Sour Crop Blues

[MohawkJEn]

Yes the lice caused the problem. How would I know this since I am not a vet you say. Well a really dehydrated chicken can get a sour crop. And since the chicken was covered in lice, she was being sucked dry. Since Epsom salt is a great tool for dehydration(not head injuries) a warm bath(not cold), and a hot blow dry(also not cold or in a cold room) Would help with dehydration, because Epsom salt helps us(and chickens) absorb water. Also because a sour crop happens to be a problem with moving the bowels, this Epsom salt also helps with. A bath is a good idea. It warms the chicken up, and helps her relax, which also in turn makes her bowels move. Once again. Anything can happen. You can take your bird to the vet and it can die, but people don't report this because god forbid a doctor look wrong. Or they would just say they were going to die anyway. Sure you can vomit your bird, bathe your bird, pat it on the back, and it will die if it was already going to die. Health care whether it is from a vet or an alternative source(in this case me) is not an exact science, its love and patience and kindness that heal. I knew that the bath would help in my heart. And I was right. I knew that vomiting her would help this time(and once again I was right). I know my animals. Today twelve hours after her bath, she is out in the coop with her friends. Eating, Scratching, Pecking, Drinking Water, and Lounging just like a chicken should be. I am all about natural healing, not leaving them at the vets office, so that maybe they will live. And in the meantime it wasn't luck that helped her feel better. It was the love she received from us, and the reckless abandon that we went about doing it(as you would say).

 

[MohawkJEn]

Oh I'll post a pick to prove it.

 

[seminolewind]

Yes the lice caused the problem. How would I know this since I am not a vet you say. Well a really dehydrated chicken can get a sour crop. And since the chicken was covered in lice, she was being sucked dry. Since Epsom salt is a great tool for dehydration(not head injuries) a warm bath(not cold), and a hot blow dry(also not cold or in a cold room) Would help with dehydration, because Epsom salt helps us(and chickens) absorb water. Also because a sour crop happens to be a problem with moving the bowels, this Epsom salt also helps with. A bath is a good idea. It warms the chicken up, and helps her relax, which also in turn makes her bowels move. Once again. Anything can happen. You can take your bird to the vet and it can die, but people don't report this because god forbid a doctor look wrong. Or they would just say they were going to die anyway. Sure you can vomit your bird, bathe your bird, pat it on the back, and it will die if it was already going to die. Health care whether it is from a vet or an alternative source(in this case me) is not an exact science, its love and patience and kindness that heal. I knew that the bath would help in my heart. And I was right. I knew that vomiting her would help this time(and once again I was right). I know my animals. Today twelve hours after her bath, she is out in the coop with her friends. Eating, Scratching, Pecking, Drinking Water, and Lounging just like a chicken should be. I am all about natural healing, not leaving them at the vets office, so that maybe they will live. And in the meantime it wasn't luck that helped her feel better. It was the love she received from us, and the reckless abandon that we went about doing it(as you would say).

Epsom salt is a great laxative and I'm not sure about bathing a dehydrated chicken in it. But it's a salt and drinking it will suck the water out of the chicken. That's why people stranded on a boat in the ocean can't drink the salt water when they're thirsty. It will kill them.

Glad your hen is doing well.

 

[casportpony]

Poultry lice DO_NOT_suck blood, mites do, so lice will not cause dehydration or anemia. Lice might make them feel unwell and because of that they might not drink, but they don't cause dehydration.

Do me a favor, show me where it says that bathing in epsom salts corrects hydration, I'm curious.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Lol, try drinking some the next time you're constipated, it'll suck all the water from your tissues and cause an explosive BM, lol.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Did you know that sour crop and crop stasis can have many causes... dehydration, bacteria infections, fungal infections, parasites, obstructions of any type, diseases and it can also be a sign that the dying process has started.

-Kathy

 

[MohawkJEn]

Or the bird could just get sour crop.

 

[casportpony]

Had many hundreds of birds, maybe more, and never seen one with crop problems for no reason.

-Kathy

 

[seminolewind]

True, Kathy. Sour crop is most likely a symptom of something else.

 

[mrsc1951]

Yes the lice caused the problem. How would I know this since I am not a vet you say. Well a really dehydrated chicken can get a sour crop. And since the chicken was covered in lice, she was being sucked dry. Since Epsom salt is a great tool for dehydration(not head injuries) a warm bath(not cold), and a hot blow dry(also not cold or in a cold room) Would help with dehydration, because Epsom salt helps us(and chickens) absorb water. Also because a sour crop happens to be a problem with moving the bowels, this Epsom salt also helps with. A bath is a good idea. It warms the chicken up, and helps her relax, which also in turn makes her bowels move. Once again. Anything can happen. You can take your bird to the vet and it can die, but people don't report this because god forbid a doctor look wrong. Or they would just say they were going to die anyway. Sure you can vomit your bird, bathe your bird, pat it on the back, and it will die if it was already going to die. Health care whether it is from a vet or an alternative source(in this case me) is not an exact science, its love and patience and kindness that heal. I knew that the bath would help in my heart. And I was right. I knew that vomiting her would help this time(and once again I was right). I know my animals. Today twelve hours after her bath, she is out in the coop with her friends. Eating, Scratching, Pecking, Drinking Water, and Lounging just like a chicken should be. I am all about natural healing, not leaving them at the vets office, so that maybe they will live. And in the meantime it wasn't luck that helped her feel better. It was the love she received from us, and the reckless abandon that we went about doing it(as you would say).

There are a number of great and caring people like casportpony and seminolewind who have maintained fowl for quite a while and done copious amounts of research and willingly provided answers for numerous issues. After nearly four years, I instinctively look to their info when I have an issue with one of my girls and to dawg53 for worming issues. Just because you don't agree with veterinary science as a whole doesn't give you license to disparage people who have proven what works. If you don't want to hear that you simply got lucky this time or insist that it's lice vs mites then don't take such an argumentative stance.