Bone (?) growing out of her wattles?

[SulkyBantam]

Was it her tongue?

 

[Eggcessive]

Yes, please look inside her beak with a light. Take a picture if possible. If the tongue is normal, I would suspect that could be a benign teratoma or dermoid cyst. Those are benign tumors in which bone, nail, hair, and organ tissue may be found. But the rough looking skin around the hard tissue looks like tumor or old infection. How is she eating and drinking?

 

[Inkisevidence]

Yes, please look inside her beak with a light. Take a picture if possible. If the tongue is normal, I would suspect that could be a benign teratoma or dermoid cyst. Those are benign tumors in which bone, nail, hair, and organ tissue may be found. But the rough looking skin around the hard tissue looks like tumor or old infection. How is she eating and drinking?

So, it is her tongue. You’re absolutely right. I have no idea what to do as it seems to require surgery to fix.

 

[Inkisevidence]

Was it her tongue?

Yes it is

 

[RosemaryDuck]

So, it is her tongue. You’re absolutely right. I have no idea what to do as it seems to require surgery to fix.

I helped someone with this when their duck tore underneath the bill and the tongue fell through. But it was almost immediately after...so I don't know if you can do anything here as it's dried. With the duck, we just pushed the tongue back through and closed the wound underneath, but I think since it's so hard and dry now it may just fall off. Maybe someone else has an idea here?

 

[Inkisevidence]

Could it possibly be her tongue (that's dried hard)? I've seen cases where birds get a tear under their beaks and the tongue falls through and hardens.

Do you know what to do or does she need to be put down? It is her tongue.

 

[RosemaryDuck]

Do you know what to do or does she need to be put down? It is her tongue.

Maybe start by cleaning it as much as you can and clearing the debris. See if the tongue is still wet/pink.

 

[Weeg]

Try rubbing it with coconut oil, and maybe get ti to soften? All the swelling around it, is that swelling or debris? If it is debris, then see if you can get it to come off.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Is the bird skinnier than others her age? Even if you can't fix it, if she's not losing weight, I don't see a reason to put her down

 

[Weeg]

Do you know what to do or does she need to be put down? It is her tongue.

Can she still drink and eat on her own? Offer her wet down chicken food, to make it easer for her to eat.