URGENT: FROSTBITTEN PROLAPSE - PLEASE HELP

[Shaycres]

Take a tip down to your local drug store, they'll have them. For now, Tums will work until you can get the calcium citrate. Yep, just a normal human supplement.

All right! I have my update for the day. I went to work this morning and spaced off seeing if the Dollar General had some calcium (I am from a very, VERY remote area haha). Luckily I do have some Tums on hand I can use before I got back to work this evening. Do I just crush one up and mix in with some water?

I cleaned up her booty again and tried to gently push the prolapse back inside... she immediately pushed it out, and I tried that a few times. I notice egg-like fluid when I clean her off sometimes. Right now she has Neosporin on it again. The end is hard and dark purple/black still... I'm hoping it softens up a bit Poor girl.

I will crush that Tum up and put it in her water, and then I will stop by and see if the DG has the calcium.

Thanks for everyone's help - it means a lot. Thankfully she's not one of my favorites. It's like I told my sweetheart of a boyfriend who's been helping me... I'm lucky it's this one and not one of my favs, otherwise I would be sobbing the entire time!

 

[Weeg]

To feed Tum's, crack it into 2-4 pieces and pop it right into her beak. Pinch the top, bottom, or edges of her beak to get her to open. There will be much head thrashing, but do it a few times until she lets you hold her mouth open. Pop it in, and it will go down like candy.

 

[Shaycres]

To feed Tum's, crack it into 2-4 pieces and pop it right into her beak. Pinch the top, bottom, or edges of her beak to get her to open. There will be much head thrashing, but do it a few times until she lets you hold her mouth open. Pop it in, and it will go down like candy.

Thank you bunches! I ended up heading to work so I did the water thing, probably not very effective. However, I did manage to pick these up:


They're not quite the Calcium Citrate, but will either of these work?

 

[Weeg]

Thank you bunches! I ended up heading to work so I did the water thing, probably not very effective. However, I did manage to pick these up:
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They're not quite the Calcium Citrate, but will either of these work?

I would probably go with the first one. I believe calcium citrate is suggested because they absorb it the quickest. These will work, it might just take longer to take affect. We'll see what others say as well.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I would probably go with the first one. I believe calcium citrate is suggested because they absorb it the quickest. These will work, it might just take longer to take affect. We'll see what others say as well.

I agree, I would go with the Calcium with D3.

Then end of the exposed tissue that is purple/black and hard sounds like it's necrotic. Do keep it moist all the time if possible. Neosporin is fine to use if that's what you have. Honey, sugar pack, anti-inflammatory cream...anything to keep the tissue from drying.
Hopefully inflammation will reduce or the next few days and the tissue will also soften up and she will be able to retain it. If it's not staying in, give it a little more time.

Is she able to poop at all?

 

[Shaycres]

I agree, I would go with the Calcium with D3.

Then end of the exposed tissue that is purple/black and hard sounds like it's necrotic. Do keep it moist all the time if possible. Neosporin is fine to use if that's what you have. Honey, sugar pack, anti-inflammatory cream...anything to keep the tissue from drying.
Hopefully inflammation will reduce or the next few days and the tissue will also soften up and she will be able to retain it. If it's not staying in, give it a little more time.

Is she able to poop at all?

Yes! She poops just fine, actually passed a good solid one while I was cleaning her earlier today. Tonight I will take some local raw honey and use it on her after I clean her up, and then feed her a calcium tablet. She is in a nice, quiet, dark space in the garage.

Not sure if it means anything, but her comb and wattles have maintained the swollen, saturated, red that hens usually get when they need to lay an egg. Other than that and the prolapse, she's pretty normal.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

You're doing great!

 

[Shaycres]

I come with good news! Saturday night I pushed it back in her and since then, she has kept it in! I have kept her isolated just to make sure she keeps it in. When will it be safe to return her to the flock? The weather is going to be very fair aside from Friday evening when it drops to negatives.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Oh that is good news!

If she's retaining the prolapse, eating/drinking, pooping and is able to move about normally, then I would put her back and see how it goes.
The longer she stay away from the flock, the harder it will be for her to keep her place.