Help before stores close. Squishy crop 7 week old chick

[junior67]

Sicilian Buttercup are a rare breed, so might be susceptible too.

How did you substitute the lack of natural sunlight while they were being kept inside for 6 weeks?

they were in my daughters room near a window that the blind was up so it was pretty light in there with the sun. She has a parakeet in there so her blinds are normally up so it is light in her room.

 

[junior67]

I got her to take a bit of the coconut oil but not sure it was enough. I mixed some in with a scrambled egg and she wouldn't touch it so put a couple others in with her and she ate some that way but isn't drinking. Think I am going to have to force water into her.

Any other things I can try? Should I try to let her out with the rest to see if she will drink that way?

 

[junior67]

I found a dropper and got about 1-1.5ml of water into her. I just dropped it on the side of her beak and she drank it, then she would look and drink a bit out of the dropper. She seemed to do better after this with more balance. So I put a bowl with a very little amt of water in it and she is drinking some of that now. Her crop seems down so I may put her out with the rest for a bit so I can watch her and see if she eats or drinks then check her crop later and again in the a.m. and see how she seems. Hopefully the water with the extra vitamins and electrolytes will help her and that was all she needed.

 

[LaFleche]

Sounds promising, hopefully she will be better by tomorrow.

Did you read the information from the link I posted earlier?

 

[junior67]

Sounds promising, hopefully she will be better by tomorrow.

Did you read the information from the link I posted earlier?

I did. But didn't completely understand what to give to help. But her feathering is good. Beak isn't soft.... So idk

Ok she is out in the run with the rest while I watch. She will drink water out of the bowl but that is all. She ate quite a bit of food. When she walks she falls over. When kind of sitting she tips back on her heels. But if she runs she is steady. Could this be cocci? I haven't seen her poop since I have had her out here but her last poop I saw was normal.