TheRealChickenLord
Chirping
- May 12, 2023
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I’m posting about my Porcelain D’uccle Bantam Hen. Her name is Irish, she just turned 3 years old and I love her to death.
Last Tuesday (3-4 days ago) I noticed she was making a face and standing weird. She also retreated and refused to come to me like she usually does. I knew this wasn’t a good sign. I took her inside, made her a box in solitary, analyzed her situation and immediately went online.
Oh boy was there a lot to unpack.
It looked looked like her vent was clogged and something was protruding but it was hard to tell because of how dirty it was with feces and gleet. I did research and was concerned it was a prolapse and was causing her to be clogged up so I soaked her, gave her some meds to help with swelling and I’ve been feeding her a lot of probiotics. She’s been living in a box in my closet for a few days to keep her from laying. At a closer look it seemed less like a prolapse and more like a buildup of dried gleet. Today I soaked her again and the weird protruding mass went back into her vent, closing over it. But her vent is still protruding like the mass is still there, I can’t remove it while it’s in there. I can’t even see it. She can’t seem to get anything out.
She struggles to poop and I hear her squeal and push all the time, it’s heartbreaking and I have no clue what to do about it. I’ve been told to contact a vet, but unfortunately I can’t afford a vet visit. (I’m 16).
She tries to peck at her vent and I’ve tried to stop her, but when I leave for school there’s nothing I can do so I come home and see it’s irritated. What looks like blood, gleet and very runny feces is the only thing that can make it out. I rarely ever post anything anywhere online but I really want to save my bird.
Does anyone have any clue what I can do? Im open to answer any questions. Thank you so much.
Last Tuesday (3-4 days ago) I noticed she was making a face and standing weird. She also retreated and refused to come to me like she usually does. I knew this wasn’t a good sign. I took her inside, made her a box in solitary, analyzed her situation and immediately went online.
Oh boy was there a lot to unpack.
It looked looked like her vent was clogged and something was protruding but it was hard to tell because of how dirty it was with feces and gleet. I did research and was concerned it was a prolapse and was causing her to be clogged up so I soaked her, gave her some meds to help with swelling and I’ve been feeding her a lot of probiotics. She’s been living in a box in my closet for a few days to keep her from laying. At a closer look it seemed less like a prolapse and more like a buildup of dried gleet. Today I soaked her again and the weird protruding mass went back into her vent, closing over it. But her vent is still protruding like the mass is still there, I can’t remove it while it’s in there. I can’t even see it. She can’t seem to get anything out.
She struggles to poop and I hear her squeal and push all the time, it’s heartbreaking and I have no clue what to do about it. I’ve been told to contact a vet, but unfortunately I can’t afford a vet visit. (I’m 16).
She tries to peck at her vent and I’ve tried to stop her, but when I leave for school there’s nothing I can do so I come home and see it’s irritated. What looks like blood, gleet and very runny feces is the only thing that can make it out. I rarely ever post anything anywhere online but I really want to save my bird.
Does anyone have any clue what I can do? Im open to answer any questions. Thank you so much.
