Help, opposum attack

[Teganmarie]

She is pale, has been standing, has been ... Trying to hold her head up but it keeps drifting to the side.
She was looking better three days ago. Now seems to be getting worse

 

[azygous]

She needs a calcium tablet to help her pass the egg. Now. It will stimulate contractions.

Please measure the tear in the crop. The photo does not give this information.

What I have in mind is to clean the outer crop wound real well, and then flush out the crop with saline, pulling or squeezing out all the contents. Then flush the crop again with saline until the water rinses clear.

Once the crop is flushed out, dry the torn tissue, and use super glue to close the wound. She could probably use an oral antibiotic if you can possibly find one.

For one week, feed only liquids and soft foods.

 

[Teganmarie]

Ok thank you.
I realize that maybe I was just feeling her bone and not an egg, when I gave her an Epsom bath she did pass stool, albeit it was mostly liquid.

Thank you, I will do that, flush out her crop that way and administer the antibiotics

 

[azygous]

You can flush the crop from the beak to the esophagus and into the crop in the manner shown below. You can use Epsom salts if you wish or saline. Let it flow out of the tear in the crop. Then using a large syringe, insert it into the tear in the crop and flush the crop out the rest of the way. The good thing about Epsom salts is it neutralizes any yeast in the crop. Avoid that hole in the center of the throat behind the tongue as that's the airway.

You've likely already noticed that you will need to repair the crop sac first, and then glue closed the outer skin once the crop tear is glued shut.

 

[Teganmarie]

You can flush the crop from the beak to the esophagus and into the crop in the manner shown below. You can use Epsom salts if you wish or saline. Let it flow out of the tear in the crop. Then using a large syringe, insert it into the tear in the crop and flush the crop out the rest of the way. The good thing about Epsom salts is it neutralizes any yeast in the crop. Avoid that hole in the center of the throat behind the tongue as that's the airway.

You've likely already noticed that you will need to repair the crop sac first, and then glue closed the outer skin once the crop tear is glued shut.
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Ok I flushed and cleaned and glued.
She has some pretty bad wry neck now probably from starving.
Gonna get nutridrench and give to her with some yogurt. Hoping she makes the night.
Thank you for all your help, this is on of the hardest things I have ever done

 

[azygous]

Nutridrench doesn't have enough vitamin E in it to treat wry neck. Use the human E capsules, one per day until she's better.

I hope you didn't glue that mess of scabby tissue. It should have been removed so as to glue clean tissue. If it's been glued that way, you will need to administer an antibiotic as bacteria resides in that scabby tissue and infection can be a problem.

 

[Teganmarie]

Ok thank you to both advice, I didn't know. I will get some E caps and administer antibiotics

 

[Justagalwithchicks]

Ok I flushed and cleaned and glued.
She has some pretty bad wry neck now probably from starving.
Gonna get nutridrench and give to her with some yogurt. Hoping she makes the night.
Thank you for all your help, this is on of the hardest things I have ever done
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She is lucky to have you trying so hard to learn how to treat her. Pray your girl makes it and you should be proud of the lengths you are going through to help her!

 

[azygous]

Did you get a clean repair to the crop sac? If you glued scabby tissue on the inner sac, it may not heal. You will need to pay attention to the chest wall swelling which would indicate the crop is leaking into the chest cavity.

I know. This is not what you wanted to hear, and it's my fault for not giving you precise wound care instructions. Scabs are ruined tissue. For torn tissue to knit back together, it requires clean, live, healthy tissue.

The crop sac tear is the most crucial. If your repair to the crop sac fails, you will need to open the crop back up and fix it. We'll cross that bridge when we get to it.

Just so I don't assume some more, tell me what antibiotic you are going to use so you have the dosage correct.

 

[Teganmarie]

Oh, ok, let me look at the diagram again. Since I glued it seems like the crop may not be emptying but maybe it is the wall cavity...
It is ok, this is all learning, these are my first set of chickens, and yes, this has been really hard. But I will have this info going forwards.