HELP!!! TURKEY HEN PROLAPSED??

[danielley101215]

I think she knows. You've been paying a lot of extra attention to her and keeping her prolapse lubricated. It's uncomfortable when it gets dry, so keeping it moist helped it feel better for her. You cleaned up her feathers and gave her the nice soak. She knows.

Thank you it means so much.. I hope she does. I couldn’t say goodbye to her mate, shadow. He’s my profile pic. She is Peep. I’ll miss her always. She will be buried beside his burial site.. it’s so hard to say bye.. I’m going to have to any time.. we are almost there..

 

[AmyJane725]

I’m so sorry we all love our pets so much and give the absolute world for them.. when we cannot save them it’s absolutely heartbreaking. Do you think it was from eggs..? we are almost there.. it’s hard to say goodbye we drove an hour from home at 2am just for her

Thanks for the condolences. It still hurts because you're right. We do love them so much and would do anything in our power. It's awful when that still isn't enough to save them.

Saying goodbye is hard, but at least you can bring her home and give her a proper burial. I'm not sure if it's the same for turkeys, but just be mentally prepared that she might not go all that peacefully. My friend had to have one of her chickens put down because an egg broke inside of her, and the vet didn't really want her to watch because I guess they thrash around and stuff. It's not like a dog or a cat where they just fall asleep. She might be so tired she will just go though, I don't know.

It's hard to say if eggs caused this. It's my understanding that birds are supposed to lay all the time except in winter, so since she hadn't laid an egg since July that might be cause for concern? I don't know though. That's actually a good question.

To those who know what they're doing, if a hen stops laying for no good reason is this cause for alarm?

 

[AmyJane725]

Thank you it means so much.. I hope she does. I couldn’t say goodbye to her mate, shadow. He’s my profile pic. She is Peep. I’ll miss her always. She will be buried beside his burial site.. it’s so hard to say bye.. I’m going to have to any time.. we are almost there..

I'll stay up with you. You can message once it's done. We're in the same time zone I believe. I'm honestly amazed you managed to find a place to euthanize a turkey at 2 in the morning.

He was a gorgeous bird. What happened to him if you don't mind my asking?

Oh, and if you want to take a last couple of photos of her I'd like to see the poor girl's face. It's been all bum shots so far, lol. When my ex's parents' dog died I was devastated, and it was even worse because I realized the only picture I had of her was one where she was in the cone of shame. I really regret not taking more pictures while she was alive.

 

[danielley101215]

I'll stay up with you. You can message once it's done. We're in the same time zone I believe. I'm honestly amazed you managed to find a place to euthanize a turkey at 2 in the morning.

He was a gorgeous bird. What happened to him if you don't mind my asking?

Oh, and if you want to take a last couple of photos of her I'd like to see the poor girl's face. It's been all bum shots so far, lol. When my ex's parents' dog died I was devastated, and it was even worse because I realized the only picture I had of her was one where she was in the cone of shame. I really regret not taking more pictures while she was alive.

It is done. We Just left the emergency room. I was in the room with her when she went, was able to talk to her and Pet her and she looked me in the face until her heart stopped. They were so good with her, very sweet professional and understanding and sympathetic. They put her out easily and quickly, didn’t take her long to go. I’m so sad. I miss her so much but I’m relieved she’s not hurting anymore, she doesn’t have to suffer. She didn’t deserve that. She’s in a better place now and went easily with me beside her. They actually made me a little box with her little foot track imprinted in some sand to keep forever to remember her. I’ll take a pic of it when I’m home, got a 45 min drive. So sweet. I’ll always keep it. And they are going to have her cremated for me, I didn’t know they offered that but they said they could do a private cremation of her for me to keep her ashes forever, and I said of course. I will get her ashes back within 30 days. I know I did the right thing. But I miss her so badly.

 

[danielley101215]

I'll stay up with you. You can message once it's done. We're in the same time zone I believe. I'm honestly amazed you managed to find a place to euthanize a turkey at 2 in the morning.

He was a gorgeous bird. What happened to him if you don't mind my asking?

Oh, and if you want to take a last couple of photos of her I'd like to see the poor girl's face. It's been all bum shots so far, lol. When my ex's parents' dog died I was devastated, and it was even worse because I realized the only picture I had of her was one where she was in the cone of shame. I really regret not taking more pictures while she was alive.

