➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[NanaKat]

Yuck indeed. We had a prolapse this year as well. Got it to go back in by reducing the swelling with sugar, it was interesting to see.
Hubby’s favorite “horror farm story” is the time he and my FIL had to cut a deformed stillborn calf out of a cow with nothing but a pocket knife. The cow lived.

A darn fine one at that! You keep the whole operation turning.

Fortunately she was in a squeeze chute and we keep a fully stocked med kit/cabinet. I donned the sleeve glove and manipulated the prolapse back in and stitched the vulva to keep it inside. Mom and calf were kept in the barn lot until We pulled the stitches. She had no other problems with successive births.
Was the calf your hubby and fil removed with the pocket knife a schistosoma reflexum? We only had one in all the 45 years we have had cattle. We took the cow to the vet thinking we were dealing with mingled twins since 4 feet were in the birth canal. Using a flexible cable saw was the way the still born was removed. Fascinating and vet said it can happen with any ruminant.

 

[CrazyCrttr75]

This heat has sent Daisy back in to broodiness hell. Guess it is going to be back to broody jail for her! Thank goodness the weather is supposed to break by Thurs night.

Daisy is on the right. That was her box of choice last time as well. Amber, in the left box, is just trying to lay her egg. I’m not home at the moment so I guess I will put her in jail after I get back.

 

[CrazyCrttr75]

Just got done moving over Daisy to what we’re using as a “jail”. This works out well because she can roost if she chooses to do so, she has partial shade, partial sun, food and water and she is out with the flock. Win, win, win all the way around. She is so not happy with me lol. Although now she has stopped ba-cawing and is now just pacing and softly clucking.

 

[Tesumph]

Thanks for all the info!! It’s very interesting! So do you have to do anything special when they go through it? Turn the lights off or anything?

Some people turn all the lights off, some leave them on. It’s important to make sure they have a final poop before going to sleep and that you don’t try and feed them during brumation so food doesn’t rot in their stomach.
IV looks and feels dead when she brumates. I take her out to bathe her and offer her water, but she doesn’t wake up. Just stays cold and limp. Kinda scary to trust that nature knows what it’s doing lol.

Fortunately she was in a squeeze chute and we keep a fully stocked med kit/cabinet. I donned the sleeve glove and manipulated the prolapse back in and stitched the vulva to keep it inside. Mom and calf were kept in the barn lot until We pulled the stitches. She had no other problems with successive births.
Was the calf your hubby and fil removed with the pocket knife a schistosoma reflexum? We only had one in all the 45 years we have had cattle. We took the cow to the vet thinking we were dealing with mingled twins since 4 feet were in the birth canal. Using a flexible cable saw was the way the still born was removed. Fascinating and vet said it can happen with any ruminant.

I asked him but he said it was hard to tell what was wrong with the calf by the time they were done.
I think it was stuck in the birth canal, so it had to be removed in pieces. Sorry for the mental picture.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Some people turn all the lights off, some leave them on. It’s important to make sure they have a final poop before going to sleep and that you don’t try and feed them during brumation so food doesn’t rot in their stomach.
IV looks and feels dead when she brumates. I take her out to bathe her and offer her water, but she doesn’t wake up. Just stays cold and limp. Kinda scary to trust that nature knows what it’s doing lol.

I asked him but he said it was hard to tell what was wrong with the calf by the time they were done.
I think it was stuck in the birth canal, so it had to be removed in pieces. Sorry for the mental picture.

Thanks! This is all very helpful and good to know. And something that I hadn’t really come across in my research, no one seems to mention it, so it’s good to find out now because I’m not sure if I could deal with that haha I would probably freak out and worry that they were dead do they breathe at all like can you see it? How do you know if they’re dead or not? Lol

 

[Tesumph]

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[ShrekDawg]

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[Tesumph]

Thanks! This is all very helpful and good to know. And something that I hadn’t really come across in my research, no one seems to mention it, so it’s good to find out now because I’m not sure if I could deal with that haha I would probably freak out and worry that they were dead do they breathe at all like can you see it? How do you know if they’re dead or not? Lol

You can see them barely breathing.
It’s best to make sure they’re healthy (with a vet if you’re in doubt) before brumating because a sick reptile could potentially not wake up again, and it’s hard to tell if they’re sick when they’re asleep.

 

[ShrekDawg]

You can see them barely breathing.
It’s best to make sure they’re healthy (with a vet if you’re in doubt) before brumating because a sick reptile could potentially not wake up again, and it’s hard to tell if they’re sick when they’re asleep.

Thanks again!! This is very helpful. Okay one more question... actually two... do leopard geckos and crested geckos brumate too??? And do you think a Beardie would brumate for longer up here where it’s both colder and a longer winter than down there??

 

[Tesumph]

Thanks again!! This is very helpful. Okay one more question... actually two... do leopard geckos and crested geckos brumate too??? And do you think a Beardie would brumate for longer up here where it’s both colder and a longer winter than down there??

Yes they do. Some sleep lighter than others.
Not necessarily, it depends on your husbandry. Outdoor temps are irrelevant since the temperature of your tank should be constant.