Sour crop (again!) any advice for recurring ailment?

[littlecoopnextdoor]

So the vet visit did not go well long story short he didn’t even palpate her or look at her. He sent me home with some tubes and some syringes mineral oil and some pain medicine. I am feeling very upset. She needs to eat for sure she has not had any food or water for 24 hours almost or food for 24 hours for sure water she drank last night before bed what is the best way of getting food into her? The vet was silly when I asked him this I said what is the best thing I should feed her how can I get food and her and he suggested corn??? I am not confident in what he suggested obviously. What’s the best way to get some nutrients to my girl? I have chicken crumbles like a mash and I have plain yoghurt is that sufficient to get her some nutrients and should I do that before the mineral oil? Or before pain meds? Or should I do pain meds first before mineral oil and crop massage? I have so many questions and I am upset and frustrated right now at not getting good treatment at the vet

 

[littlecoopnextdoor]

update- just got home and made some homemade electrolytes (pinch of sugar, pinch of salt, half pinch baking soda, with water) and managed to syringe in 6ml to her. she has already perked up! her eyes are open and she's standing. there's hope. now on to getting her some nutrients and then get that crop cleared. She is eating some smushed sardine! yay

second update: after 3 tsp of smushed sardine I gave her a small syringe of the. medication the doctor prescribed, rheumocam. I will now let her rest in the coop and give her the oil and do massage in a few hours. I hope she is okay. This whole thing is so upsetting and stressful to see an animal go through

 

[Tookie]

So sorry your going through this.
How big is her crop now?

 

[littlecoopnextdoor]

So sorry your going through this.
How big is her crop now?

thanks tookie. I just want her to feel better. re crop, it's huge. she can barely walk properly.

this was her yesterday late in the day, after not having eating anything all day. It's hard to show in a photo but basically it's the size of half her body now

 

[Tookie]

it's huge. she can barely walk properly. View attachment 3280642this was her yesterday late in the day, after not having eating anything all day. It's hard to show in a photo but basically it's the size of half her body now

Just today I saw in another thread about syringing fluids out of the crop to empty it. @azygous was in that thread. This was the post.->
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ing-great-now-lethargic.1550457/post-26203838

 

[littlecoopnextdoor]

Just today I saw in another thread about syringing fluids out of the crop to empty it. @azygous was in that thread. This was the post.->
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ing-great-now-lethargic.1550457/post-26203838

it doesn't feel like there's much liquid in there, it feels more like rocks and gas. Sadly the vet prescribed nothing for the sour crop so I will keep going with the micozole for the next 4 days

 

[Tookie]

Do keep up the micozole. Give her the oil and massage her crop. For food give her the mash and yogurt like you said.
Poor girl, I hope she comes through!

 

[littlecoopnextdoor]

Do keep up the micozole. Give her the oil and massage her crop. For food give her the mash and yogurt like you said.
Poor girl, I hope she comes through!

thank you, I do too. she's so young and has so many potential great years ahead!

 

[littlecoopnextdoor]

I am worried I’m going to lose her. This morning she was in a corner of the coop, cool to the touch. I have her on my lap in the sunshine. The poor thing. I feel awful. I’m so upset they the vet didn’t help me yesterday. How do I make her comfortable if the end is near? This is my first chicken that’s been sick, she’s only 19 weeks old

 

[azygous]

I'm sorry the vet didn't/couldn't help her. She we are going to buckle ourselves in for the journey ahead. Please answer some questions.

1 Does she eat anything? How much. Try to be accurate.
2 Exactly how much and how often each day are you giving her the miconazole?
3 What does her poop look like now?
4 Do you feel any hard masses in the crop along with the liquid?