium maybe?) that is crusted to the whole thing. There is a soft red thing at the bottom that was bleeding and...
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    Unknown vent area related internal injury (pictures are unpleasant/graphic)

    Just a small update: I've been doing the treatments daily (Calcium Citrate/Vitamin D, Witch Hazel, antibiotic cream, hydrocortisone, Vetericyn) that you guys recommended while I wait for the internal antibiotics (amoxicillin) to come in the mail. I've also continued the salt water baths if she...
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    Unknown vent area related internal injury (pictures are unpleasant/graphic)

    Wow, okay. This gives me some hope now that I see some things I can do for her. The only thing I'm not too comfortable with (only due to not using it before) is the Amoxicillin. I know that antibiotics can be sometimes hard to come by without a vet's prescription but I think I know where I can...
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    Unknown vent area related internal injury (pictures are unpleasant/graphic)

    Here's a nice picture of these little guys earlier in the day before I noticed this so you can see they look rather normal outwardly. The one closest to the camera is the sick one.
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    Unknown vent area related internal injury (pictures are unpleasant/graphic)

    Type of bird: Serama chicken (with silkied feathers), very small around 12oz weight, 1+ year old. Behavior: Picking with beak at vent area and beak has occasionally been bloody. Otherwise she's been pretty normal until today she seemed just a tiny bit more lethargic than average but still...
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