- Jun 28, 2011
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Hello All.
We have a year old or so Silver Laced Wyandotte hen, Clara, who had a prolapse last Sunday. We found her in the coop with a leathery looking part of egg hanging out of her. We were able to pull out the remainder of the egg as it was soft, and there was no visible sign of trauma. After that we cleaned her up and did a little research on what to do on this site and others.
The prolapse was about the size of a cherry so we cleaned everything up and decided to go the Preparation H route and try to reinsert the prolapse back in. This worked for all about 30 seconds or so and then she pushed it right out again. After trying 3 or 4 times to do this thru out the day we gave up and searched for other options. We tried to reinsert again and hold her for a while with a towel on her bum for half an hour or so. This seemed to work untill we set her back down and it immetiately popped back out again!
Back to the computer for more research! We came across many threads talking about the use of honey. Since we have honeybees and plenty of honey we decided to try that. Still no success with reinserting. We'd get it in and it still popped out! So
out of frustration we decided to let her be and let nature take its course. There was a thread we found, not sure iif on this site or another, that the person did so and kept treating with honey that the prolapse shrunk and popped in on it's own after a week or so.
So as of now, we have her in the house. She's in a doggy cage next to the heater to keep her warm with the cage covered with a sheet to keep her from laying any eggs. She's on a maintenance diet of scratch and some oyster shells. We also give her water with poultry electrolytes and some oral antibiotics we had left from the vets from a sick duck we had a while back. She gets her bum cleaned twice a day with antibacterial soap, pattted dry, and then we smear honey or triple antibiotic ointment on and around the protrusion.
As of now she still poos fine, eats well, and acts like normal little Clara! The real worry we have though is that the tissue is starting to darken and kinda forming a scab over most of the prolapse. We keep it clean and try to cover it with the honey and stuff but it continues to dry. There's no sign of infection, just a little bit of ooze and poo we have to clean off at every cleaning.
Soooo the question is .....Are we doing the right thing? Has anyone heard of treating this way? Will the "scab" come off and the healed tissue go back in? There's so many questions that it's hard to know if we're doing the right thing or just prolonging the inevitable. It's hard right now to think if we really screwed up with this course or not.
Any input or shared experiences would be greatly appreciated.
Thank You So Very Much,
Jay & Tonya
We have a year old or so Silver Laced Wyandotte hen, Clara, who had a prolapse last Sunday. We found her in the coop with a leathery looking part of egg hanging out of her. We were able to pull out the remainder of the egg as it was soft, and there was no visible sign of trauma. After that we cleaned her up and did a little research on what to do on this site and others.
The prolapse was about the size of a cherry so we cleaned everything up and decided to go the Preparation H route and try to reinsert the prolapse back in. This worked for all about 30 seconds or so and then she pushed it right out again. After trying 3 or 4 times to do this thru out the day we gave up and searched for other options. We tried to reinsert again and hold her for a while with a towel on her bum for half an hour or so. This seemed to work untill we set her back down and it immetiately popped back out again!
Back to the computer for more research! We came across many threads talking about the use of honey. Since we have honeybees and plenty of honey we decided to try that. Still no success with reinserting. We'd get it in and it still popped out! So
out of frustration we decided to let her be and let nature take its course. There was a thread we found, not sure iif on this site or another, that the person did so and kept treating with honey that the prolapse shrunk and popped in on it's own after a week or so.
So as of now, we have her in the house. She's in a doggy cage next to the heater to keep her warm with the cage covered with a sheet to keep her from laying any eggs. She's on a maintenance diet of scratch and some oyster shells. We also give her water with poultry electrolytes and some oral antibiotics we had left from the vets from a sick duck we had a while back. She gets her bum cleaned twice a day with antibacterial soap, pattted dry, and then we smear honey or triple antibiotic ointment on and around the protrusion.
As of now she still poos fine, eats well, and acts like normal little Clara! The real worry we have though is that the tissue is starting to darken and kinda forming a scab over most of the prolapse. We keep it clean and try to cover it with the honey and stuff but it continues to dry. There's no sign of infection, just a little bit of ooze and poo we have to clean off at every cleaning.
Soooo the question is .....Are we doing the right thing? Has anyone heard of treating this way? Will the "scab" come off and the healed tissue go back in? There's so many questions that it's hard to know if we're doing the right thing or just prolonging the inevitable. It's hard right now to think if we really screwed up with this course or not.
Any input or shared experiences would be greatly appreciated.
Thank You So Very Much,
Jay & Tonya
