Water belly emergency...please help!

[Miss Lydia]

@casportpony

@Wyorp Rock
@Eggcessive I know this is a duck but do either of you have any experience with this in a chicken? If this is a hematoma it could resolve on its own. I wish I could help but I have never seen anything like this here on BYC or in my flock. Ascites yes but not a Hematoma.

 

[Themellowyellows]

What?

Thats someone who knows about ducks.

 

[Themellowyellows]

What did you do with your duck? Sorry im just hoping your duck will be ok!

 

[wkshaddon]

I tried draining the fluid and it appears to have quite a bit of blood in it. So I stopped, until hopefully I can get a better idea of what's going on. I wish I could afford to take her to an avian vet.

 

[Eggcessive]

One of my hens once died and had both fatty liver disease and ascites. So it could be that there is blood inside the abdomen making the abdominal fluid blood tinged. Fatty liver causes hemorrhage and blot clots around the liver. Just a guess. I would give supportive care, and if she is suffering, consider putting her down. A home necropsy might then give you some answers.

@casportpony

@Wyorp Rock
@Eggcessive I know this is a duck but do either of you have any experience with this in a chicken? If this is a hematoma it could resolve on its own. I wish I could help but I have never seen anything like this here on BYC or in my flock. Ascites yes but not a Hematoma.

 

[wkshaddon]

Please read my udate

She is now pooping the same bloody fluid I started draining out yesterday.

 

[Eggcessive]

How is she feeling and acting? I would consider putting her down if she is not eating and drinking or uncomfortable. Here are some pictures of fatty liver disease and hemorrhages found on necropsy:
https://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/fatty-liver-haemorrhagic-syndrome

https://tvmdl.tamu.edu/2020/04/06/fatty-liver-hemorrhagic-syndrome-in-a-chicken/

Cancer could also be a possible cause of bleeding. Eating hardware could also be a possibility, or eating rat poison from a dead mouse/rat.

 

[FrostRanger]

I think at this point I'd put her down. It's clear at this point whatever is going on is very severe and even if you were to somehow get her stable, it would probably flare up again

 

[catballou]

If she were mine, I'd just put her down. Water belly is chronic, & usually ends with the bird being put down in the end despite how many times they get drained.

I would drain it as many times as long as she is doing well afterwards.
I have a chicken with it right now. The vet is 65 miles away, but I want to do it myself. I have no helper tho. Let me know what happened with your beautiful duck.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I would drain it as many times as long as she is doing well afterwards.
I have a chicken with it right now. The vet is 65 miles away, but I want to do it myself. I have no helper tho. Let me know what happened with your beautiful duck.

She's going to keep suffering from fluid build up.