So Rosemary was looking like she was slightly improving yesterday and now this morning she is really not looking good again. I started the yeast meds friday so 3 days of treatment so far. She still has quite a bit of liquid on her crop. She drinks a lot but hasn't really eaten much since...
Crap crap crap :eek:
I bought a box this morning labelled dulcolax and gave her half a suppository around 1pm...just read your post and then re-read the box...it is a laxative and not a stool softner!! Shit...is this going to make her worse or have more pain? Poor little hen :(
Ok thank you! Going to give her the laxative and the yeast meds today...do you give them at the same time or space them out. Laxative first and then yeast med a few hours later?
Rosemary has made it through the night though she is not looking any better today. She is very lethargic and having trouble standing. I just let her rest with no food or water in the night. About 2 hours ago we tried the 2 tsp of cold coconut oil and massage. The crop DID seem to go down a bit...
I have already tipped her just slightly forward for a couple seconds quite a few times today and lots of liquid spills out. Despite her drinking hardly any water she continues to balloon up. I am just not understanding where the liquid inside her is coming from if she is not drinking.
Ok, I will keep reading. I was just a bit confused about the info I read on her for crop impaction because I can not feel a hard lump. It is like a big balloon of water in her crop that just keep refilling somehow and the liquid is just spilling out of her mouth every time I move her or pick her up.
Help! This morning I would my 2 year old hen looking very lethargic. At first I thought she might be egg bound so I gave her an epsom salt bath and checked around her vent. It had a bit of yellow discharge. It did not feel swollen though and I could not feel an egg. As I was lift her out of the...