Help please! Rooster swallowed fishing line with hook attached!!

[leadwolf1]

Oh man, I think that is the only thing you can do....let me think this through for a moment...if you cut it, you lose your line, literally. If you don't, he is going to be even more uncomfortable...He certainly can't pass the entire think, lead and all....so, I say cut off as much as you can...as long as you are sure that it is in his stomach....man, I'll send up some prayers for his recovery. I'm feeling a little nauseated for you....

 

[Nikkumz]

Well i know its in there pretty deep, and i dont think anything is gonna help right now but to let him try to pass it, ill just check on him every single second!! Im gonna cut the line a bit, i hope i dont lose him, i love him so much!!!

 

[centrarchid]

Try to allow digestive tract to pass hook and swivel. Until tackle passed, feed only small particle feeds / crumbles.

 

[leadwolf1]

Have faith, it's amazing how attached we get to these feathered critters!....wonder if a little olive oil or something would help it slide out?

 

[leadwolf1]

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Thanks so much for jumping in and helping!!! I've never had anything swallow a hook before!

 

[centrarchid]

If hook gets past gizzard, then passing through balance if intestinal tract should be rapid as in a few hours. Even if hook catches in digestract lining, necrosis around barb can free it allowing further movement down stream. This would be a time where use of anti-biotics is prudent.

 

[centrarchid]

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Thanks so much for jumping in and helping!!! I've never had anything swallow a hook before!

I routinely work with fishes and turtles that swallow hooks. I want survival so best action for me is to cut line and let critters digestive tract pass offending obstruction. Birds like chickens different but hopefully similar enough to allow passage with minimal harm. Think of the odd stuff ostriches are known to consume.

 

[leadwolf1]

Man, I'm glad I don't have an ostrich

 

[Nikkumz]

Thank you so much guys!, i think this may have happened early yesterday morning because i let my guys/gals out in the morning and they free range all day till its bed time around 8 pm or so. When i got to him the hook was already in his stomach because i wasnt here all day yesterday. He seemed perfectly fine when i let them ut this morning, but when go back out here, im gonna check everyones poo and see of it passed or not. Thanks so much for everyones help!

 

[leadwolf1]

Glad to hear that he seems fine today

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