tamtam84 - this thread has really helped me, thank you for sharing your experience, and the other contributors too.
I recently started a thread on a very similar thing https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...-laying-sharing-my-experience-benedicts-story and have just read through all of your thread. It has given me hope that my Bene might have a chance at a few more months of quality life, rather than only a few days. For Bene, I think the ascites was there for a long time before the internal laying, but the 2 together is just bad luck.
I am so glad that Buttercup is still going strong. I would really really appreciate if you could do the needle draining video asap, as this is exactly what I need to help me. I am considering draining Bene myself, as the vet did not get much fluid and she is still very bulging. Or maybe should I wait until her breathing looks laboured before I drain, but with my other chickens this would have been far too late. When I was at the vet, I was busy holding Bene and could not see what the vet was doing underneath, so did not learn how to do it myself. I am sure it would help a lot of others too!!
I recently started a thread on a very similar thing https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...-laying-sharing-my-experience-benedicts-story and have just read through all of your thread. It has given me hope that my Bene might have a chance at a few more months of quality life, rather than only a few days. For Bene, I think the ascites was there for a long time before the internal laying, but the 2 together is just bad luck.
I am so glad that Buttercup is still going strong. I would really really appreciate if you could do the needle draining video asap, as this is exactly what I need to help me. I am considering draining Bene myself, as the vet did not get much fluid and she is still very bulging. Or maybe should I wait until her breathing looks laboured before I drain, but with my other chickens this would have been far too late. When I was at the vet, I was busy holding Bene and could not see what the vet was doing underneath, so did not learn how to do it myself. I am sure it would help a lot of others too!!