keep us posted...I love to hear when they get better!
Thanks for asking I was just thinking I should update but he has kept us rather busy along with these cold nights. He seems to be doing well we are hopeful. We brought him to a large animal vet that decided mo's (our rooster short for molasses) crop is not impacted. He thinks it may be sour, with some research we are thinking it may be slow crop but who knows. The vet sent us with a probiotic which is now day 3 and we are giving him watered/pedialyte down chick grower crumbles and his stools have more consistency and he is more active... cleaning himself and talkative. His crop feels much smaller in the morning and less hard and is more normal full feeling during the day not like tight but fullish and soft. He is getting super friendly too he is in our house with us and will jump up on our laps.. he's so sweet but definitely needs to be out with his flock.
(In the picture he cornered my cat in the mudroom... so funny. They're great with each other)
We are thinking of going back to chick grower to put some weight on him once he pulls through this mess so he can go back outside but it's so cold. We are going to put him in the basement to help aclimate from our wood stove heated house to the great outdoors. Does it seem like an okay idea to feed chick starter for a few weeks to out some weight on him he is rather boney. Or is there something in it he shouldn't have if he's not a baby? Any other suggestions for weight gain?
His poop is still green and fairly watery although a little improved today. It's still empty in the morning. We bought crickets and meal worms from the local pet store and he loved them.
We noticed his top beak is hanging over his bottom like it's too long. We just thought his beak is different from the hens because everything about him is different from them. So we are not sure if this is what started his whole problem or if it's just a coincidence. Any who he was having some difficulty picking the worms up so I handed them to him although he could catch and eat the crickets no problem. I got to thinking maybe he was having trouble picking up his food. So we've been feeding him dry chick starter crumbles out of a large dog food scooper and he has been eating off and on all morning. Big improvement. He's still rather quiet acting but we added pedialyte to his water which he has been drinking. We will probably tube feed him fluids later just to make sure he's hydrated with all the loose poop he's having.
He's such a sweet handsome boy we have our fingers constantly crossed. It looks like I'd be able to clip the tip of his beak without much problem but I'm not sure I want to while he's sick. Thoughts?
Also I work at a vets and the culture on his poo should hopefully be in tomorrow and I'll know and do whatever antibiotic is best for him. He's not a meat bird or even a mating bird so it will be fine. And I have a cross beak girl that lives inside so he has company. Up until a month ago she was living outside with him so she's not a stranger. Seems to like the company but kisses his girls. We let him out when it warmed up yesterday for a little less than an hour. Not sure if it helped or not but he did seem to enjoy their company.
His poop is still green and fairly watery although a little improved today. It's still empty in the morning. We bought crickets and meal worms from the local pet store and he loved them.
We noticed his top beak is hanging over his bottom like it's too long. We just thought his beak is different from the hens because everything about him is different from them. So we are not sure if this is what started his whole problem or if it's just a coincidence. Any who he was having some difficulty picking the worms up so I handed them to him although he could catch and eat the crickets no problem. I got to thinking maybe he was having trouble picking up his food. So we've been feeding him dry chick starter crumbles out of a large dog food scooper and he has been eating off and on all morning. Big improvement. He's still rather quiet acting but we added pedialyte to his water which he has been drinking. We will probably tube feed him fluids later just to make sure he's hydrated with all the loose poop he's having.
He's such a sweet handsome boy we have our fingers constantly crossed. It looks like I'd be able to clip the tip of his beak without much problem but I'm not sure I want to while he's sick. Thoughts?
Also I work at a vets and the culture on his poo should hopefully be in tomorrow and I'll know and do whatever antibiotic is best for him. He's not a meat bird or even a mating bird so it will be fine. And I have a cross beak girl that lives inside so he has company. Up until a month ago she was living outside with him so she's not a stranger. Seems to like the company but kisses his girls. We let him out when it warmed up yesterday for a little less than an hour. Not sure if it helped or not but he did seem to enjoy their company.
