friedandscrambled
Chirping
- Jun 4, 2022
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Hi
Sorry this may be somewhat long - appreciate any advice
I have a 2+ year old hen that I noticed was smelling sour and had runny bottom. Looking at vent, it was red and swollen so I started to treat for vent gleet. Soaked in epsom salt, used lotrimin etc... Then next morning, I noticed her crop was squishy and she was a little lethargic, definitely NOT her style and when I picked her up, it appeared as though some liquid was coming out of her mouth. Great....so I started to treat for sour crop with monistat. I separated her from the rest of the flock to give her 12+ hours of no food and water only to find next morning what looked like one long round worm that had come out. UGH. So I got safeguard and treated her and the rest of the flock. She seemed a bit perkier this day so I gave her some water with ACV, small amounts at any given time and syringed a mix of yogurt, kaytee bird. Not much maybe 6ml of the syringe she took and then tried some egg yolk later in the day mixed with yogurt which she seemed to eat with pleasure. This morning, felt her crop and it was not as big as it had been so I thought OK maybe we are getting somewhere but while she wants to drink, she did not want food and I noticed she just would keep closing her eyes. Her comb is bright red, her vent while still enlarged is not as red due to all the soaks and manually cleaning out any stuck gunk but she is lethargic again today and her crop is swelling even though it is day 3 of monistat orally. She did poo a little bit later in afternoon where I could see some dead roundworms, otherwise liquid just comes out from her vent at times. I have puppy pads that I change continually. Tried phoning at least 3 veterinary practices and everyone is on vacation and no one knows much about birds. I am trying really hard to help this girl, I love her but I dont know what else to do. I am not sure if her crop is now pendulous (sp?) because she is a big eater and always seemed to have a big crop by end of day but never with any issues and always gone by morning but I am at my wits end. I have read a ton of posts here but any advice - help - guidance would be awesome as I dont know if I should withhold water and food again while still treating for the sour crop and vent gleet. She wants to drink liquid and I dont want her to dehydrate but she is just a balloon right now and when I put any pressure on it it seems as though liquid is trying to come up. I accidentally regurgitated her and got her upright fast enough not to have a problem but I dont want her to aspirate. again-any help....thanks in advance
Sorry this may be somewhat long - appreciate any advice
I have a 2+ year old hen that I noticed was smelling sour and had runny bottom. Looking at vent, it was red and swollen so I started to treat for vent gleet. Soaked in epsom salt, used lotrimin etc... Then next morning, I noticed her crop was squishy and she was a little lethargic, definitely NOT her style and when I picked her up, it appeared as though some liquid was coming out of her mouth. Great....so I started to treat for sour crop with monistat. I separated her from the rest of the flock to give her 12+ hours of no food and water only to find next morning what looked like one long round worm that had come out. UGH. So I got safeguard and treated her and the rest of the flock. She seemed a bit perkier this day so I gave her some water with ACV, small amounts at any given time and syringed a mix of yogurt, kaytee bird. Not much maybe 6ml of the syringe she took and then tried some egg yolk later in the day mixed with yogurt which she seemed to eat with pleasure. This morning, felt her crop and it was not as big as it had been so I thought OK maybe we are getting somewhere but while she wants to drink, she did not want food and I noticed she just would keep closing her eyes. Her comb is bright red, her vent while still enlarged is not as red due to all the soaks and manually cleaning out any stuck gunk but she is lethargic again today and her crop is swelling even though it is day 3 of monistat orally. She did poo a little bit later in afternoon where I could see some dead roundworms, otherwise liquid just comes out from her vent at times. I have puppy pads that I change continually. Tried phoning at least 3 veterinary practices and everyone is on vacation and no one knows much about birds. I am trying really hard to help this girl, I love her but I dont know what else to do. I am not sure if her crop is now pendulous (sp?) because she is a big eater and always seemed to have a big crop by end of day but never with any issues and always gone by morning but I am at my wits end. I have read a ton of posts here but any advice - help - guidance would be awesome as I dont know if I should withhold water and food again while still treating for the sour crop and vent gleet. She wants to drink liquid and I dont want her to dehydrate but she is just a balloon right now and when I put any pressure on it it seems as though liquid is trying to come up. I accidentally regurgitated her and got her upright fast enough not to have a problem but I dont want her to aspirate. again-any help....thanks in advance
