Hi,
I have a 6-7 month old new pullet, a modern english game bantam. She came home about 2 weeks ago with another 2 bantams. They were doing quarantine in a large dog crate, but apparently it was too small for them, as this pullet got her vent pecked (I think from stress of being in the crate). So I found her 3 days ago bleeding from her vent and fluffed up. I washed her vent and applied antiseptic gel and put her in a separate crate. Yesterday I just watched her and the wound had stopped bleeding and she seemed better, so I just left her alone because I didn'twant to worsen her wound. She was pooping only liquid (I think mostly urates and a little bit of brown stuff).
Today, I checked her vent and a hard scab (dark, not dry urates) formed on the upper "lip" of her vent. I am worried because I haven't seen a normal poop, and her vent seems not able to fully open because of the scab. I washed her again with warm water and tried to "massage" a bit her vent with a q-tip with vaseline, introducing it a little bit. After that, I left her in her crate and saw her poop a TINY amount of solid poop and she had to strain.
Besides that, she is now behaving almost normally, scratching in her crate and she started eating again.
What else can I do to help her? I'm afraid she will die from not pooping properly.
Also, I am not sure if she started laying eggs yet, as I said I got 3 bantams and some days I found an egg in their crate, but don't know which one is laying.
I will try to post some pictures as soon as I can.
Thanks, any advice is welcome.
I have a 6-7 month old new pullet, a modern english game bantam. She came home about 2 weeks ago with another 2 bantams. They were doing quarantine in a large dog crate, but apparently it was too small for them, as this pullet got her vent pecked (I think from stress of being in the crate). So I found her 3 days ago bleeding from her vent and fluffed up. I washed her vent and applied antiseptic gel and put her in a separate crate. Yesterday I just watched her and the wound had stopped bleeding and she seemed better, so I just left her alone because I didn'twant to worsen her wound. She was pooping only liquid (I think mostly urates and a little bit of brown stuff).
Today, I checked her vent and a hard scab (dark, not dry urates) formed on the upper "lip" of her vent. I am worried because I haven't seen a normal poop, and her vent seems not able to fully open because of the scab. I washed her again with warm water and tried to "massage" a bit her vent with a q-tip with vaseline, introducing it a little bit. After that, I left her in her crate and saw her poop a TINY amount of solid poop and she had to strain.
Besides that, she is now behaving almost normally, scratching in her crate and she started eating again.
What else can I do to help her? I'm afraid she will die from not pooping properly.
Also, I am not sure if she started laying eggs yet, as I said I got 3 bantams and some days I found an egg in their crate, but don't know which one is laying.
I will try to post some pictures as soon as I can.
Thanks, any advice is welcome.