Prolapse! (CPQ, female)

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Our little Molly was just getting acquainted with our new arrival (as of yet unnamed) when she marked her territory by pooping. After this...her insides did not go back inside as they usually do, and now she has a pea sized angry red cloaca hanging out.

I'm worried sick!

Can anyone please advise me on any self-vetting i can do? I am willing to do ANYTHING to help her. She seems miserable.
 
she also has an egg in her oviduct (I think thats the right term) She seems to be okay with being left to soak in warm water (she keeps falling asleep because she is so relaxed)
 
Update:

After some research...

I put her in a shallow warm bath and let her just rest. She seemed to be falling asleep in the water and was enjoying it until all of a sudden, she passed an egg! She hardly strained and it just slid out.

Her prolapse was still out. My mum suggested that i do as i read and with a clean little finger 'urge' it back inside with some Vaseline.

I did the deed (which was...something i will never forget) and it stayed in. I am now monitoring her to see if it stays inside after tomorrows egg and after she defecates.

It's been an interesting (Scary!) afternoon...I will keep you informed. :)
 
I'm glad she seems to be doing better. :)

A few weeks ago we were rushing around trying to leave for Florida to be with my dying father when I realized one of my serama hens, setting broody on nothing but air, had a prolapsed vent. I did as your mom suggested and pushed it back in, but the next morning it was back out. I seriously considered culling her before we left, not wanting her to suffer while we were gone. Our bird sitter does good with feeding and caring for them, but I knew she would be at a loss as to how to deal with a prolapsed vent. At the very last minute I decided to leave her be. Came home two weeks later and she was fine.

Keep us updated.
 
She is acting 'sick' at the minute. But her vent is back in and her egg is out.

I have been trying to keep her warm after her bath but she just wants to sit all fluffed out. I suppose that's what lot of women who have given birth like doing too. She's currently sat next to me on the bed feeling rather sorry for herself.

I'm trying to make her take little sips by gently dipping her beak into her water bowl and she seems agitated that i'm fussing, but she's my little girl...and she needs to get better.

Sorry, I must sound like a total nut job... :S
 
Sorry to hear about Mollie's problems, but glad she's doing OK. I'm sure you've done exactly the right thing, and if you can keep her warm and comfortable, and away from the attentions of the others, you can but hope she will recover. Well done to get the egg out and the prolapse back in, that sounds a reallt tricky job. With such tiny birds, and with something non- infectious, there's no point in taking her to a vet, who either wouldn't know what to do or would tell you to do what you're doing already and then charge you for it.
Good luck with her, and keep us posted.
 
She's all well again today. Prolapse stayed in and she's i think she's laid an egg today. She's much better.

The bath seemed to relax her enough to let her pass the egg with the prolapse. I used vaseline to lubricate my little finger and slid the prolapse in and held for 15-25 seconds.

She was very well behaved and coped well (better than i would have!)
 
Dean&Laura said:
She's all well again today. Prolapse stayed in and she's i think she's laid an egg today. She's much better.

The bath seemed to relax her enough to let her pass the egg with the prolapse. I used vaseline to lubricate my little finger and slid the prolapse in and held for 15-25 seconds.

She was very well behaved and coped well (better than i would have!)
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Great, amazing what skills we acquire on our way through life, isn't it? i hope she goes on keeping her insides where they ought to be. How many hours of light are they getting ATM? You could discourage laying by reducing the light, since i don't suppose you want maximum egg production for breakfast?
 
They're getting sunlight from between sunrise (6:45 am) to sunset (4.45pm) and some artificial light til around 1am (we're night owls!)

We don't actually eat the eggs. I'm unable to (h Pylori) and Dean can't face eating them. :)

But today Izzy (houdini's preferred lady) laid a tiny little egg! Almost half the size of the others.
 
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