help! !!! please!!!!!!

[mjw1079]

 

[mjw1079]

So here is a pick of our Indian runner. We thought it was a impacted crop. His neck chest area us really swollen and he is very sluggish and seems dizzy. Crop is on the right side I am told. Swelling is on left. Can anyone please help us.

 

[casportpony]

What does the swelling feel like? Air, water, or something else?

-Kathy

 

[mjw1079]

Kind of feels like air. Can't really feel anything lodged in there. I can feel his neck and some bone in the swollen area.

 

[mjw1079]

 

[mjw1079]

You can see how his neck is crooked. His head is off to one side.

 

[mjw1079]

 

[casportpony]

Kind of feels like air. Can't really feel anything lodged in there. I can feel his neck and some bone in the swollen area.

I very well could be air. Birds can rupture their air sacs either from injury or from infection. Here are some air sac bictures:

From: http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=15+1829&aid=2721




Another picture:
http://chickscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/explore/embryology/day15/how.html
Picture of air sacs.


http://www.thewildclassroom.com/biodiversity/birds/aviantopics/environmentalphysiology.html





-Kathy

 

[mjw1079]

Amy idea on why his neck is crooked? Also what can we do to help him get back to normal? I was thinking it could be crooked neck? Canning give niacin or some vitamins?

 

[casportpony]

Amy idea on why his neck is crooked? Also what can we do to help him get back to normal? I was thinking it could be crooked neck? Canning give niacin or some vitamins?

The build up of the air can cause the neck to bend. I had one with a ruptured sac that ballooned up it's body so much it couldn't walk.

-Kathy