Emergency. Need help. *graphic image*

[Eqs81995]

Well that is a minor positive. I'm wondering if she has prolapsed trying to pass a "lash egg" (infected egg/pus rubbery material) that builds up in the oviduct in cases of Salpingitis.
A photo of the way she is standing might help.

Her underside below the prolapse appears to be caked in white urates. It could be that there is a mass inside her that is so big that it is pressing on her gut and preventing waste passing out and she is now starting to suffer toxic shock. What does her crop feel like? How long is it since she ate anything?

She doesn’t appear to have eaten since last night.

 

[Eqs81995]

Would you feel able to open her up if she dies? It can be helpful to see what was going on inside so that you (usually) realise that there was no hope and nothing you could have done and perhaps enable to recognise the same symptoms again and end another bird's suffering sooner. I have found it very beneficial to do such informal necropsies and quite fascinating once you overcome the emotional aspect and really improves your knowledge, but I appreciate that it is not something everyone can get their head around, especially when it is a pet.

Not really, unfortunately. I’ll see if we can send her somewhere that will.

 

[rebrascora]

She doesn’t appear to have eaten since last night.

If her crop still has something in it and she hasn't eaten for 12 ish hrs.... sorry I'm not sure what time of day you are in... then I would suspect she is backed up and has a lower blockage. Are you able to check her crop?

 

[Eqs81995]

If her crop still has something in it and she hasn't eaten for 12 ish hrs.... sorry I'm not sure what time of day you are in... then I would suspect she is backed up and has a lower blockage. Are you able to check her crop?

I shall check it as soon as I feed the horses. I live in EST.

 

[Eqs81995]

I shall check it as soon as I feed the horses. I live in EST.

Update: crop feels quite full despite her not eating. Hasn’t eaten the crushed tum I gave her either.

 

[rebrascora]

I don't think this is likely to be a disease but rather an ailment due to an organ malfunction, so the risk to the rest of your flock is probably slim and therefore not worth spending a lot of money on a necropsy just to satisfy curiosity. That said some state diagnostics labs are subsidised for poultry and it is free or relatively cheap, so may be worth investigating. Vets will charge a handling fee, so avoid approaching them if the lab will accept a direct submission from you.

 

[rebrascora]

I'm sorry that I am talking like she is already gone. That is very insensitive of me! I sometimes get too caught up in the practicalities to remember that we are talking about someone's pet. I know how hard it is to see them so ill and I now euthanize them when they lose interest in food. Her crop still being quite full despite not eating and having a distended belly with wide stance and prolapse would clinch it for me that she is sadly not going to recover from this and I would give her the gift of immortal sleep if she were mine.

 

[Eqs81995]

I'm sorry that I am talking like she is already gone. That is very insensitive of me! I sometimes get too caught up in the practicalities to remember that we are talking about someone's pet. I know how hard it is to see them so ill and I now euthanize them when they lose interest in food. Her crop still being quite full despite not eating and having a distended belly with wide stance and prolapse would clinch it for me that she is sadly not going to recover from this and I would give her the gift of immortal sleep if she were mine.

Oh no worries! I think euthanasia is probably the best thing to do as well. I’ll see if one of my neighbors can come do the deed because I’m a wuss.

 

[Eqs81995]

I don't think this is likely to be a disease but rather an ailment due to an organ malfunction, so the risk to the rest of your flock is probably slim and therefore not worth spending a lot of money on a necropsy just to satisfy curiosity. That said some state diagnostics labs are subsidised for poultry and it is free or relatively cheap, so may be worth investigating. Vets will charge a handling fee, so avoid approaching them if the lab will accept a direct submission from you.

Ok. Nobody else is exhibiting symptoms so that’s good. Will think about a necropsy.

 

[rebrascora]

Sometimes it is easier for someone without emotional attachment to do the deed, especially if they are more skilled or experience in the act. I am so sorry we were unable to help you fix her.