The prolapse needs the oil to keep it from drying out.
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Are you just putting on a whole new bandaid every time you change it, since you're only cutting away the middle part? I'm tempted to try this since it happened again today. How often are you changing it?I just dealt with a prolapse on a runner duck - she hasn't laid an egg since it happened, but the prolapse was happening every time she pooped. I eventually covered her bum with one of these bandaids - and it hasn't prolapsed since. But I don't know what would happen if she tried to lay an egg while it was on. I've been changing the bandaid a lot, but mostly leaving the sticky tabs of the original bandaid on and cutting away the dirty middle part so I don't stress her by pulling on her feathers and skin - I did first trim feathers in the area. Since the prolapse went in I've been applying honey and hydrocortisone alternately when I change the bandaid. View attachment 3274465
I hope your duck does well from here on out! I picked up some honey and bandaids so I'm gonna give that a shot tonight. I haven't checked on her again since this afternoon's check (besides giving her a hardboiled egg with extra calcium on top for dinner and fresh water), so we'll see what happens. Hopefully I have a good update here in a couple days.I was mostly cutting the middle out, unless the new bandage was atop the old one on the ends and peeled off easily, which happened several times. Mostly, just trying not to traumatize her by yanking a bandage off of her feathers. I didn't change it everytime she pooped, but if it was a big poop, I would. The type of bandages I used were not sealed on the padded side - see picture, so poop mostly shot out the sides anyway. I slathered the area with raw honey or hydrocortisone when I reapplied the bandage. I hope this helps! I put my duck outside today after four days of having the prolapse stay in, so hoping she doesn't lay and it's good now, but trying not to get my hopes up.
Yeah, I trimmed the feathers but her butt may have been a little too wet still between the wet wipe and the Vetericyn. I'll try it again tomorrow, but luckily bandaids will be used for other purposes if not for this one.I'm so sorry - that is tough. I don't know what to say about the discharge. I had drips of clear liquid, but nothing yellow. As for getting the bandage to stick, I did trim the feathers a little bit and had no problem with it sticking - I didn't let her swim after I put it on.
That is perfect, thank you! I've been scouring the archives here to see if there's any successful treatment beyond what I've been doing, but hadn't come across that one yet. I'll pick up some vet tape today and see if I can make that work. Fingers crossed. My husband luckily is being a trooper about having her in the house despite not being the biggest fan of chickens (besides "free" eggs, ha), his only request has been that I move the crate she's in to the laundry room since it's a little stinky between spilled water on the bedding and poop/discharge smell.I don't know if this thread would be any help to you - here someone made a bandage with vet wrap that held their chicken's prolapse in. I think the duck and chicken body are a little different because before I landed on the bandaid I tried a couple variations of this and my girl pulled it right off.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...-treatment-with-photos.1101406/#post-16939970
I sure hope she recovers from this. You're doing a great job. I hear you on the animal losses - I've been there as well and it can be so discouraging when we're trying so hard! Maybe the vet wrap will do the trick.