UGLY PROLAPSE - HELP!

[Tookie]

Thank you everyone for the responses. This is how it looks today.

I really hope that's not necrotic tissue. And you can see some yolk there. She left a lot of yolk, poop, and other fluids in the box.

Her vet gave her Meloxicam and tomorrow she'll be seen by an avian specialist, but does she have that time?

I'm worried about the yolk.

She feels great, though (!!?) She walks around in the room trying to escape and go back with her friends.

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I think that looks worse than I was thinking, but she can still recover, its not the end for her.
I don't think I'm seeing necrotic tissue, but make sure to keep that tissue moist, do not let it dry out.
She should be able to make it until tomorrow.
The egg yolk is concerning though, hopefully an egg didn't break inside of her or something. Make sure she's getting that calcium.
Its a good sign that she's active.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

She is not where other chickens can peck at her, is she?

 

[MaeM]

She is not where other chickens can peck at her, is she?

She probably was for a short time but no, I removed her from the coop as soon as I saw her.

UPDATE:

It was, indeed, worse than it seemed at first.

She got surgery. Her tissues were going necrotic, the prolapse kept coming out, etc.

So the vet basically organized her insides and put them back in, I held them so that they wouldn't come out, and then the vet stuck a syringe in her butt (to keep it slightly open for the stool to pass) and gave her stitches.

He did this with local anesthesia. Then he gave her two shots: one of them was a painkiller and the other one was enrofloxacin.

I'm going to have to give her enrofloxacin orally every 12 hours for a few days. And put some ice on that butt.

She was also dehydrated because of the fluids she was losing (and I didn't see her drink water tbh), so I also have to give her Gatorade. As weird as it sounds. Apple flavor, specifically. Apparently some sports drinks are appropriate for chickens...

Now she is sleeping (still standing in the box) and pooping very little but very frequently. Most importantly, the poop looks like poop, a bit soft, but POOP!

Obviously she'll need to have her stitches removed before she can pass an egg. The vet will take them out in 72 hs.

 

[Tookie]

She probably was for a short time but no, I removed her from the coop as soon as I saw her.

UPDATE:

It was, indeed, worse than it seemed at first.

She got surgery. Her tissues were going necrotic, the prolapse kept coming out, etc.

So the vet basically organized her insides and put them back in, I held them so that they wouldn't come out, and then the vet stuck a syringe in her butt (to keep it slightly open for the stool to pass) and gave her stitches.

He did this with local anesthesia. Then he gave her two shots: one of them was a painkiller and the other one was enrofloxacin.

I'm going to have to give her enrofloxacin orally every 12 hours for a few days. And put some ice on that butt.

She was also dehydrated because of the fluids she was losing (and I didn't see her drink water tbh), so I also have to give her Gatorade. As weird as it sounds. Apple flavor, specifically. Apparently some sports drinks are appropriate for chickens...

Now she is sleeping (still standing in the box) and pooping very little but very frequently. Most importantly, the poop looks like poop, a bit soft, but POOP!

Obviously she'll need to have her stitches removed before she can pass an egg. The vet will take them out in 72 hs.

Thanks for the update, glad everything went well. I hope she has a speedy recovery.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

You and she are very fortunate to have an avian vet! Glad she got good treatment and is on the mend. Thanks for the update.

 

[MaeM]

This is Ruby today. She finally can sit.

She is still fighting, though. Today she was all fluffed up and drowsy.

I took her to the vet again as he had warned me that she could wake up in a bad condition. "Luckily", she was "only" in pain.

She received another shot of painkillers + antiinflammatories. When I took her back home, she drank water by herself!

I still have to provide her electrolytes, because she is pooping not only poop but also some blood and necrotic tissue... for this reason she will be on antibiotics for 15 days, much longer than expected.

In the meantime, I'll have to keep her in a dark room because she MUST NOT produce an egg until she heals.

The vet basically told me: "I'll remove the stitches on Wednesday in case she feels ready to lay on Thursday".

