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Well the other day when I opened this thread, my phone apparently didn't refresh the page and I didn't see the post about the hay and straw that you posted earlier. computers are much more trustworthy.
I edited my previous post. I have been awfully bust lately and haven't had much time to get on BYC.
I did read the links that you provided, thank you so much for your information.
The only one that seems to match is constipation. I am thinking that the hay clogged her crop as well as her intestines.
The other day things were really looking down. She was so weak she could hardly stand and she didn't want to eat or drink. I started giving her a mixture of water, Epsom salt, ACV and juice through a syringe and massaged her crop as much as possible. A few times her crop was inflated like a balloon and I could see an air bubble if I lifted up her neck feathers. I lifted her head and lightly massaged and squeezed her crop and sure enough she burped.
This morning she hit rock bottom and I thought she would die. Her body was just wasting away. I figured that if I fed her real food it could get stuck in her crop and she could get worse, bit if I didn't give her some real food she would die of starvation. I decided to risk it and I mixed up some yogurt with juice and ACV.
This afternoon she is much more alert and seems much better! I also started hearing gurgling digesting sounds coming from her abdomen which was good. She never has started pooping.
A few minutes ago I put on a glove, lubricated it and did an internal exam. Before I knew it there was liquid gushing everywhere. Lots of liquidy poop. But there was also a lot of almost grainy, chalky poop. I almost had to scrape around to get all the grainy stuff out. Most of what came out was fibers of hay. Darn hay!
I am ecstatic that she was able to get all of that out but I'm still confused as to why she can't poop on her own.
While I was giving her yogurt this morning through a syringe I'm pretty sure that she got some down her esophagus. I'm concerned that she could aspirate. She's breathing a little more heavily now but nothing terrible. She's such a trooper. I'm not going to give up on her as long as she's alive.
~Edited to add that she has been interested in food today. She has been pecking at her chicken feed but I didn't want dry stuff to get clogged in her throat so I gave her feed mashed with water and a drop of ACV. She ate hungrily which made me happy.
I didn't want her to eat too much. I am still giving her water, ACV and juice every now and then and I've been massaging her often.
Lots of praying.
I did read the links that you provided, thank you so much for your information.
The other day things were really looking down. She was so weak she could hardly stand and she didn't want to eat or drink. I started giving her a mixture of water, Epsom salt, ACV and juice through a syringe and massaged her crop as much as possible. A few times her crop was inflated like a balloon and I could see an air bubble if I lifted up her neck feathers. I lifted her head and lightly massaged and squeezed her crop and sure enough she burped.
This morning she hit rock bottom and I thought she would die. Her body was just wasting away. I figured that if I fed her real food it could get stuck in her crop and she could get worse, bit if I didn't give her some real food she would die of starvation. I decided to risk it and I mixed up some yogurt with juice and ACV.
This afternoon she is much more alert and seems much better! I also started hearing gurgling digesting sounds coming from her abdomen which was good. She never has started pooping.
A few minutes ago I put on a glove, lubricated it and did an internal exam. Before I knew it there was liquid gushing everywhere. Lots of liquidy poop. But there was also a lot of almost grainy, chalky poop. I almost had to scrape around to get all the grainy stuff out. Most of what came out was fibers of hay. Darn hay!
While I was giving her yogurt this morning through a syringe I'm pretty sure that she got some down her esophagus. I'm concerned that she could aspirate. She's breathing a little more heavily now but nothing terrible. She's such a trooper. I'm not going to give up on her as long as she's alive.
~Edited to add that she has been interested in food today. She has been pecking at her chicken feed but I didn't want dry stuff to get clogged in her throat so I gave her feed mashed with water and a drop of ACV. She ate hungrily which made me happy.
Lots of praying.
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