Another sick hen..same symptoms

[vantain]

So how do you feel about learning to tube fluids?

Well..if that's what I have to do..I can try. She really does fight when I touch her head or beak.

 

[casportpony]

Well..if that's what I have to do..I can try. She really does fight when I touch her head or beak.

Can you have someone video you while you handle her? Maybe if we can see what she's doing we can offer some tips.

 

[vantain]

So how do you feel about learning to tube fluids?

What should I be tube feeding to her at this point? Is it ok to keep filling her crop if she isn't actually processing anything?

 

[casportpony]

What should I be tube feeding to her at this point? Is it ok to keep filling her crop if she isn't actually processing anything?

If she were mine I would tube just fluids until her crop is clear or mostly clear. Is her crop any smaller than it was yesterday?

 

[vantain]

If she were mine I would tube just fluids until her crop is clear or mostly clear. Is her crop any smaller than it was yesterday?

I think it feels about the same as yesterday. Obviously something is sort of working, considering she did poop a little last night, though liquidy.

 

[casportpony]

A bird needs to drink at least 5% of its bodyweight per day to maintain hydration (114 ml per five pounds). She is sick and not drinking so you can assume she is at least mildly dehydrated.

Crop stasis is common in sick birds. Now what you need to do is figure out how to treat her dehydration and the underlying cause of her illness. I suspect that the underlying cause is not in the crop, but in her intestines or reproductive tract.

How warm is your basement now?

 

[vantain]

A bird needs to drink at least 5% of its bodyweight per day to maintain hydration (114 ml per five pounds). She is sick and not drinking so you can assume she is at least mildly dehydrated.

Crop stasis is common in sick birds. Now what you need to do is figure out how to treat her dehydration and the underlying cause of her illness. I suspect that the underlying cause is not in the crop, but in her intestines or reproductive tract.

How warm is your basement now?

75 degrees

 

[casportpony]

75 degrees

That's great, that should help.

 

[micstrachan]

Glad to hear there is no abdominal fluid or yellow urates. You are in good hands!

 

[vantain]

A bird needs to drink at least 5% of its bodyweight per day to maintain hydration (114 ml per five pounds). She is sick and not drinking so you can assume she is at least mildly dehydrated.

Crop stasis is common in sick birds. Now what you need to do is figure out how to treat her dehydration and the underlying cause of her illness. I suspect that the underlying cause is not in the crop, but in her intestines or reproductive tract.

How warm is your basement now?

So..I think things are actually getting worse. I have seen her take some sips of water, but I just checked on her, and noticed her crop is increasing in size. It is about tennis ball sized now, and getting very firm from being so full. It also appears that she is spitting some of it up when she puts her head down. What do I do now?