Sunny -
That sounds a lot like what happened to us. Something went pop and suddenly there was a pool of blood in the cavity.
Horse Featherz -
He did feel badly but as you said, the bird served its purpose. The most amazing part I thought, was learning that birds have no diaphram and very few ribs. Once the membrane was torn, the bird made this odd whooshing/whistling sound. The vet was readfy for it but I was startled! I must have been all bug-eyed because he said, "I TOLD you they didn't have diaphrams."
Oh, and I nearly passed out when the blood started. I was OK with the blood at first but then he started sopping it up with gauze and I had to excuse myself because I was getting tunnel vision and my ears were all cottony.
I did get over it, but I am going to have to make sure I have someone with me when I do the deed so if I pass out they can wake me up!
Kassaundra -
The McNuggets are 3 weeks old and sadly one drowned over the weekend. There was this 5 inch hole in ground in their new "Big Boy House" that was hidden by the grass, and when it rained, the runoff went under the side walls and filled up the hole. The rest of the heathens must have pushed him in and sat on him. Poor guy. I have to relook the position of the BBH but Idid fill in the hole, so there should be no further danger. But I did open him up and found one of the doo dads all by myself
AND I was not grossed out at all. Big progress for this city chick. The doo dad was about the size of a big eye goober, and finding it amonsgt the guts and organs was surprisingly difficult. Once I found it it was all slippery so I am ordering some cupped ended tweezers with little teeth on them to see if that helps grabbing the things.
I think there is guidance that says they need to be a mimum weight before there is a good chance of finding the things relatively easily, so unless another one dies I will probably wait at least another week or 2 before trying it on a live one.