![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/rusty_before_her_bath.jpg\")
<\/a>Rusty before her bath<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/after_her_bath_rusty_has_some_chopped_grape.jpg\")
<\/a>After her bath Rusty had some chopped grape<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/her_face_and_comb_are_red_which_is_a_good_sign.jpg\")
<\/a>Her face and comb are red which is a good sign<\/p><\/div>\n
I towel dried her as much as I could but I am leaving her in the cat box until lunch time to dry and to keep her on light food of just a little corn and chopped grape.\u00a0At lunch time I will return her to the run.<\/p>\n
The good news is that the prolapse is now staying in and that her face and comb are a good red colour. The thing that worries me is that there is no reason for a young bird to have a prolapse so I worry that there may something going on inside her to have caused this. If she was an old bird I could understand it but I can’t work out why she would have a prolapse.<\/p>\n
We can only wait and see if she fully recovers and keep hoping that she will. Provided there are no set backs I hope to leave her in the run from this afternoon without bathing her again. She should be able to clean herself and would probably be happier doing so than having me do it for her.<\/p>\n
This afternoon<\/h2>\n
I put Rusty back in the run and she had a quick scratch and peck and then once again went straight to a dust bath. She already had a mucky bottom and I hoped a dust bath, without honey, might help to clean her. The dust just stuck to the poop instead of the honey and she ended up looking exactly the same as before I had bathed her.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/rusty_and_apricot_peck_together.jpg\")
<\/a>Rusty and Apricot peck together<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/rusty_looks_good_apart_from_a_once_again_mucky_bottom.jpg\")
<\/a>Rusty looks good apart from a mucky bottom once more<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/she_goes_straight_to_a_dust_bath.jpg\")
<\/a>Rusty goes straight to a dust bath<\/p><\/div>\n
Soon after this Rusty went and sat in the nest box.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/rusty_settled_in_the_nest_box.jpg\")
<\/a>Rusty is settled in the nest box<\/p><\/div>\n
Rusty is due to go broody and on this occasion I think that would be the best thing for her and I will leave her to it. It would give her break from egg laying and time to rest and heal and it will also mean she eats less and poops less.<\/p>\n
She had been in the nest box for a few hours and I was just wondering if I should lift her out for a break when she came out on her own. She had a bit of spinach and a good long drink of water. She then went and perched in the corner of the run.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Rusty_perched_in_the_corner_of_the_run.jpg\")
<\/a>Rusty perched in the corner of the run<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/her_bottom_looks_as_dirty_as_before_her_bath.jpg\")
<\/a>Her bottom looks as dirty now as before her bath<\/p><\/div>\n
I took the opportunity to get another photo of her bottom. It looks the same as yesterday but earlier on it was really poopy and now it is really dusty so it is a sort of improvement.<\/p>\n
Provided there are no set backs I am just going to leave Rusty to it now. I am hopeful that the longer the prolapse stays in the better the chance of getting her fully back to normal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This morning I gave Rusty another bath. I cleaned her the best I could but didn’t worry that she wasn’t completely clean. I wanted to get the honey off so that she can continue to clean herself in a dust … Continue reading