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Galaxyfalcon
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I would give her baths a couple times a day. It will help keep the area clean and can even reverse the prolapse sometimes. If the tissue can go back inside on its own that will be much better. If it doesn't, then you can put it back in. You don't want to force it, but looking for the way it will go back in easily itself.
You can give her moisten and broken down feed. This will make it a bit easier on her vent when she poops.
I don't know if your vet gave you an antiinflammatories drug, but you can give her some. Ibuprofen or Aspirin will also work. The idea is to get the inflammation down so it easier to pass eggs and allow the tissue to stay in.
With my girl, I left her eggs with her so she would go broody. That allowed her to stop laying eggs and take a break. It is also recommended by some to put the girls in the dark to stop them laying. You can try keeping her in the dark, but I never got that to work for me.
Thanks for the reply. We were prescribed an oral anti-inflammatory given once a day (metacam) as well as an antibiotic. I'll go out in a bit and giver a tub to take a bath in. We currently have her separated from the other ducks in the duck run (she has enough energy to be upset about that at least).
She may have laid an egg this morning and spent some time in her favorite nest box warming her eggs. I'm almost considering getting some ceramic eggs so she can sit on them all she wants. Her prolapse is a bit drippy, so we've just done another spray with vetricyn and hopefully keeping it moist. I also saw her do a gigantic runny/soft poop so at least she's pooping still.
Aside from all of that she still has good energy. She's eating and drinking and wants to go outside and play in the grass, so she mostly has her normal energy level aside from just dealing with the prolapse.