I was like: "Isn't that too soon?".

And he said: "Yes and I really hope that she doesn't lay an egg, but she is an egg producer, and if she still lays an egg, I'd rather her have another prolapse than getting an egg stuck against the stitches".

So this treatment will only be successful if she doesn't lay an egg before she heals.

Let's pray! And if you have another method to discourage egg laying, let me know!

Unfortunately I live in a third world country where hormones to stop ovulation aren't available

 

[BigBlueHen53]

 

[Tookie]

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This is Ruby today. She finally can sit.

She is still fighting, though. Today she was all fluffed up and drowsy.

I took her to the vet again as he had warned me that she could wake up in a bad condition. "Luckily", she was "only" in pain.

She received another shot of painkillers + antiinflammatories. When I took her back home, she drank water by herself!

I still have to provide her electrolytes, because she is pooping not only poop but also some blood and necrotic tissue... for this reason she will be on antibiotics for 15 days, much longer than expected.

In the meantime, I'll have to keep her in a dark room because she MUST NOT produce an egg until she heals.

The vet basically told me: "I'll remove the stitches on Wednesday in case she feels ready to lay on Thursday".

I was like: "Isn't that too soon?".

And he said: "Yes and I really hope that she doesn't lay an egg, but she is an egg producer, and if she still lays an egg, I'd rather her have another prolapse than getting an egg stuck against the stitches".

So this treatment will only be successful if she doesn't lay an egg before she heals.

Let's pray! And if you have another method to discourage egg laying, let me know!

Unfortunately I live in a third world country where hormones to stop ovulation aren't available

Glad to hear she's doing alright. I hope she pulls through!

 

[MaeM]

Today I took her to the vet to remove her stitches. Her vet was outside of the city and he let someone else in charge of my Ruby.

This vet removed her stitches and as I was heading to the door, she released something that looked like a lash egg - a super hard mass with little stones - and prolapsed again.

So the vet "closed her" again. I took her home and she prolapsed again (yes, she broke the thread with her spasms). I went back and he closed her again.

This is terrible tbh. I don't know if she'll be able to make it. She still has necrotic tissue inside her, she feels relatively okay (eats, drinks, walks around) because she's on antibiotics and anti-inflammatories.

The vets hope she can release it all by herself, or else she will need to have it surgically removed but she can't stand another surgery right now so they hope that she can react favourably to the antibiotics, avoid massive infection, grow new tissue and release the dead one - all before she produces an egg.

I'm super frustrated that we have no access to Suprelorin. And I'm surprised that no one suggested culling, but I think it's because she looks so good on the outside... As I said, she eats and drinks by herself, and just yesterday she was trying to rub his operated butt in the dirt.

I'm exhausted...

 

[Tookie]

Today I took her to the vet to remove her stitches. Her vet was outside of the city and he let someone else in charge of my Ruby.

This vet removed her stitches and as I was heading to the door, she released something that looked like a lash egg - a super hard mass with little stones - and prolapsed again.

So the vet "closed her" again. I took her home and she prolapsed again (yes, she broke the thread with her spasms). I went back and he closed her again.

This is terrible tbh. I don't know if she'll be able to make it. She still has necrotic tissue inside her, she feels relatively okay (eats, drinks, walks around) because she's on antibiotics and anti-inflammatories.

The vets hope she can release it all by herself, or else she will need to have it surgically removed but she can't stand another surgery right now so they hope that she can react favourably to the antibiotics, avoid massive infection, grow new tissue and release the dead one - all before she produces an egg.

I'm super frustrated that we have no access to Suprelorin. And I'm surprised that no one suggested culling, but I think it's because she looks so good on the outside... As I said, she eats and drinks by herself, and just yesterday she was trying to rub his operated butt in the dirt.

I'm exhausted...

Oh no, poor thing! I really hope she pulls through! Thank you for the update.

I didn’t suggest culling because I think she has a chance, and she’s not acting too bad.