Hey all, hoping for help if anyone has advice to give for a sweet 2 year old maran not doing too well.
Symptoms:
Lethargic, swollen abdomen, throbbing vent, reduced appetite, runny poop, not laying for past 2 days, going up to roost early.
Treatment so far:
Isolated, warm epsom salt baths, a little bit of gentle abdomen massage, 5mLs diluted ACV(suspected sour crop at first). Also did a lubed finger probe of vent to confirm if there was an egg bound up but did not feel anything.
I was really considering vent gleet based on everything I’ve read, except sticky paste-like poop stuck to feathers seems only mild. At least, not more than normal, or vs other birds in the flock and doesn’t smelly terribly foul to me.
I don’t think she has an impacted/sour crop as it feels soft and doesn’t smell foul. I recently had another maran die in my arms from impacted crop a few months back and I definitely remember the smell. That was my first assessment with this girl mostly from the trauma of the last.
Everything points to being egg bound in my very unqualified evaluation so far. I cant feel a hard egg from outside of abdomen, and I can’t feel anything with finger inside(approx 3” deep).
Worth noting-
After 10 minute epsom soak she was so relaxed and let me do the finger probe without me even needing to hold her at all. Once she realized what I was trying to do she just laid down comfortably, lifted her tail feathers, and let me do my thing for a solid 5 minutes. She had bowel movements twice while I was in there and it really seemed like she was relieved to let it out. She also had the best appetite I’ve seen her have all day right after that. Chowed down on some water soaked feed like she hadn’t eaten in days.
Could this be anything else I’m not aware of? Worms? Some other specific disease?
Sorry for the long post and thank you in advance for any help.
Symptoms:
Lethargic, swollen abdomen, throbbing vent, reduced appetite, runny poop, not laying for past 2 days, going up to roost early.
Treatment so far:
Isolated, warm epsom salt baths, a little bit of gentle abdomen massage, 5mLs diluted ACV(suspected sour crop at first). Also did a lubed finger probe of vent to confirm if there was an egg bound up but did not feel anything.
I was really considering vent gleet based on everything I’ve read, except sticky paste-like poop stuck to feathers seems only mild. At least, not more than normal, or vs other birds in the flock and doesn’t smelly terribly foul to me.
I don’t think she has an impacted/sour crop as it feels soft and doesn’t smell foul. I recently had another maran die in my arms from impacted crop a few months back and I definitely remember the smell. That was my first assessment with this girl mostly from the trauma of the last.
Everything points to being egg bound in my very unqualified evaluation so far. I cant feel a hard egg from outside of abdomen, and I can’t feel anything with finger inside(approx 3” deep).
Worth noting-
After 10 minute epsom soak she was so relaxed and let me do the finger probe without me even needing to hold her at all. Once she realized what I was trying to do she just laid down comfortably, lifted her tail feathers, and let me do my thing for a solid 5 minutes. She had bowel movements twice while I was in there and it really seemed like she was relieved to let it out. She also had the best appetite I’ve seen her have all day right after that. Chowed down on some water soaked feed like she hadn’t eaten in days.
Could this be anything else I’m not aware of? Worms? Some other specific disease?
Sorry for the long post and thank you in advance for any help.