Serious problem! Update pg 7.She's home.

[PortageGirl]

We're all pulling for you both. *hugs*

 

[Attack Chicken]

No new news today. I couldn't get ahold of the vet because they were only open from 8am- 12 noon. Now I have to wait till Monday to call to see how she is. The last time I talked to the vet she said she would call if anything happend. So I guess at this point no news is good news.

 

[Cetawin]

aaaawwww hang in there...the vet will do everything possible to save her. Keep praying and thinking positively.

 

[Attack Chicken]

Going to probably be over $400 for all this.. i just hope surgery doesn't need to be done.

 

[Lunachick]

Perhaps the vet can work on some kind of payment plan with you? I hope you have good news on Monday. I'd say it would be worth it if she comes home alive.

 

[PortageGirl]

I'm curious, what's the Vet's name Attack Chickn? How do the rest of you all go about finding a vet who will treat chickens? I'm going to ask my cat\\dog vet for some names, but even though I live in a fairly rural area, I'm betting any large animal vets here would look at me like I'm a nut if I was worried about a hen.... they don't understand how attatched people can get to the silly chooks. (love that word you oz folks!)

To most large animal vets (read FARM vets) if it doesn't make money, don't try to save it... but the way most of us do this, they matter more than that!!!

It's as if city vets with avian experience are better for us here at BYC, but since I live in a rural area, while some things are easier, THIS is harder!

Sorry for the hijack, but all this got me wondering, and I'd like to figure things out so emergencies don't throw me WHEN they come, (I know it's not an IF) heh.

 

[Attack Chicken]

Well..I got up this morning about to go for a drive when right as I was closing the door the phone rang... I looked at who was calling and my heart just sank.. It was the vet calling. I picked up the phone and said hello. The vet said " I'm sorry she passed sometime last night.." I just stood there and cried. She said that the night before she had a sezur(bad spelling) last night while she was tube feeding her, but she was ok a few minutes later. The next morning she came in and she was gone... She asked me if she could do a necropsy and I said yes. She said she would call me back with the results later. It turned out that she did have alot of crushed granite in her stomach not allowing things to pass but also there was 3 dime size pieces of plastic (something) in her stomach aswell... The vet offered me 3 choices of what to do with her body.. 1 was that the vet would dispose of her body for me. 2 Is that I could take her home and bury her which the ground is stone hard...Or 3 is she would cremate her and I would get the ashes back which would cost around $109.. I just can't think straight right now.. I'm crying so much as I type this. I feel so bad.. She was my baby girl and I could never replace her with another chicken, it just wouldn't be that same. I'm going to miss my bow legged baby jumping up on my lap. She was just my special little baby...You don't know how much you love them untill you loose them.

Rest In Peace Sandy.. You will be missed very much.

 

[lurky]

I'm sorry for your loss.........its so hard to lose a pet

 

[Mahonri]

Aw shucks anyway.

Time will heal it.

She would want you to get another chicken to love.

 

[andehens]

I sure didn't want to read that, what a hard and hurtful thing for you. If I come back as an animal, I want to come back with somebody like you, you never hesitated to do the right thing for your girl.