Urgent crop issue

[Waves]

Sorry for my delay in responding. The day did not go well....

I phoned another vet who is prepared to do the operation to remove the congealed egg mass that must have been pressing on her stomach and intestines. She was not local so suggested I get Rosie stabalised first by removing the fluid from the crop and then feeding her with Emeraid. So I took her to my usual vet.

She didn't have sour crop - just 120ml of clear water with some food remnants in it. He then gave her Emeraid straight into the crop and injected her with some water and glucose to give her a bit of hydration and energy.

However she came out looking a completely different chicken - before she was standing up and very alert, now she was basically defeated. Just lying still and with her eyes closed.

We took her home and let her rest. When I came to get her to go to the other vet's, she was head down and little short breaths. There was a clicking noise as she breathed and I knew she wouldn't even make a car trip let alone an operation. If I stroked her, she spoke quietly. I put her onto my lap and kept stroking her. After a while she suddenly looked up, all alert, looked at me and then took 3 breaths, each one bigger than the first, and died.

I cannot tell you how devastated I am. Not only have I lost my beloved little pet but also the goal was so close. I keep going through the "if onlys" and realise if I had found the other vet (who was recommended to me only the evening before, she may have lived. This vet was very kind and said she did these operations quite a lot (chicken specialist) and although some are lost on the operating table, most are not.

I know where to go in the future but it is too late for Rosie.

So thank you for all your help. Yesterday is not a day I would like to repeat ever again.

Oh no... i'm very sorry for your loss
You described something that all of us in this forum can understand, really. We're on the same boat dealing with sad things and being happy for good things. It's a sort of swing, maybe the life swing is this. Losing a pet is a pain, but we're all close to you