Upcoming crop impaction surgery

[bbgranch]

My sweet Ameracauna Miss Daisy has a crop impaction. I've tried all the easy stuff and am left with surgery. I have to take the kitty to the vet tomorrow and will try to talk the vet into a house call on Thursday. He might do it for grins since he knows nothing about poultry. If not I'm going to do it. I've read all the threads here and watched multiple you tube videos. Going to collect all the supplies I need tomorrow and do it Thursday morning. A friend has to help hold Miss Daisy because the husband is squeamish. I'll let you know how it goes. :/

 

[rides2far]

Wow. Good luck to you. I hope Miss Daisy comes through the surgery & has a speedy recovery.

 

[bbgranch]

Well, I couldn't con my vet into the surgery, but he gave me the supplies I needed and we did it this morning. Not as bad as I was dreading. Couldn't really see what the problem was until I got to the bottom on the crop. 3 pieces of what looked like cartilage or fat or something odd that apparently couldn't pass out of the crop and then caused a major back up. What she ate that included that stuff I don't want to know. Not too much grass or hay in her crop. Miss Daisy has her trim figure back - too trim- due to the crop issue, so hoping she will pick up a few pounds now.

She made it through the surgery like a trooper. She is now having some water and yogurt. Scrambled eggs later this afternoon with some probiotics on top.

All the former posts regarding this procedure and two or three you tube videos really helped. Also watched some suturing videos that helped alot. My husband laughed when I showed him the knots. He said they were the same surgeon's knot we use in fly fishing to join leaders and tippets and stuff. He learned it from Dr. Red Duke, a famous surgeon in Houston!

 

[Chickenchick11]

I'm glad Miss Daisy came through the surgery! I hope she has a speedy recovery and can pack on a few more pounds.

 

[bbgranch]

Afternoon recovery update: Six hours after surgery, Miss Daisy is resting in between getting some snacks. So far some yogurt, scrambled egg, cottage cheese and watermelon - with no seeds! She didn't care for the mashed bananas. But everything else went down pretty good. Waiting for a good poop, but I think that will be a while. She'll get another egg later this afternoon. Maybe a bit of boiled yellow squash. I'm going to wait until tomorrow or next day to start her back on some game bird starter crumbles softened with water.

 

[bbgranch]

Day two update: Inspection this morning showed an empty crop, no inflammation around the suture area and one pretty good poop, all things considered. Last night she had boiled and mashed yellow squash and some yogurt. This morning she got some oatmeal with a little milk to make it runny and a scrambled egg. And she is drinking plenty of water.

So far, so good.

 

[5cherries]

Wow! How impressive. I have a 2 yr old Black Australorp hen with what looks like a Very gravel impacted crop. She is still bright and passing plenty of gravel stools. I've had her separated from the rest of the flock for about 36 hours now, withholding seed. She's happy to eat some olive oil soaked bread, and a few pieces of watermelon. She wont drink on her own though. We have tube fed about 60cc of water with 1cc of mineral oil mixed in. I've read and watched videos on how to treat sour/impacted crop.
How much time do you think I should give her before seeking surgical help?
Thanks so much