so what exactly did he say about her crop? sluggish? and i agree, who cares what the species- a pet is a pet...
my little crossbeak is hanging on, put him under a heatlamp, been giving him a broth of eggyolk, electrolytes, crumbles, and vitamins, by this afternoon he was wanting back with the family, and racing for treats...
He said it wasn't impacted and it wasn't infected or yeast (ie sour crop). He looked at it under the microscope and did some stain. He said he looked it up in his book and it could be pendulous crop but otherwise he was at a loss. Gotta love honesty anyway. He said feed her more fiber (alfalfa) and make sure they had extra grit. He said a good way to get them to eat alfalfa is sprinkle some scratch on it. I'm supposed to bring her back next Wednesday. I can ask for a referral to the vet hospital in Stillwater, that's probably what I'll do. Because like I said-they fix it in parrots. I think it's the whole idea that chickens aren't worth as much money to most people.
Do you think the crossbeak is going to be ok? The crossbeak Brahma I had didn't have any problems at all eating, yours must be worse or shaped different.