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    Gizzard impaction - X-ray confirmed. How to proceed?

    Thank you everyone for your support - it really meant alot to me. I spoke with the vet this evening and got an update on the necropsy results - it was the right decision. She had tumors in her liver, kidneys, proventriculus, intestines and pancreas. Her liver was also 3-4x its normal size. She...
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    Gizzard impaction - X-ray confirmed. How to proceed?

    Thank you everyone for your kind words - I really do hurt when I loose them - but that just means they brought me a lot of happiness so I find peace in that thought. She wasn’t suffering - with exception of that one really bad day - which always makes the decision harder, it would not have been...
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    Gizzard impaction - X-ray confirmed. How to proceed?

    Day 16. Moe was doing well thismorning but I decided to push her vet appointment for her next X-ray ahead because I honestly felt that this was more than just a gizzard impaction. Things were just not right even though she was improving. I took her for a (very long) drive to an avian specialist...
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    Gizzard impaction - X-ray confirmed. How to proceed?

    Day 15. Moe’s still going... somehow. Did a complete turn around the day after my last post and seemed to be having the best day yet, also improved today. Poops are now either solid with a good white cap (though still completely green and full of plant material) or she has the odd poop that is...
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    Gizzard impaction - X-ray confirmed. How to proceed?

    13. Poor Moe, she’s not doing too good today. Her condition has deteriorated and she is staying still and open beak breathing (no gasping though). I got the stethoscope out and had a listen to her air sacks and fluid is in the abdominal one, you can clearly hear it - the lungs themselves sound...
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    Gizzard impaction - X-ray confirmed. How to proceed?

    Next update - day 12. She has been a lot more lively and wanting to move around more but does still have the odd period where she fluffs up and stays still for a while. Poops are more ‘normal looking’ although they are a very dark green. I have noticed that to get her pooping she has to be...
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    Gizzard impaction - X-ray confirmed. How to proceed?

    Day 10 - oh my gosh it was on today! Little Moe (don’t think I have actually mentioned her name yet lol) got booted out of her pen at dawn before she could eat the bedding and everything overnight looked the same - I was tossing up the idea that euthanasia may be a better way for her to go...
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    Gizzard impaction - X-ray confirmed. How to proceed?

    It’s so odd that you mention Coca Cola! At the start when I was under the impression it was packed full of grit I ran some experiments on shell grit in citric acid at different concentrations with the amount of grit I guessed would be in her system. I tied the top of the jars off with an elastic...
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    Gizzard impaction - X-ray confirmed. How to proceed?

    Tonight is day 9. She was slow during most of the day and poops were small and dark green as usual. When inspected there is grasses and grit in them though so it isn’t all digestive enzymes. I did another smear and found nothing remarkable and did my first gram stain on a slide but only found...
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    Gizzard impaction - X-ray confirmed. How to proceed?

    At the start before I knew exactly what was going on I tried applesauce and molasses flushes - they worked but mostly as a diuretic with little faecal material. I still give molasses on occasion with water but it is mostly for electrolytes if she looks like she needs a pick me up. There are a...
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    Gizzard impaction - X-ray confirmed. How to proceed?

    Hi LaFleche, thank you for replying :). Her crop is doughy but good considering, it empties but incredibly slowly (days). Her gizzard is the problem unfortunately you can feel it in her lower abdomen - it fills up most of her lower body cavity (soft tissues area behind the legs). I’m guessing...
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    Gizzard impaction - X-ray confirmed. How to proceed?

    Day 8. She’s somehow still going, although she seems to be much the same. Foods are still liquids only and I tossed up trying to get surgery for her - but I doubt she would make it through the anaesthesia, she’s so weak and thin. Despite that - she’s still full of sass and not afraid to pick a...
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    Gizzard impaction - X-ray confirmed. How to proceed?

    Update before putting her to bed tonight on day 6. She doesn’t look too good again and I am not expecting her to make it through the night - although I have thought this every night so far. Poops are back to looking thin and have turned light green. She is very interested in any food but not...
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    Gizzard impaction - X-ray confirmed. How to proceed?

    I thought I would write down some more information about what happened and updates about the situation as it seems there is very little reading material about this online. Hopefully this helps someone someday. Day 1 Noticed that she had slowed down when let out of the coop in the morning...
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    Gizzard impaction - X-ray confirmed. How to proceed?

    Thank you :love It is a bit of a tricky situation and a difficult one to fix -but she is still looking bright and has a good appetite (eating puréed foods and oils only to try to get things moving) so there is still hope.
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    Gizzard impaction - X-ray confirmed. How to proceed?

    I have a 6 m old silkie pullet that had coccidiosis and has been treated. I look her to the vet today for an X-ray looking for a tumor or another blockage as her crop will not empty and a mass can be felt in her lower abdomen. This girl has a massive gizzard impaction full of grit, her crop is...
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