Prolapsed vent that won't go back in

[battagliac]

Thank you, I appreciate all your help

Thank you, I appreciate all your help

We have a pretty good Avian Vet, and she says when there’s a lash egg or material and there is usually an ova duct infection. We have had many of these infections in our flock, and we only treated one early enough to cure it. Our vet gives us 30 days of 300mg cephalexin antibiotic tabs, quarter tablet every 12 hrs. Unfortunately, if she has had it for a while, then it’s hard to beat. You have to get it early.

 

[noodledog]

After soaking her again today and trying to push the prolapse back in, her vent is almost back to normal. Tomorrow I'm going to call the vet again to ask if they'll see her about the salpingitis, and maybe prescribe an antibiotic.

 

[noodledog]

The vet never called back & everything was closed today. She got worse today. Yesterday she would walk around a bit & the prolapse was almost completely better, today she couldn't stand up/stop falling over or stay awake & developed a very swollen abdomen. I put her to rest because she got so much worse. No idea what happened because she seemed much better

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Very sorry about your lovely hen. Just found this thread today, hoped it would have a better outcome. You had the best of help. I had a hen prolapse last year with no warning and when I found her she was already in terrible shape, all we could do was end her suffering. How these creatures can be so tough and yet so fragile at the same time is beyond me. You did your best.

 

[noodledog]

Very sorry about your lovely hen. Just found this thread today, hoped it would have a better outcome. You had the best of help. I had a hen prolapse last year with no warning and when I found her she was already in terrible shape, all we could do was end her suffering. How these creatures can be so tough and yet so fragile at the same time is beyond me. You did your best.

Thank you - She was a lovely bird. I'm sorry about your hen too, I wish they didn't hide things so well, it seemed like she was going to get better.