The_Flock
Songster
Hello peeps. Please help. ❤ My 2 yr old Ameraucana hen is very much off. Her behaviour was off about a week ago. So I checked her and couldn't find anything going on with her. She had stuff in her crop but she also ate her brekkie shortly before I checked her, so I assumed that's why. She LOVES me, but she is VERY hard to catch, so checking her everyday is tough.
Well...we have been having a mouse issue lately and 5 days ago I moved a box in the coop and a bunch of mice came out. Thelma ate at least 6 of them, if not more. Some were very small. And from there she has gone down hill. She drinks well, she eats well enough, but had a full crop this morning. I thought maybe she had a puffy bum area but it doesn't seem to be getting aggressively bigger and it's not red. I'm not familiar with acites so I'm not sure of what I'm feeling. Tail is halfway down or mostly up.
I called the vet and she suggested I give Thelma some oxysol in her water in case it is an infection. So she's getting that. Yesterday I fed her eggs with acidophilus, and vitamin powder on them. I'm giving her meloxicam for pain, and arnica for inflammation. But I'm worried about feeding her today because of her crop.
Should I give her some olive oil for the crop and let her go today with no food? Should I feed her soft things and make her comfy because she's on her way out?
I'm not even really sure of the symptoms of reproductive issues. So I'm just not sure what to do.
Well...we have been having a mouse issue lately and 5 days ago I moved a box in the coop and a bunch of mice came out. Thelma ate at least 6 of them, if not more. Some were very small. And from there she has gone down hill. She drinks well, she eats well enough, but had a full crop this morning. I thought maybe she had a puffy bum area but it doesn't seem to be getting aggressively bigger and it's not red. I'm not familiar with acites so I'm not sure of what I'm feeling. Tail is halfway down or mostly up.
I called the vet and she suggested I give Thelma some oxysol in her water in case it is an infection. So she's getting that. Yesterday I fed her eggs with acidophilus, and vitamin powder on them. I'm giving her meloxicam for pain, and arnica for inflammation. But I'm worried about feeding her today because of her crop.
Should I give her some olive oil for the crop and let her go today with no food? Should I feed her soft things and make her comfy because she's on her way out?
I'm not even really sure of the symptoms of reproductive issues. So I'm just not sure what to do.