Drained a Hen's Abdomen.. Rest in Peace, Olivia 11-5-10

[speckledhen]

Olivia has been dying of internal laying/egg peritonitis for awhile now. Her abdomen is humongous and she is having trouble breathing. Since she seemed like she was ready to go today, decided to try (for the second time) to drain her. Figured if she choked, then she was going anyway. We may try to euthanize her soon since there is really no hope, but finally, found a good spot for the needle and removed 247 cc of fluid from her, only about half of what is probably in there, poor thing. You can't tell from the pic, but the fluid is very yellowish, but tinged with blood.


Here is the jar with what came out of poor little Livvie:

Here is Olivia for those of you who don't know her. She isn't a large girl at all. She is in the foreground, with Ivy, who is ailing with the same thing, in the back.

 

[tinychicky]

yuk! and kinda cool at the same time... poor olivia!

 

[SpringChickens]

Wow!! She has to feel a lot better with that gone!

 

[halo]

Where did you drain that from?

 

[b.hromada]

Poor baby. I bet it feels much better with all that out of her.

She's beautiful.

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

Wow - that is a lot of fluid. I can just imagine how much better she feels - even feeling poorly - the relief given with that amount out of her system.

 

[speckledhen]

Kathy, that came from her abdomen. The needle went in a couple inches away from her vent area, on her side, near the rear, down on the most rounded part of her bloated tummy.

 

[Telamon]

she died???

 

[speckledhen]

Olivia is still alive, so far. She is dying and there is no hope for her. When she stops functioning, we'll euthanize her. Ivy died yesterday, same ailment.

 

[easttxchick]

Thank you for posting this, Cynthia.
I'm sure it will be very helpful to many people-I have seen several cases of this posted here lately.
So sorry you are dealing with it and so very sorry you lost your beautiful Ivy.