Good for you. I took 3 the other day with pasty butts, but unfortunately, it had gone on too long and they passes a couple hrs after getting them home. Got them under a heat lamp and on a blanket rather than the wire cage, cleaned bottoms and gave them water and electrolytes by tb syringe. You can get them to drink if you stimulate the response, but very slowly. I also soak some chick crumbles in a syringe and give them that as the next step. It is easy for them to aspirate though if you do it too fast or angle it wrong. For bottoms, I warm water and very gently soak the bottom area to get the poo to come off so as not to stress too bad, then put a little vaseline back there to make things slide a bit easier coming out. I usually check several times a day to make sure they don't paste up again. These were the first that I have lost to this, guess I was too late or they were too weak and stressed. Sad, such a simple thing to do, but often they are so overcrowded and it is so dirty with so many in a cage at the farm stores. Good news though, one that had limber neck that was on its way out is doing great so far. Another with a broke leg or slipped tendon, not so good (post under Chick with Hurt leg). She and I will go to the closest poultry vet tomorrow to see if anything else can be done to save her, but most likely not. Glad your little one made it!
