I noticed today what I thought was prolapsed vent in my duck Jessie (a 5 year old Golden 300 Hybrid). There was bloody tissue covered in scabs. I gave her a long bath and the scabs fell away. But now that I have a good look, it doesn't look like "normal" prolapsed vent, which I've dealt with before. It's a firm ball of tissue hanging from the vent by a thin orange-ish looking string. I can't tell what it is though. The vent itself looks normal - not swollen or bleeding. You can't see it very well in the pictures.
I feel awful for not catching this sooner because it looks like there's been some tissue death on the lump of tissue- possibly from frostbite? I'm assuming this is what the brown is anyways. It's been pretty cold.
The tissue is firm but squishy, if that makes sense, and is brown, although there is some pink on it. I tried rubbing at the brown tissue but it's not coming easily because it's very smooth and firm. I did not push it back in because I haven't been able to get the dead tissue off. I put vaseline all over everything and put her in a dark room inside to hopefully keep her from laying. I'm not sure if she has been laying; only a few of my ducks have been with these short winter days.
She is still pooping normally and acting lively. There doesn't seem to be any bleeding around her vent, everything looks pretty clean now.
Has anyone dealt with this kind of thing before? I'm calling the vet in the morning, but I don't know if they'll be able to see her in time, so any advice is much appreciated! Should I keep working at getting the brown tissue away? She fights when I try, but I'm pretty sure that outer layer of brown is dead. I know it doesn't look good, but I want to do anything I can to help her!
I feel awful for not catching this sooner because it looks like there's been some tissue death on the lump of tissue- possibly from frostbite? I'm assuming this is what the brown is anyways. It's been pretty cold.
The tissue is firm but squishy, if that makes sense, and is brown, although there is some pink on it. I tried rubbing at the brown tissue but it's not coming easily because it's very smooth and firm. I did not push it back in because I haven't been able to get the dead tissue off. I put vaseline all over everything and put her in a dark room inside to hopefully keep her from laying. I'm not sure if she has been laying; only a few of my ducks have been with these short winter days.
She is still pooping normally and acting lively. There doesn't seem to be any bleeding around her vent, everything looks pretty clean now.
Has anyone dealt with this kind of thing before? I'm calling the vet in the morning, but I don't know if they'll be able to see her in time, so any advice is much appreciated! Should I keep working at getting the brown tissue away? She fights when I try, but I'm pretty sure that outer layer of brown is dead. I know it doesn't look good, but I want to do anything I can to help her!
I was a little concerned about the anesthesia, so that was good. I didn't send it in to figure out what it was for sure because that was a bit pricey, but the vet thought it was a cyst, we're not sure what it was caused by. So basically now I'm just keeping the area where it fell off clean to prevent infection.
Keep us updated on her, and watch to make sure it doesn’t come back.
. I am pretty sure they are not related. bumblefoot is basically a staph infection in the foot, so it would be weird if it traveled up her leg and into her reproductive tract. however it could be a result of another bacterial infection somewhere in reproductive system that is not related to her bumblefoot.
I can't afford to keep bringing her to the vet, especially with so little information to go on.
