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Does anyone have any insight for Bonnie's condition?
I would presume that she had been eating a lot of greens on a hot day - but its been going on for a while now (a month or so), its not that hot and it is continuing through nearly a week of Flubenvet (no greens.)
When this session of worming is done I'm going to give them all a dose of Avipro Avian.
She may have been eating feathers as both Pom and Bonnie have molted - crop is always full, sometimes squishy and other times firm but consistently full. She is still within the usual range of weight though at the lower end (she normally ranges from 3.2 to 3.8 kg)
She stopped laying a few weeks ago but went into a moult so to be expected. She is a bit withdrawn but that, I think, is just the moult and keeping away from me picking her up and massaging her crop!
I'm thinking that the most likely cause is a bit of a feather blockage.
... I know it sounds like I'm answering my own question but whats worrying me is that it was about this time last year that she went off lay - fine, needs a break i thought, weeks passed and suddenly realised that her weight was in free fall. Diagnosed with a mild peritonitis (odd) but I suspect that was just a symptom or secondary problem that started with the weight loss? Totally guessing - don't know! I'm watching her much closer this year.
I would presume that she had been eating a lot of greens on a hot day - but its been going on for a while now (a month or so), its not that hot and it is continuing through nearly a week of Flubenvet (no greens.)
When this session of worming is done I'm going to give them all a dose of Avipro Avian.
She may have been eating feathers as both Pom and Bonnie have molted - crop is always full, sometimes squishy and other times firm but consistently full. She is still within the usual range of weight though at the lower end (she normally ranges from 3.2 to 3.8 kg)
She stopped laying a few weeks ago but went into a moult so to be expected. She is a bit withdrawn but that, I think, is just the moult and keeping away from me picking her up and massaging her crop!
I'm thinking that the most likely cause is a bit of a feather blockage.
... I know it sounds like I'm answering my own question but whats worrying me is that it was about this time last year that she went off lay - fine, needs a break i thought, weeks passed and suddenly realised that her weight was in free fall. Diagnosed with a mild peritonitis (odd) but I suspect that was just a symptom or secondary problem that started with the weight loss? Totally guessing - don't know! I'm watching her much closer this year.