Hi - 5yo Rhode Island Red - she hasn't laid much for a good 2 years, when I give her calcium pills as suggested here, she used to lay sometimes sporadically but not for a good while. I've witnessed several no-shell and soft-shell eggs. Her tail end really droops and lots of gooky ick on the butt. That's been her reality for a long while.
A couple days ago I noticed some weird alarm calls from her, she appeared to be getting worse, eating less. This morning I put her in a warm bath and realize how extremely swollen her back end is, and red. I checked inside her vent cavity - don't know what that's called, but there's no egg stuck there or anything.
Then she appeared to perk up a bit, fiddled with some feathers on her back, looked alert... but still she's swollen. And I thought the blood had stopped but it hasn't really. Not enough to appear in the water, I didn't notice it until taking the pictures I'll attach.
I gave her a frozen-oil pill earlier in case there's stuck poop to move?
She's perkier now, I don't know what else to do. I've got her soaking in periodically cleaned water, up over her vent. She appears to really like the water, when I drain it she gets agitated til it's back.
Any thoughts oh wise ones? Thanks if you have any...
She's perkier now... - but her crest is kinda droopy. That's new as of today. She made two of those horrible bleats this morning calling my attention to her plight.
Before sending this just now I went to inspect again and found she's got a good softball sized lump below.... it's horrible and I actually squeezed on it and some white gross goo came out and liquid light brown-green watery stuff. I feel like I was actually expelling that, and I think that's good? Anyway, thoughts?
A couple days ago I noticed some weird alarm calls from her, she appeared to be getting worse, eating less. This morning I put her in a warm bath and realize how extremely swollen her back end is, and red. I checked inside her vent cavity - don't know what that's called, but there's no egg stuck there or anything.
Then she appeared to perk up a bit, fiddled with some feathers on her back, looked alert... but still she's swollen. And I thought the blood had stopped but it hasn't really. Not enough to appear in the water, I didn't notice it until taking the pictures I'll attach.
I gave her a frozen-oil pill earlier in case there's stuck poop to move?
She's perkier now, I don't know what else to do. I've got her soaking in periodically cleaned water, up over her vent. She appears to really like the water, when I drain it she gets agitated til it's back.
Any thoughts oh wise ones? Thanks if you have any...
She's perkier now... - but her crest is kinda droopy. That's new as of today. She made two of those horrible bleats this morning calling my attention to her plight.
Before sending this just now I went to inspect again and found she's got a good softball sized lump below.... it's horrible and I actually squeezed on it and some white gross goo came out and liquid light brown-green watery stuff. I feel like I was actually expelling that, and I think that's good? Anyway, thoughts?