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Songster
8 month old Sapphire Gem hen. Day 3 of known crop impaction, possible has been going on longer.
She has been inside my house for over 48 hours now, separated from her flock. They have a big 10x12 house and a 10x20 covered run, so no chance of her eating anything big, hardware, glass, plastic, or anything else. It feels like it is just a lot of grit in there at this point.
Crop is about golf ball sized now, maybe a little smaller (was huge to start with). It's rock hard, will soften completely when I massage it (hourly), then gets hard again. When it's softened, it feels like it's full of grit - kind of like a stress ball.
Other than not wanting to eat or drink yesterday and today, she seems to feel fine. She is her normal talkative self, moving around the bathroom, very sweet. She is very social, and I'm sure she would rather be out in the coop/run with her flock.
I'm certain she needs lots of water to flush that grit through.
Suggestions? Anything else I should do besides massage hourly and give water by syringe to move the grit through?
She has been inside my house for over 48 hours now, separated from her flock. They have a big 10x12 house and a 10x20 covered run, so no chance of her eating anything big, hardware, glass, plastic, or anything else. It feels like it is just a lot of grit in there at this point.
Crop is about golf ball sized now, maybe a little smaller (was huge to start with). It's rock hard, will soften completely when I massage it (hourly), then gets hard again. When it's softened, it feels like it's full of grit - kind of like a stress ball.
Other than not wanting to eat or drink yesterday and today, she seems to feel fine. She is her normal talkative self, moving around the bathroom, very sweet. She is very social, and I'm sure she would rather be out in the coop/run with her flock.
I'm certain she needs lots of water to flush that grit through.
Suggestions? Anything else I should do besides massage hourly and give water by syringe to move the grit through?
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