Water belly emergency...please help!

[catballou]

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

It won't be as bad as the 1st time uf you catch it in time. My hen has it right now and needs draining but she is acting perfectly and even laying eggs. I have had it drained by a vet once in June.

 

[MysteryChicken]

It won't be as bad as the 1st time uf you catch it in time. My hen has it right now and needs draining but she is acting perfectly and even laying eggs. I have had it drained by a vet once in June.

It's chronic, & usually chickens with it end up having to be put down anyways. She maybe acting fine, but that's what chickens do to hide their pain since they're prey animals. They'll hide their pain, until they can't no longer.

 

[catballou]

It's chronic, & usually chickens with it end up having to be put down anyways. She maybe acting fine, but that's what chickens do to hide their pain since they're prey animals. They'll hide their pain, until they can't no longer.

I know. Her comb is no longer blueish and it is standing up normally. I know she won't live long, but I'm going to do everything I can to keep her alive for as long as she is eating.
I had to drain her again 2 days ago, 60 ml, and her comb was perfectly red again in the morning.
She appears to have digestive troubles tho. Her crop was filled with a watery substance which came out when o picked her up to drain her belly. She is probably not going to make it this time.
I did give her dome digestive enzymes mixed with honey and recover 911 this morning.
I'm heartbroken.
it's always the favorite one.

 

[wkshaddon]

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

We did end up putting her down. RIP Hannah

 

[wkshaddon]

It's chronic, & usually chickens with it end up having to be put down anyways. She maybe acting fine, but that's what chickens do to hide their pain since they're prey animals. They'll hide their pain, until they can't no longer.

We did put her down. RIP Hannah

 

[catballou]

We did end up putting her down. RIP Hannah

I think it's time for my hen too. It's so sad. And I feel so useless. She's walking around looking for something to eat in my kitchen but when I offer her egg yolk, meal worms or chick starter, she just looks and walks away.
She's hungry but doesn't want to eat. I am going to try some miconazole and egg yolk mixed with honey today, and call around for somewhere to euthanize her. She only weighs 2 lbs!

I guess I bought her a few months by taking her to the vet, but I still feel rotten.

 

[FrostRanger]

I think it's time for my hen too. It's so sad. And I feel so useless. She's walking around looking for something to eat in my kitchen but when I offer her egg yolk, meal worms or chick starter, she just looks and walks away.
She's hungry but doesn't want to eat. I am going to try some miconazole and egg yolk mixed with honey today, and call around for somewhere to euthanize her. She only weighs 2 lbs!

I guess I bought her a few months by taking her to the vet, but I still feel rotten.

There wasn't anything you could have done to begin with really, the stuff that tends to cause that to happen tends to be incurable and will wind up being fatal eventually anyways. You've done everything you could have and more for her. No need to feel guilty, you did well

 

[catballou]

There wasn't anything you could have done to begin with really, the stuff that tends to cause that to happen tends to be incurable and will wind up being fatal eventually anyways. You've done everything you could have and more for her. No need to feel guilty, you did well

Thank you, but I still feel awful. I'm down to 3 hens now. Two are not friends with the docile one whom was friends with my ill bird. She's going to be heartbroken also.

 

[wkshaddon]

I think it's time for my hen too. It's so sad. And I feel so useless. She's walking around looking for something to eat in my kitchen but when I offer her egg yolk, meal worms or chick starter, she just looks and walks away.
She's hungry but doesn't want to eat. I am going to try some miconazole and egg yolk mixed with honey today, and call around for somewhere to euthanize her. She only weighs 2 lbs!

I guess I bought her a few months by taking her to the vet, but I still feel rotten.

Try vanilla yogurt. If she won't eat voluntarily, dip her beak in it. Works with my girls.