Advice? Can’t get rid of her sour crop. Clay like lump

[micstrachan]

Let us know hiwher crop is in the morning.

 

[colette peters]

Morning-
@micstrachan this am her crop didn’t have much liquid. I tried to release anything that was left in her crop and nothing came out. I tried 3 times. Her crop definitely still has a golfball sized clay like block.
I did attach a few pics of her poop. One was very watery and the other looked pretty healthy. And I did not feed her much yesterday other than some yogurt and wheat germ once.
I syringed another stool softener with water.

 

[micstrachan]

Look at her! What a cutie! But, yeah, I see her crop. I think the acidified copper sulfate will take care of it, but massaging the lump might help, too. I personally do not recommend vomiting her. Too much risk of aapiration.
I do think her second poop looks good.
Because of where her crop is (looks a little low?) youmight akso consider s crop bra. Thoughts @TwoCrows ?

 

[colette peters]

Look at her! What a cutie! But, yeah, I see her crop. I think the acidified copper sulfate will take care of it, but massaging the lump might help, too. I personally do not recommend vomiting her. Too much risk of aapiration.
I do think her second poop looks good.
Because of where her crop is (looks a little low?) youmight akso consider s crop bra. Thoughts @TwoCrows ?

I had a local feed store that had the sulfate... I got it. I’m going to give it to her tonight!! I hope it breaks the mass up! Her crop went down after that pic after a lot of liquidity poops.

 

[colette peters]

@micstrachan[/USER] I’m not seeing her drink any of the copper water. Can I syring some in???
I think I’m going to try the clotrimazole cream and grab some this am.
And she still has a mass in her crop but no liquid. And she’s still doing that neck gagging thing where it seems she’s trying to move things around.
Last night I gave her a few bites of scrambled eggs.she seems a bit weaker this morning

 

[micstrachan]

Sorry about your girl. Yes, you can syringe the copper water, but that probably won’t be enough, as you can only syringe little volumes
at a time. Do you know how to syringe fluids safely? You MUST avoid the whole in the middle of her throat. It needs to be done like this:

When I did the Clotrimazole, I was able to syringe a little at a time under hertounge so she could seallowiton her own.

 

[Criticalicious]

This picture is great for showing where to put the syringe but I discovered that most of the time, the bird won't sit still and let you do it from this angle. Hold the bird in your lap facing forward and with your left arm wrapped around the bird's front, gently put your left hand around the neck/head, then you can put your finger in their beak crossways and use the right hand for the syringe. The beak is flat, so doesn't hurt your finger. The bird may struggle - wait for her to calm down and she will give in. Syringe 1 ml or less, then let the bird swallow and relax.
Somewhere I found a great video showing this technique; can't seem to locate it. It only takes one person to do this.

 

[colette peters]

This picture is great for showing where to put the syringe but I discovered that most of the time, the bird won't sit still and let you do it from this angle. Hold the bird in your lap facing forward and with your left arm wrapped around the bird's front, gently put your left hand around the neck/head, then you can put your finger in their beak crossways and use the right hand for the syringe. The beak is flat, so doesn't hurt your finger. The bird may struggle - wait for her to calm down and she will give in. Syringe 1 ml or less, then let the bird swallow and relax.
Somewhere I found a great video showing this technique; can't seem to locate it. It only takes one person to do this.

Thanks I agree. Mine will not sit still at all. But we are working through it.

 

[colette peters]

Sorry about your girl. Yes, you can syringe the copper water, but that probably won’t be enough, as you can only syringe little volumes
at a time. Do you know how to syringe fluids safely? You MUST avoid the whole in the middle of her throat. It needs to be done like this:

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When I did the Clotrimazole, I was able to syringe a little at a time under hertounge so she could seallowiton her own.

Well she’s drinking the water when I put it on a rug in the kitchen and let her free around the house. She’s been okay. The crop is definitely not gushy or mushy just a hard lump in the am I’m on day 2 with the cream. Is it toxic to mix the copper water and the cream??!!
I fed her one scrambled egg this am with EVO. She devoured it.
She’s having small solid dark green poops.
Any thoughts?

 

[micstrachan]

Green poops may mean she’s not eating enough.

I would carefully massage that lump and try to break it up, in addition to the treatment. I’m not totally sure about the double treatment. I think I’d do one or the other.

Did you read the crop article I linked?