Impacted crop

[casportpony]

How much water has she had in the last 24 hours?

 

[chickenenthusiasts5698]

her crop hasn’t gone down at all

 

[casportpony]

her crop hasn’t gone down at all

How do you feel about tubing some fluids to her? Tubing fluids is how I have been able to clear impacted crops. To tube you will need a 30 or 60 ml syringe and a tube. You can use aquarium tubing from Walmart, PetSmart, or Petco. Go get some of that, then go to Tractor Supply and get a 30-60 ml syringe.

 

[chickenenthusiasts5698]

How do you feel about tubing some fluids to her? Tubing fluids is how I have been able to clear impacted crops. To tube you will need a 30 or 60 ml syringe and a tube. You can use aquarium tubing from Walmart, PetSmart, or Petco. Go get some of that, then go to Tractor Supply and get a 30-60 ml syringe.

My mom won’t let me. She thinks she’ll stick it down her throat.

 

[casportpony]

My mom won’t let me. She thinks she’ll stick it down her throat.

Tell your mom that it is 1000 times safer than doing crop surgery.

 

[chickenenthusiasts5698]

Tell your mom that it is 1000 times safer than doing crop surgery.

I’m having a hard time convincing her. She just wants to do the surgery.

 

[casportpony]

I’m having a hard time convincing her. She just wants to do the surgery.

I once taught to children (brother and sister) how to tube using the overflow tube from a toilet. They figured it out, managed to save their hen, then went on to show it at the county fair.

Crop surgery is truly a last ditch *drastic* measure and IMO, should not be done by someone that is not comfortable tube feeding. Tube feeding is easy, crop surgery is hard. On top of that, have either of you thought about what is actually causing the crop problem? Unless the crop is full of grass, then the problem is probably not in the crop, so what will you do, and how will you feel if you open the crop and it's not actually impacted?

 

[dawg53]

Generally speaking if the crop is impacted, there's a chance the gizzard is impacted as well. You cant perform gizzard surgery.

 

[chickenenthusiasts5698]

I once taught to children (brother and sister) how to tube using the overflow tube from a toilet. They figured it out, managed to save their hen, then went on to show it at the county fair.

Crop surgery is truly a last ditch *drastic* measure and IMO, should not be done by someone that is not comfortable tube feeding. Tube feeding is easy, crop surgery is hard. On top of that, has either of you thought about what is actually causing the crop problem? Unless the crop is full of grass, then the problem is probably not in the crop, so what will you do and how will you feel if you open the crop and it's not actually impacted?

What size tube? She doesn’t want to do surgery anymore. If we did crop surgery would it require stitches?

 

[casportpony]

What size tube?

An 18 French urinary catheter or aquarium air line.

If we did crop surgery would it require stitches?

The reference I have says the crop needs to be sutured and the skin needs to be sutured, separately.