Beak filing?

[GreedySeedFeedy]

I *strongly* recommend you try tube feeding at least once. It's not very difficult! If you can file her beak, you can tube feed.

You just need to get a big syringe, like this:
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61JZZwycnJL._AC_SX679_.jpg

A length of flexible aquarium tube , like this:
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT0pY-3qT8aIPZ2ccik6xHob_V5QmrNggMUWg&usqp=CAU

And some plumber's tape, like this:
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/cQcAAOSwqZFeCBIu/s-l640.jpg

Clean the tube and syringe with hot water.

Fill the syringe with soft food, such as prepared, cooled cream of wheat, thick baby cereal, applesauce, or very runny scrambled eggs. Don't put anything thin or watery in there so she wont inhale it. It has to be just soft enough that you could suck it through a straw.

Slip the tube onto the end of the syringe as far on as you can get it, and tightly wrap the spot where they join together using the plumber's tape. If it's not sturdy enough, you can add some other sticky tape on top of that.

Open the chicken's beak and slide the tube down the back of her throat. The hole where she breathes, the syrinx, is behind her tongue. Just make sure you don't get it down here and you're good. It's easier imo if you aim for the left of the back of their mouth. You should feel the tube in her crop. Now, squeeze the food into her crop, and then slide out the tube.

Here's a video!

 

[Mimi13]

So there is nothing I can do for it?

It seems as though she’s wasting away. Have you tried tube feeding her? Remember, I am no expert, but I believe if she were mine and I couldn’t get her to eat (either on her own or by tube feeding her) I would go ahead and euthanize her.

 

[Eddie12109]

I *strongly* recommend you try tube feeding at least once. It's not very difficult! If you can file her beak, you can tube feed.

You just need to get a big syringe, like this:
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61JZZwycnJL._AC_SX679_.jpg

A length of flexible aquarium tube , like this:
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT0pY-3qT8aIPZ2ccik6xHob_V5QmrNggMUWg&usqp=CAU

And some plumber's tape, like this:
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/cQcAAOSwqZFeCBIu/s-l640.jpg

Clean the tube and syringe with hot water.

Fill the syringe with soft food, such as prepared, cooled cream of wheat, thick baby cereal, applesauce, or very runny scrambled eggs. Don't put anything thin or watery in there so she wont inhale it. It has to be just soft enough that you could suck it through a straw.

Slip the tube onto the end of the syringe as far on as you can get it, and tightly wrap the spot where they join together using the plumber's tape. If it's not sturdy enough, you can add some other sticky tape on top of that.

Open the chicken's beak and slide the tube down the back of her throat. The hole where she breathes, the syrinx, is behind her tongue. Just make sure you don't get it down here and you're good. It's easier imo if you aim for the left of the back of their mouth. You should feel the tube in her crop. Now, squeeze the food into her crop, and then slide out the tube.

Here's a video!

I really don’t have time to do this until next Monday sadly but tomorrow i will try to find time to do this. I will get the stuff tomorrow and get applesauce. Should i put any vitamins in and what should i put

 

[Eddie12109]

It seems as though she’s wasting away. Have you tried tube feeding her? Remember, I am no expert, but I believe if she were mine and I couldn’t get her to eat (either on her own or by tube feeding her) I would go ahead and euthanize her.

Yes tomorrow i will try to find time to tube feed

 

[Mimi13]

I do not mean to be mean or hurtful, but if you don’t have the undivided time to help this poor girl you need to euthanize her. Her life is depending on you so please make time for her, not just once, but several times a day for several days until she shows signs of improvement. This is a have to, sort of emergency...or help her crossover. Don’t let her suffer.

 

[Eddie12109]

I cant find a correct tube onine... can anyone help with that And also tape

 

[Mimi13]

I cant find a correct tube onine... can anyone help with that And also tape

I used aquarium tubing. I didn’t use tape, as my tubing fit snugly over the syringe.

 

[GreedySeedFeedy]

I really don’t have time to do this until next Monday sadly but tomorrow i will try to find time to do this. I will get the stuff tomorrow and get applesauce. Should i put any vitamins in and what should i put

Ideally, you should get some of this in her if you can. Guardian angel by the "bird care company." It's something I reccommend any bird-owner keep in the cabinet! https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0071/8064/8566/products/guardian-angel-40g_1400x.jpg?v=1553278780 It's a great support for sick birds, but won't cure illness, just slow down their decline or stabilize them. If you can't, then use a multivitamin. You can also give unsweetened cultured yogurt or apple-cider vinegar to help get your bird's stomach flora back into working order.

 

[Eddie12109]

I do not mean to be mean or hurtful, but if you don’t have the undivided time to help this poor girl you need to euthanize her. Her life is depending on you so please make time for her, not just once, but several times a day for several days until she shows signs of improvement. This is a have to, sort of emergency...or help her crossover. Don’t let her suffer.

I honestly dont know what to do... i have to fly somewhere from thursday to Sunday night and wont be home at all.
If i can do it tomorrow once and thursday twice would that be good?
i am panicking right now because I really cant kill her and I don’t want to be the reason she dies
with all of her symptoms is tube feeding going to work though

 

[GreedySeedFeedy]

I cant find a correct tube onine... can anyone help with that And also tape

You can usually buy this tubing anywhere in your area that sells fish and aquarium stuff! You need about 6 to 8 inches of it . For the plumber's tape, you can find it in a lot of different places, for really cheap. usually under 1 USD. I always find mine in the dept store by the other plumbing and tool stuff. For the big syringe, you can get one from the pharmacy for one or two bucks! Make sure it's at least 10 ml, and go for one with a bigger opening.