Impacted Crop - length till impact passed

[Minniechickmama]

Glad to hear you got her some help.
They don't need anasthesia, they will hold still and there is very little bleeding for this surgery. It is quite impressive.

 

[OregonChickenGal]

Quote:
I'm glad to see the vet did the surgery. I know alot of members do the surgery themselves, some with good and not so good results. Without a local anesthetic chickens do feel pain. I don't care what anyone says. They may lie still for the surgery but that doesn't mean they don't feel it. Anything with a nervous system feels pain. That's why alot of chickens don't recover from the surgery. The pain and trauma does them in. I wouldn't want someone cutting me open without a local to numb the pain.

 

[puddinbabe]

Update: The hen had surgery on Friday the 16th. She was doing great right after her surgery. She hadn't eaten for quite some time so she started chowing down on some crumbles (she wouldn't touch moist crumbles though). She was drinking alright. We were giving her some oral antibiotics. Five days after the surgery she seemed to take a turn for the worse. She wanted to sit down in the back of the dog crate with her butt to me. She was closing her eyes. When she was on her feet she seemed wobbly. I spoke to the vet and all he could think of was to try some more antibiotics, which is where we are now.

Its been 11 days since surgery and she's been in the house for 15 days. She eats a little, but she needs to eat more. She will perch at night, so she's not that sick, but I just don't know what to do. We're going to keep her inside till we're done with the antibiotics which is prob another 5-7 days. She does fight them with all her strength (you have no idea she wasn't feeling well while trying to open her beak). The incision is healing nicely and is very clean (not red at all). She is still sitting in the back of the crate, but she isn't wobbly on her feet any more. I have been giving her dried mealworms as treats and she'd eat 100 if I would give them to her. She doesn't want yogurt or any other treats, not even scratch. So she's just eating crumbles and some mealworm treats. The bright green has gone out of her poop, but it is a little greenish still, and not nearly the volume as before since she's not that hungry.

I'm trying to figure out what I'm going to do if, when the antibiotics are over, she remains in the same condition. I'm sure she misses being outside and having sunlight. If she doesn't improve the choices are to put her back outside in the coop and hope it raises her spirits or to put her down. She doesn't seem to be in pain, but you can never tell with chickens. I thought for sure she was doing to die last week when she shut her eyes and sat down in the crate, cause that usually seems to be the case. But she's hanging in there. I can't keep her inside forever.

What would you do? Any advice or tips to help her recover? Think she'll bounce back or does this sound terminal?

 

[nakstk]

I have a pullet that is just getting over sour crop. After a week of massaging and a diet of bread soaked in ACV and mineral oil her crop finally cleared itself last night. She will be on a soft food diet for another week the back out with her sisters. I am going to buy some Vita sol with out iron to give her because her diet this last week hasn't been very nutritious. I hope your girl pulls out of it.