- May 18, 2013
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My head is spinning from reading what to do and what not to do with a prolapse. We are on day 3 of trying to treat my guinea hen (uncle tony). I have isolated her, cleaned her up, vasolined her, and preparation H'd her. The first day I was able to push it back in. Yesterday morning it was hanging back out. I tried and tried but was unsuccessful at pushing it back in. It just kept falling back out. I have put an antibiotic powder in her water. She has a little bowl of chicken mash to eat. She has lost weight. This morning I found maggots (totally grossed me out) eating at the dead tissue of the prolapse. I cleaned her off really good and put her back in isolation. I'm confused about the preparation H. Is it good or not? I read about not wanting the prolapse moist but spraying it with mixture of half peroxide half water to help it dry out. Haven't done this yet. Thoughts anyone? Uncle Tony is not very old so not sure why this has happened. If she laid an egg I have no idea. I have also read that prolapse can fix itself after some time and of course the right care. I have read about using honey (what kind) and soaking her bum in sugar water to help it shrink. This seems very odd to me because I think this would attract bugs. I don't know what else to do.
