Does this look like a egg problem? Or?

[zazouse]

OH heck i thought she was just passing some blood and mucas in her stool, sorry i did not read the entire thread cause i was thinking it was revived from 6/2013.
Just having a blond / gray moment here.

 

[casportpony]

I've seen many chickens with similar problems and my heart aches for New and her hen.

-Kathy

 

[new 2 pfowl]

Thanks you guys, and don't worry about your senior moment, Zaz! Join the Senior Club!

I don't think this is all very promising, but I'm going to give her the last two days of amoxicillin and let her out to free range again. My impression is that she already didn't have much time left when we took her to the vet because of the lung compression. Hopefully we can at least make her more comfortable and just see how she does.

Thank you also for the false worm report heads-up, very good to know.

 

[casportpony]

Thinking of you two.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

How is she today?

-Kathy

 

[zazouse]

 

[new 2 pfowl]

Sorry that I didn't update yesterday! Squeaky actually seems pretty peppy today and she's eating mealworms, she's also crazy about dried crickets so I have to go buy her some more this morning.

Her nighttime poop didn't look bloody yesterday morning or this morning.

This evening will be her last antibiotic dose, and then I'll let her out so she can sleep in her favorite tree. And we'll see how she does...her vet says she can tap her fluid again if she seems to be getting a buildup.

From what the vet said, the only way to get rid of that egg is risky surgery, but I wonder if there's a chance she can actually pass it? I have been thinking about FBCs suggestion about vitamin e, but I'm guessing that the vet would have suggested something like this if it would help.

I'll keep you guys posted!

 

[casportpony]

From: http://www.vcahospitals.com/main/pe...rticle/animal-health/egg-binding-in-birds/863

Treatment varies with how sick the bird is when presented to your veterinarian, as well as the location of the egg and the length of time the bird has been egg bound. Critically ill birds are first treated for shock and then attempts are made to treat the egg binding. Mildly affected birds may respond to supplemental heat, re-hydration with injectable fluids, calcium, vitamin E, selenium, and vitamin D-3. Other injectable drugs may help cause the oviduct to contract and expel the egg. If the egg is near the cloacal opening, it might be gently extracted. Eggs that do not pass with drug therapy require treatment that is more aggressive. A needle may need to be placed through the abdomen into the eggshell to aspirate the contents of the egg, causing the shell to collapse. Following this treatment, the empty shell will usually pass out of the bird within a few days. Failing this, surgery may be performed to remove the egg or shell fragments.

"Critically ill birds are first treated for shock and then attempts are made to treat the egg binding."

-Kathy​

 

[new 2 pfowl]

Thanks, Kathy. Her vet did not suggest there was any way to get the egg out without surgery. I do know that she checked the egg manually and would have done something to get the egg out if it was possible.

FBC suggested 10 ml of vitamin e down the throat with a syringe and tube.
I have a few questions:
-Can this be done with the syringe alone, the way you administer wormer?
-If not, can you remind me what kind of tube to get? I've never done this.
-Is there any possible downside to the vitamin e? She's already got problems, I don't want to add to them.
-Is there a certain kind of vitamin e I should buy?

 

[zazouse]

Did the vet tell you weather or not this would reoccur if she pulls threw?
I think it can.

I have lost a peahen to internal laying and a chicken hen that had an egg inside her that would barely fit in my open hand , awful thought of what they both went threw, i culled the Chicken hen but the peahen died from her condition.