Lillith37
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Lorraine, my beautiful Lady in Pajamas, has had digestive troubles since she was re-homed to me about a year ago.
She is a 5yo silver leghorn, currently on the Suprelorin implant so not laying (and moulting). She’s had a crop that won’t clear for about a month now.
She has periodically had slow crop / impactions / sourness but we have always managed to clear it with home treatment without the need for isolation and it’s never taken this long. She’s not emaciated but she’s lost a considerable amount of weight. Anti-fungal treatment, twice daily coconut oil and massages, egg white and my usual saviour fennel tea have all proved ineffective.
I suspect her digestive system is compromised in some way that is affecting her absorption of nutrients leading to an overconsumption of grit or some other reason why she is blocked up (pica, weather spikes causing her to select improper sources of astringency, etc).
She passed a liquidy, grassy poop first thing this morning. I did an epsom salt flush and since then she is passing liquid with the odd bit of grassy material but no solids. Liquid will empty from her crop but a small mass, that mostly feels like grit, remains. She is crated inside. I have been tube feeding her liquid food. She has access to plain water and nothing else. I’m not inclined to continue with the epsom flushes unless otherwise advised since she is only expelling liquid and I feel like hydration is more important. Her comb is floppier than normal.
I suspect she is blocked up in her gizzard perhaps with grit, grass or whatever else she’s gotten her beak into that she shouldn’t.
I’m wondering if anyone has any advice on best possible care or strategies to help Lorraine clear whatever is blocking her up. She’s alert, moderately active, with a poor appetite. I’m tubing her EmerAid Omnivore, a synbiotic and electrolytes.
@azygous @Wyorp Rock @Eggcessive @coach723
Any advice and suggestions welcome and appreciated.
She is a 5yo silver leghorn, currently on the Suprelorin implant so not laying (and moulting). She’s had a crop that won’t clear for about a month now.
She has periodically had slow crop / impactions / sourness but we have always managed to clear it with home treatment without the need for isolation and it’s never taken this long. She’s not emaciated but she’s lost a considerable amount of weight. Anti-fungal treatment, twice daily coconut oil and massages, egg white and my usual saviour fennel tea have all proved ineffective.
I suspect her digestive system is compromised in some way that is affecting her absorption of nutrients leading to an overconsumption of grit or some other reason why she is blocked up (pica, weather spikes causing her to select improper sources of astringency, etc).
She passed a liquidy, grassy poop first thing this morning. I did an epsom salt flush and since then she is passing liquid with the odd bit of grassy material but no solids. Liquid will empty from her crop but a small mass, that mostly feels like grit, remains. She is crated inside. I have been tube feeding her liquid food. She has access to plain water and nothing else. I’m not inclined to continue with the epsom flushes unless otherwise advised since she is only expelling liquid and I feel like hydration is more important. Her comb is floppier than normal.
I suspect she is blocked up in her gizzard perhaps with grit, grass or whatever else she’s gotten her beak into that she shouldn’t.
I’m wondering if anyone has any advice on best possible care or strategies to help Lorraine clear whatever is blocking her up. She’s alert, moderately active, with a poor appetite. I’m tubing her EmerAid Omnivore, a synbiotic and electrolytes.
@azygous @Wyorp Rock @Eggcessive @coach723
Any advice and suggestions welcome and appreciated.
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