My 1 year old Austrolorp prolapsed last Tuesday. We isolated her in a dog kennel with bedding, water and food in our heated garage. Minimal food -mainly just to try and limit poops while we try and help her heal. She is alert, red-combed and looking very healthy besides the obvious issue, although losing feathers on her undercarriage due to nowhere to perch.
We bathe her daily in warm water for 20 minutes, try to clean the prolapsed tissue carefully, and then apply Vetericyn plus, and gently work the tissue back in her vent. Hold it there for 5 minutes- although the last 4 days it does stay in on its own for those 5 minutes. But it is soon popped right back out once we put her back in the kennel. It does have a thick layer of poop which we haven’t been able to remove due to being a little dry and the fear that we might accidentally damage her delicate tissue underneath. We can see under this layer that the tissue is red and viable. I’m at a loss on how to get this caked poop off without hurting her, and also how to keep her tissue inside her vent
We bathe her daily in warm water for 20 minutes, try to clean the prolapsed tissue carefully, and then apply Vetericyn plus, and gently work the tissue back in her vent. Hold it there for 5 minutes- although the last 4 days it does stay in on its own for those 5 minutes. But it is soon popped right back out once we put her back in the kennel. It does have a thick layer of poop which we haven’t been able to remove due to being a little dry and the fear that we might accidentally damage her delicate tissue underneath. We can see under this layer that the tissue is red and viable. I’m at a loss on how to get this caked poop off without hurting her, and also how to keep her tissue inside her vent
