MJ's little flock

[MaryJanet]

That's a hard road you've just been stood on.

Well, I stood myself on it really. I'm free to choose euthanasia for her whenever I please, but I dont.

 

[MaryJanet]

Ok. The first feeding wasn't easy for her, but now I've learned how to open her beak (gentle pressure on the tip of the upper beak). And I'll wrap her a little tighter next time too. No problem going under her tongue and into her crop.

 

[MaryJanet]

And I've added another step to the procedure: have a sit down and a cuppa afterwards.

 

[LozzyR]

Do you weigh them Lozzy?

No, I don't have scales accurate enough. It would be good to get a set like they have at the vet though.

 

[LozzyR]

Snowy was shaking her head this morning as I was leaving for work.

 

[RoyalChick]

We're back from the vet.

Lorna's infection has harmed her liver, but she'll recover if she's crop fed.

Soooo I've had a lesson and I'm fully equipped with powdered food (Wombaroo), syringes, and a strange needle.

Each meal has to have a milk thistle capsule added to it. 4 meals daily until the 27th, then see how she goes.

She's to be weighed daily until she holds or gains weight without being fed. If her weight drops again, we restart the crop feeding.

How does he know that? Did he do blood tests?
Is the crop feeding because she won’t eat by herself?
Poor little thing!

 

[LozzyR]

No, I don't have scales accurate enough. It would be good to get a set like they have at the vet though.

Having said that, I do weigh them with me holding them on the people scales if I have to get wormer liquid into them. It just isn’t accurate gram-wise, only kilos and one decimal point.

 

[MaryJanet]

How does he know that? Did he do blood tests?
Is the crop feeding because she won’t eat by herself?
Poor little thing!

No, he didn't use any tests. I think he was using the "if you hear hooves" principle you were explaining the other day.

As for me, I'm following instructions and hoping for the best. At least liquid food will get through her digestive system.

 

[MaryJanet]

Having said that, I do weigh them with me holding them on the people scales if I have to get wormer liquid into them. It just isn’t accurate gram-wise, only kilos and one decimal point.

I weighed Lorna on the kitchen scale by putting her in a little plastic lunch box. She stood still long enough for a reading.

 

[MaryJanet]

So far today, Lorna has had three feeds and we're both getting much better at it. There's one more feed due 7.30-8pm.

She has weighed 833g all day. I'm considering her weight stability a minor win. Hopefully tomorrow she will be a little heavier.