Very bad prolapsed vent

[TJAnonymous]

Found this in regards to using sugar on a rectal prolapse -

What the veterinarian does not tell you is that common table sugar can help you in your effort to replace the prolapsed tissues. However, the use of sugar in this situation is considered to be a folk remedy. Mary Poppins may have been right after all.



Why does sugar help? A spoonful of sugar (or in our case a bowlful) helps the swelling go down. Sugar creates an environment where the solute concentration is greater on the exterior of the rectal tissues than inside of the cells that make up these tissues. Due to laws of osmosis (figure 1), water will passively move out of the rectal tissues and across the cell membrane. The cell wall is impermeable to sugar due to its stable and complex nature. This results in the shrinkage of cells, which will aid the farmer in pushing the less inflamed rectal tissues back inside the anus.

In addition to using sugar, it is important to give the affected pig antibiotics to prevent infections and painkillers to reduce discomfort. It is also essential to give laxatives to keep that colon flowin’.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Feeling very dejected and pessimistic about my girl's prospects here... She is straining so badly and now bleeding and in a lot of pain. If I even gently touch her bum now, she struggles badly and strains even harder. I put her back in the cage and walked away because I feel like it's doing more harm than good.

Maybe I should just cull her? Would be more humane than letting her suffer.

 

[alinas2010]

I wouldn’t give up, I hope you didn’t. These things seem to sometimes be drawn out. Try to keep her in a quiet and comfortable place for a bit while you read this really good article about prolapses by @azygous.

 

[Eggcessive]

Honey is good as well as sugar plus a few drops of water. It can help bring down swelling. It sounds like it may take a day or two for her prolapse to remain in after you get it back in. It can be common for some prolapses to keep coming out for days to a week. Just make sure to keep that red tissue moist with honey, oil, or cream so that it does not dry out. Offer water frequently. Try the calcium as suggested earlier. Here is a good article to read:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/prolapse-vent-causes-treatment-graphic/

 

[TJAnonymous]

I've been trying to keep it clean. She is currently in the infirmary cage. Instead of shavings, I put a fleece blanket in there. I didn't want the shavings sticking to her tissue. She has free choice water and food. I haven't seen her eat or drink but there's some food flipped out so it looks like she might have tried a little. I'm alternating between mineral oil and hydrocortisone. I did put sugar on it earlier. I'm just so discouraged because handling her seems to stress her out a lot which makes the prolapse worse/bigger each time because she's panicky and straining. Even though I'm careful, gentle, and plenty of lube, the more I put her prolapse back inside the more it seems to really hurt her which increases the struggling. It's like a vicious cycle...

Anyway, I will leave her be for now. I will check her before I go to bed and put more oil and sugar on it.

Thank you all for chiming in and trying to help.

 

[azygous]

It appears no one has mentioned calcium. This is invaluable to encourage contractions to help clear the obstruction in her oviduct that's very likely causing the prolapse. Give one of these, whole, directly into her beak. Do not dilute in water. Give one tablet each day this crisis is ongoing. The prolapse will self retract once the obstruction clears.

 

[Eggcessive]

Yep, calcium has been mentioned in posts 2, 5, and 14. I am glad that you mentioned it again Carol, and gave the reasoning behind it. It works. Someone also posted your good article about prolapse, too.

 

[TJAnonymous]

It appears no one has mentioned calcium. This is invaluable to encourage contractions to help clear the obstruction in her oviduct that's very likely causing the prolapse. Give one of these, whole, directly into her beak. Do not dilute in water. Give one tablet each day this crisis is ongoing. The prolapse will self retract once the obstruction clears. View attachment 3309305

I don't have any of that.... I have Tums which are far too big to fit in her throat which is why I ground it up and gave it to her with some water in an eyedropper.

I have some D3 vitamin (gel pill) but it doesn't have any calcium in it. I checked.

What about whole milk? It usually has Vitamins A & D added.

 

[Eggcessive]

The Tums will help. Is she eating or drinking? In the morning try to offer some plain yogurt and a little wet chicken feed in a small bowl or scoop. Tomorrow try to get some calcium citrate, or give another Tums within 24 hours.

 

[TJAnonymous]

The Tums will help. Is she eating or drinking? In the morning try to offer some plain yogurt and a little wet chicken feed in a small bowl or scoop. Tomorrow try to get some calcium citrate, or give another Tums within 24 hours.

I haven't seen her eat or drink but there's a small amount of food flipped out of her bowl which indicates she must have picked at it at some point.

I don't have any yogurt either. I will have to pick the calcium citrate + D and yogurt tomorrow.