Help peterborough vets

[Spiderduck]

I need a vey who will look at a chicken.
He is 2mnths old. There is bif possibility he ate a pin. Might be stuck. He is acting quieter as usual.
He is my chick that i hand raised since his mother rejected him.

He might have ate a pin last night. I think he has pooped and ate..but he might be in distress.
I need vets/surgeries in peterborough who would xray him or help him get it out


Please help

 

[rebrascora]

Are you in Peterborough UK or somewhere else? The world is a big place! You may need to do a search for local vets online and then ring them and explain the situation and ask if they could do an xray on your chick. You need one that treats small animals and exotics. Have your parents agreed to fund a potentially expensive vets bill? An adult may need to speak to them on the phone to confirm they can pay.
I could do a search for you if you can confirm where in the world you are?

 

[Spiderduck]

Are you in Peterborough UK or somewhere else? The world is a big place! You may need to do a search for local vets online and then ring them and explain the situation and ask if they could do an xray on your chick. You need one that treats small animals and exotics. Have your parents agreed to fund a potentially expensive vets bill? An adult may need to speak to them on the phone to confirm they can pay.
I could do a search for you if you can confirm where in the world you are?

I live peterborough uk

I found a vet that looked at it. A pin is in his stomach area. There is surgery he could do. But its risky and it costs around £600
Thats is far too much
I really love him and i cant bear him to go.

 

[rebrascora]

I have done crop surgery myself and it is not difficult. There are videos on you tube which show you what to do.... search for "crop surgery" on You Tube. If you are unable to afford the surgery at the vets and the chick will die if the pin is not removed, then perhaps you could find someone.... maybe you have a nurse in the family or possibly even a biology teacher who could help you do it. The crop is not the actual stomach (chickens don't have a stomach like we do) but a pouch that holds food until it goes through the digestive system. It is in the front of the chest/neck just under the skin and there are no major organs near it, so the surgery is not that complicated. You can super glue the crop back together after you get the pin out. I leave the outer skin open so that it can drain if need be and just cover with Germolene and let it heal on it's own.
I cannot imagine any way that a pin will make it's way through the digestive system without getting stuck somewhere else and the crop is by far the easiest place to remove it from.

 

[Spiderduck]

I have done crop surgery myself and it is not difficult. There are videos on you tube which show you what to do.... search for "crop surgery" on You Tube. If you are unable to afford the surgery at the vets and the chick will die if the pin is not removed, then perhaps you could find someone.... maybe you have a nurse in the family or possibly even a biology teacher who could help you do it. The crop is not the actual stomach (chickens don't have a stomach like we do) but a pouch that holds food until it goes through the digestive system. It is in the front of the chest/neck just under the skin and there are no major organs near it, so the surgery is not that complicated. You can super glue the crop back together after you get the pin out. I leave the outer skin open so that it can drain if need be and just cover with Germolene and let it heal on it's own.
I cannot imagine any way that a pin will make it's way through the digestive system without getting stuck somewhere else and the crop is by far the easiest place to remove it from.

Thats what the vet said.

However the pin is not in his crop at all. It passed through.
The vet said stomach is that the gizzard. Basically its internal.
Surgery is not possible at home. I dont evsn know a vet that would do it for free.

 

[rebrascora]

I'm sorry it has gone that far. Yes the gizzard is the place that it will get stuck if it has moved down from the crop. There is nothing else I can suggest other than wait and see. There are cases where people have has larger foreign objects in their body that have come out through the skin years later, so there is a chance that he will be all right but I very much doubt the pin will come out in his poop. If the gut was a long straight solid chute like a pipe then maybe, but it is a thin coiled membrane and the gizzard is a round thick muscle with a tiny outlet, so I would say you have more chance of winning the lottery than it coming out there, but it might pass out of the gut without doing too much damage with it being thin and pointed and with a bit of luck, miss the vital organs and eventually pop out somewhere. If he survives, you will need to inspect him regularly for sore spots or lumps where it is working it's way out.
Good luck.

 

[Spiderduck]

I'm sorry it has gone that far. Yes the gizzard is the place that it will get stuck if it has moved down from the crop. There is nothing else I can suggest other than wait and see. There are cases where people have has larger foreign objects in their body that have come out through the skin years later, so there is a chance that he will be all right but I very much doubt the pin will come out in his poop. If the gut was a long straight solid chute like a pipe then maybe, but it is a thin coiled membrane and the gizzard is a round thick muscle with a tiny outlet, so I would say you have more chance of winning the lottery than it coming out there, but it might pass out of the gut without doing too much damage with it being thin and pointed and with a bit of luck, miss the vital organs and eventually pop out somewhere. If he survives, you will need to inspect him regularly for sore spots or lumps where it is working it's way out.
Good luck.

Oh really

You see i cant bear to put him down
I raised him by hand on day 1.
I know that the intestines are small and tangled. But i wish it would come out.

 

[Spiderduck]

I'm sorry it has gone that far. Yes the gizzard is the place that it will get stuck if it has moved down from the crop. There is nothing else I can suggest other than wait and see. There are cases where people have has larger foreign objects in their body that have come out through the skin years later, so there is a chance that he will be all right but I very much doubt the pin will come out in his poop. If the gut was a long straight solid chute like a pipe then maybe, but it is a thin coiled membrane and the gizzard is a round thick muscle with a tiny outlet, so I would say you have more chance of winning the lottery than it coming out there, but it might pass out of the gut without doing too much damage with it being thin and pointed and with a bit of luck, miss the vital organs and eventually pop out somewhere. If he survives, you will need to inspect him regularly for sore spots or lumps where it is working it's way out.
Good luck.

Also whats your thought on why he went crazy when he saw the pin on the floor?
He was making that sound when they get excited they found food.
Why would he eat the pin

 

[rebrascora]

It's shiny.... chickens like shiny things.... he was excited thinking he had found a special treat! At least the pin will be stainless steel so it shouldn't rust and if it is going to come out, it should therefore have a greater chance of coming out cleanly. All you can do is hope and pray, if you have religious beliefs.
How ill is he acting?