Update: crop surgery with graphic photos

[Emilysclukscluks]

The Baytril I have is oral and apple flavoured so it should be easy to administer!

 

[azygous]

I and so many others are so relieved to hear from you and get an update on our little rock star. The first few days after a crisis of this sort are tense with uncertainty, the two main concerns being infection and waiting to see if the treatment is working.

With a crop issue so severe to warrant surgery, there's the concern it goes deeper into the digestive system where surgery isn't possible, namely the gizzard. It's often the case that the clog extends that far down.

I am going to suggest a molasses flush for Regina. Take a fourth of a cup of her regular feed and a heaping teaspoon of molasses and mix it with enough warm water to make a mash and let her eat that.

If it does what it's supposed to do, there should be a sudden explosion of diarrhea. Prepare accordingly and protect the premises, don protective gear, safety glasses, flack vest, and erect a bomb-proof barrier around the little time bomb, then stand back.

Seriously, this works in some cases, and in others it won't. But we won't give up. Let's keep our fingers crossed it works.

 

[Emilysclukscluks]

Ok I will do that immediately! Thanks again azygous! I just have to go get some molasses. Hoping this will help our girl turn the corner! lol puppy pads to the rescue for the poop explosion!

 

[azygous]

Take pictures.

 

[casportpony]

I remembered that I do have oral Baytril on hand it was for my rabbit does anyone know the dose for baytril for chickens?.

Your Baytril is 50 mg/ml and the most commonly prescribed chicken dose is 10 mg per ml orally *twice* a day, which means you need to weigh her and give her 0.09 mg per pound of body weight. If she weighs five pounds she would get 0.45 ml (okay to round up to 0.5 ml) twice a day.

Is there an expiration date on the bottle? I ask because I think that Baytril suspension has a shorter shelf life than some.

Edited to fix typo

 

[Emilysclukscluks]

Thanks @casportpony! @azygous she does not want to eat the food and molasses can I give her molasses and water instead?

 

[azygous]

Yes. Not wanting to eat isn't a great sign. One fourth cup of warm water and a teaspoon of molasses. Syringe it into the right side of her beak or insert the syringe directly into the esophagus just at the back of the throat on Regina's right side. Do it slowly, but get all the fluid into her.

 

[azygous]

Have you offered her grit in the past couple days?

 

[Emilysclukscluks]

Ok so I got it all into her, and she immediately pooped this out, this is the most that has come out of her in probably 2 weeks!

 

[Emilysclukscluks]

I’m waiting to see if a whole bunch more comes out, but that has to be kind of a good sign? Somethings moving!