Recent content by AuntGigi

Well, after 11 days of ups and downs, she died yesterday. :( I spoke to a poultry vet late last week via phone and he said we were doing well, but she was probably sore and swollen inside so to stop massaging so much, and be very gentle. She had a couple good days, even flew up onto the kitchen...

We're still fighting. She's pretty much lost her appetite. We keep giving her fluids, then she perks up a little. Gave her pedialyte water in the morning and Epsom water before bed. Nothing much for poo last night. This morning her crop wasn't hard, but wasn't empty either. I let her walk...

Yesterday was uneventful. Her crop was still hard, but we kept going with massage and liquid. About 25cc Epsom water. I was very worried when she wouldn't eat, I took her out to see her sisters mid-day and she made a bee-line for the feeder and ate pellets from the ground. When we came back in...

We went almost 2 days only giving water and stool softener and the second night there wasn't much solid poo at all, just lots of clear liquid. Yesterday she was hungry and snitched a bit of wet cat food, but otherwise we were withholding food. This morning she didn't even have appetite, so I was...

Updating - she's still with us. No poop of substance last night, and she was no longer interested in food. Baby food, cat food, egg, yogurt. Crop was still full, not as stiff, but not sloshy either. We tubed her Epsom water and dulcolax this morning with baby food - and found out "mixed...

Thank you. I did my first feeding tube insertion - wouldn't want to do that alone with a feisty bird! We put 30cc of the Epsom mix in her. It sounds from that link that it might prevent souring. The tube was way easier than syringing, it takes so long, and like you said it carries the aspiration...

Oh my. I hope it doesn't take 2 weeks, but we'll do what we have to do. She is pooping. Not lots of solids, but some. Here's the link we decided to try https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/impacted-slow-and-sour-crops-prevention-and-treatments From what you said, I'll continue to try to make her...

Still can't get it emptied. We've only been able to get her to vomit the one time. This morning it's like clay again, just a bit smaller. She's looking weak. :(

OK, I think we're getting somewhere. After more massage, we tried vomiting her again after she started beak smacking (?). Snotty fluid began coming out. We let her take a breath. Then tipped her again, and she kind of shook out this clump in the photo. Crop feels more squishy now. She's resting...

Ok, put her back in the hospital cage. We gave her a spoon of watered down yogurt and she ate readily, and pooped. I took a pic, looks like maybe a piece of straw in there.

Hi, I've been reading threads and can't quite find our situation. Our 5 year old EE had been acting antisocial, then didn't come out of the coop yesterday morning. She was on her roost, I felt her crop and knew something was wrong, it wasn't empty. It felt like a tennis ball size of clay -...

Yep, same one, Cozy 150, got it at Amazon. 150 means it will throw off as much heat as a 150W light bulb. I keep mine low, and used some metal plumbing strap to hold it to the wall so they don't tip it and crap on it ;). I figure if they get too chilly they can stand on the floor by it. Just...

p.s. Thank you.

She has lost weight over the past week. I don't feel any swelling or fluid, but I'm very inexperienced here. I did read about the egg yolk peritonitis and the symptoms make sense. Yesterday when she pooped it wasn't very much, two dribbles really (we were outside with her, and she did it right...

She stopped walking yesterday, but after a treat of yogurt, and then another of oatmeal with electrolytes, some Wazine water, and probiotics, she started walking around again. She slept in a nest box last night, hopped up on her own. I was kind of expecting the worst this morning, but she came...