CROP SURGERY COMPLETE! Sad update. :( RIP Yogurt

[sheeshshe]

ok, it prob is a mothball and its prob been poisoning her all along. so it has to come out. its prob why she is reluctant to eat and won't eat much. how do i get it to move down to her gizzard? can I squeeze it down in there? this thing needs to come out of my poor Yogurt!

 

[sheeshshe]

ok it feels just like a mothball. with the ridge going around the middle of it and everything.

 

[jerseygirl1]

I havenever had impacted crop with my hens, but maybe this link will help

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=294963&p=1

 

[speckledhen]

Well, if it's a mothball, that's poison and will most likely kill her unless you can surgically remove it. Other than that, I have no idea.

 

[chickenzoo]

Well it needs to come out.... Perhaps you can massage it up her throat and out her mouth, just try to isolate the mothball and not the other stuff. If not surgery would be the only way. I wonder if you could slide a big tube down her throat, hook it up to a vacuum and suction the mothball and quickly pull it out?

 

[sheeshshe]

it really feels like a mothball, but I bet its been there a while... it wasn't a fresh mothball so maybe that is why it isn't killing her?

will I choke her if I get it up her throat and then can't get it out her mouth?

 

[beachchickie]

Yes it will probably choke her. Open her crop and get it out. You can do it. Don't think about it just do it before it kills her.

 

[chickenzoo]

Well it went in, so it should come out...... IMO it's worth a try.... running out of options......

 

[sheeshshe]

but where do I get all the stuff to do a surgery and how much will it cost?


can I not just try and push it into her gizzard?

 

[jerseygirl1]

Did you check the link I sent you above?