Im very thankful I found them and that they could do all of this for me including her cremation and ashes being returned. That’s so amazing to me and special.

Thank you so much he was beautiful and the absolute sweetest. He never had anything wrong with him, just woke up one morning and found him gone and he was perfectly fine the night before, I just lost him out of the blue just two months ago and it broke my heart. So I said the day I buried him I’d protect her with all my heart and keep her healthy and happy. Hard to lose her too. Especially the way it happened.
I have so many pics of her if you wanna see, I’ll upload some in Rembrence of her

 

[AmyJane725]

It is done. We Just left the emergency room. I was in the room with her when she went, was able to talk to her and Pet her and she looked me in the face until her heart stopped. They were so good with her, very sweet professional and understanding and sympathetic. They put her out easily and quickly, didn’t take her long to go. I’m so sad. I miss her so much but I’m relieved she’s not hurting anymore, she doesn’t have to suffer. She didn’t deserve that. She’s in a better place now and went easily with me beside her. They actually made me a little box with her little foot track imprinted in some sand to keep forever to remember her. I’ll take a pic of it when I’m home, got a 45 min drive. So sweet. I’ll always keep it. And they are going to have her cremated for me, I didn’t know they offered that but they said they could do a private cremation of her for me to keep her ashes forever, and I said of course. I will get her ashes back within 30 days. I know I did the right thing. But I miss her so badly.

I'm glad she went peacefully. Rest in Peace sweet Peep. A flight of angels sing thee to thy rest. You don't have to suffering with your poor bottom anymore. You can be with Shadow now. I'm sure he missed you.

That is very nice that you can have her footprint and her ashes. It's helps so much to have something tangible to hold onto. Do you have to drive back to pick up the ashes or do they mail them to you?

Did the doctor say what those guts were that had come out?

 

[AmyJane725]

Im very thankful I found them and that they could do all of this for me including her cremation and ashes being returned. That’s so amazing to me and special.

Thank you so much he was beautiful and the absolute sweetest. He never had anything wrong with him, just woke up one morning and found him gone and he was perfectly fine the night before, I just lost him out of the blue just two months ago and it broke my heart. So I said the day I buried him I’d protect her with all my heart and keep her healthy and happy. Hard to lose her too. Especially the way it happened.
I have so many pics of her if you wanna see, I’ll upload some in Rembrence of her

That's so shocking to have an animal that seems perfectly healthy one day and the next they're dead. And not knowing what happened is terrible too. Poor guy. Hopefully he went as peacefully as Peep did. I know it hurts to lose her too, especially after your promise, but you did everything that you could. You kept her healthy and happy for as long as she was able to be.

I would love to see some pictures of her. Post away.

 

[danielley101215]

This one just below the first pic was her just today. This evening. She always loved being with me.

Pic of me and her together.. so special to me

Peep was so loved by my whole family, and I most of all. I will miss her so much

 

[AmyJane725]

What a sweet little face she had. I haven't seen a brown turkey before. She was very pretty. I'm glad you have such nice pictures to remember her.

Maybe get that one of you and her together framed and hang it up behind the little footprint box and the ashes when you get them. A small memorial.

The very first picture you posted is really good as well. Such an inquisitive expression. Turkeys have a reputation for being unintelligent, but she looks pretty keen to me.

 

[danielley101215]

I'm glad she went peacefully. Rest in Peace sweet Peep. A flight of angels sing thee to they rest. You don't have to suffering with your poor bottom anymore. You can be with Shadow now. I'm sure he missed you.

That is very nice that you can have her footprint and her ashes. It's helps so much to have something tangible to hold onto. Do you have to drive back to pick up the ashes or do they mail them to you?

Did the doctor say what those guts were that had come out?

You are so sweet and so right. Thank you oh so much. She’s with her sweet boy now <3 they can be together again. Never apart, I told him I’d protect her till she returned to him.. I did my very best at that.

I know I’m grateful for that. I never thought they would do it for a turkey. But I said of course, that’s so special. To be able to have her always wherever I go even when I move in the future. It means so much to have these keep sakes of her physically. I will pick them up when they call me whenever they are ready.

They didn’t tell me too much about it actually which I was surprised, we all tried to get it done relatively quickly for her sake