Sugar for prolapse?

[carolanne]

Hey gang, I have an Ameraucana hen who has just started laying - her first egg was pretty bloody, which I wasn't too worried about because I know it's normal, but a couple of the Leghorns were pecking at her butt (grr vampires) so I isolated her. She was starting to look a lot better and heal up nicely, but then she jumped back into the pen with the other hens REPEATEDLY and got herself pecked up even worse while I was at work. When I got home I moved her away from them all together, but she was pretty bad. THEN I saw an egg poking out, oh GREAT. She was eggbound so I gave her a steambath (put her in a crate with water above a pot of hot water) and she passed the egg during the night.

BUT now she is prolapsed. Doesn't look too bad, I was able to stick it back in there but keeps falling out. I read in several places that granulated sugar can help with prolapse so I sprinkled a little on there, will check on her in 20 min or so.

Anybody have any experience with this sort of thing? I'm trying my best but I would really appreciate any additional insight!

Thanks
Carolyn

 

[Suzie]

Do you have any honey? If so, apply directly to the prolapse and keep your girl in a dark place to try and prevent her from laying any further eggs at the moment - if you have prep-h you can use that in place of honey, honey has healing properties and does help shrink the prolapse.

Good luck and keep us informed!

Suzie

 

[casportpony]

I use Preparation-H.

 

[carolanne]

Hmm, we have tried sugar and honey both but no change yet. I have her in a crate in the basement with some food water and shavings, I'll turn the light off and see if that helps. Should I try to push it back in? Every time I've tried she's freaked out and struggled which pushed it back out. I don't want to block her vent but I was thinking about trying to strap it in there... I'll keep you posted.

 

[casportpony]

Hmm, we have tried sugar and honey both but no change yet. I have her in a crate in the basement with some food water and shavings, I'll turn the light off and see if that helps. Should I try to push it back in? Every time I've tried she's freaked out and struggled which pushed it back out. I don't want to block her vent but I was thinking about trying to strap it in there... I'll keep you posted.

I'd replace the shavings with a towel, clean off her vent with saline and/or Betadine, cover in Prep-H, push it back in, reduce feed to slow egg production and wait. My duck spent two weeks in my bathroom, but her prolapse was very bad.

 

[azhenhouse]

When my ducks had their prolapses I used Prep-H and honey. I tried the sugar and it really hurt their sore bottoms. I treated them every two hours for a week, and each time I had to push their vent back in. I kept them in dark closets but couldn't keep them from laying eggs. They all recovered and are doing well.

 

[casportpony]

When my ducks had their prolapses I used Prep-H and honey. I tried the sugar and it really hurt their sore bottoms. I treated them every two hours for a week, and each time I had to push their vent back in. I kept them in dark closets but couldn't keep them from laying eggs. They all recovered and are doing well.

I read that if you cut way back on their food that they will eventually stop laying. Mine laid three eggs then stopped.

 

[BawBaw101]

Dealing with a similar situation now, thanks for the honey idea. My poor girls first egg got her egg bound and she prolapsed. I got the egg back in but she’s still bit prolapsed and hasn’t passed that egg yet.. hope it works. She’s had nutridrench and in a dark crate with a towel and probiotic water.