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I don't think it will heal on it's own. If it were a very small hole very high on the crop, maybe. From your description it doesn't sound like it was small or high. I would pinch or use tweezers to lift the skin gently when opening it back up. Since everything is so small and thin, that way you don't cut into anything else. If you don't have a scalpel then a tiny pair of embroidery scissors would work (boil them for 20 minutes). Two (or even 3) pairs of hands would probably make this easier. If you see food as soon as the skin is opened, you'll know. Best of luck!
 
There is an thread about a year or two old on something simular. A girl had a bird that for one reason or another had an open crop. She closed it up but had to reopen it because she didn't close crop properly and seperately from the skin. Food was leaking from the crop into the body cavity under the skin. She reopened it, closed the crop up right, then closed the skin but made sure to leave a drainage hole in the skin at the bottom of the incision. Far as I remember, the bird made it.

If you suspect that the crop could still be leaking, I would recommend reopening the skin, take look. If needed, refix crop but leave skin open for at least 24 hours so it can drain and you can see if it bursts again. I would put a link to the other thread about this but I can't find it.
Good luck! :fl
 
The crop is still round. It doesn't seem to wander down or further anywhere. I am sometimes lucky and am praying hard that this time I have been lucky and closed everything together and got crop and skin separately glued up. We'll see. It's separated and has a bowl of rooster booster vitamin powder in with it. Am counting the hrs to see if I get some poopies
 
I think I will attempt to separate the skin once more and empty, clean the crop, suture together the crop sack (if I can find it) then clean outer skin and let that heal together on its own? Does that sound plausible? Please someone tell me that it does :(
I don't want to give up on little Xena. She has such a strong will to live and absolutely has no fault in this whatsoever :hit:hit:hit
 
I think that you should leave the skin open enough to make sure that your fix to the crop works. Once you know that the crop is not leaking then close the skin and leave a space at the bottom of the suture line there, or a drain. That is what I would do, some others might have different opinions.
 
coach723 said:
I think that you should leave the skin open enough to make sure that your fix to the crop works. Once you know that the crop is not leaking then close the skin and leave a space at the bottom of the suture line there, or a drain. That is what I would do, some others might have different opinions.
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I agree, super glue the crop, leave the skin open.
 

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