crop impaction? oil? Grit?

[chkn]

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Watermelon should be okay. The soft part of fruits is probably okay too. Good girl!!!

 

[chkn]

I think you're doing the right thing. You could probably hold off on the egg yolk and cat food. Just give him all the melon/melon juice he wants. Continue the broth. Some electrolytes (maybe a teeny bit of gatorade in his water). Maybe a drop of supplement in the water.

 

[ladrholman]

I have done a couple crop surgeries. They are a challenge...on the nerves. I waited until they were really looking sour, but could have done earlier. They look really horrible during and sometimes after, tend to sleep after, but then they were bright again. I am happy to offer more info, but some of the earlier posts have all the info. If you do the surgery make sure you get all the "guck" out. I had one girl (my first) I did not cut a big enough hole and missed some straw. I had to re-open her a couple days later. I have also heard people mention providing antibiotics post - op to deal with any infection. Best of luck.

 

[tiki244]

Boo Bear seems to be getting better. His crop has gone down quite a bit but not completely empty. I may not have to do surgery. idk? I am not sure if I should do surgery or not. I gave him a little pickle juice in his water and am going to get some vinegar today at the store. I also mixed some yogurt and a little food last night. I have been massaging his crop a lot too. I think it might be working?????

 

[ladrholman]

be careful of the pickle juice... a lot of sodium in that. do you have poly-vits???

 

[tiki244]

no o I gave him some B12 and K and Poultry cell too. No more pickle juice then. I think I better operate. He doesnt want to eat.

 

[tiki244]

Is this a symptom when they done want to eat?

 

[tiki244]

What type of anti biotic should I give? Or what kind of bacteria would be most likely to aflict the bird after surgery? Would it be Stapholococis (sp?) Thanks

 

[mariejb21]

Hi! My rooster Pinto stopped eating towards the end when I decided to operate. I guess because he ran out of room in his crop?? Anyways... I don't know that you have to give your roo an antibiotic. I could be wrong... I would say to just be careful before/during/after surgery to keep the area clean. Don't go inside him with something dirty (obviously) and after pulling out the crop contents, clear away all of that BEFORE sealing him up. Also, if you have surgical gloves, that would be good. But after digging around inside and before sealing up the incision, get new gloves!! That's where the trouble can come in, not keeping everything clean.

When I was done with surgery, I sprayed Pinto with some colloidal silver... but I could have used hydrogen peroxide also. So just use something like that to clean the area. And like I said before, my rooster (and many people online that comment about their operation say the same thing) was up and ready to go right after surgery. I was shocked at the instant recovery! I don't think I would have felt that great!! Also, believe it or not, that area on a chicken is more insensitive than other areas. Not such a painful operation I guess... And remember, no food or drink for 18 hours!! And after I could feed Pinto, the first thing I gave him was a mash made of his feed and some milk.

Hope it works out for you. The worst thing during an operation is to panic!

~Marie
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[ladrholman]

I would not recommend hydrogen peroxide at it can be damaging to the tissues... the little bubbles you get after application is actually the Hydo-perox eating away the O2 from the site. Normal saline or betadine would be better.