{"id":33013,"date":"2021-04-18T10:12:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-18T10:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=33013"},"modified":"2021-04-18T11:15:46","modified_gmt":"2021-04-18T11:15:46","slug":"still-hanging-in-there-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=33013","title":{"rendered":"Still hanging in there"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I am so up and down with Salmon at the moment. Yesterday Salmon was stretched out in the sun and I again felt a spark of hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Salmon getting some sun yesterday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Later in the day I tried to tempt her with mash and with sunflower hearts but she refused anything and I felt back down again. If she won’t eat then she has given up and that is the end of the road for her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We decided to give her the weekend and make a decision on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then this morning despite not having any sunflower hearts she was taking bits of spinach when I dropped them in front of her. She can’t exist on spinach alone but it gave me a little glimmer of hope once more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salmon had by now got a very mucky bottom again and I decided to clean her up. I thought that it would make her more comfortable and even if we ended up taking her to the vet I would feel better if she was at least cleaned up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I held her over a bowl of warm water and started to clean her. The poop was white and hard and really stuck round her feathers. I had to gradually soak it off. As I was doing this a bit of soft egg shell appeared just sticking out of her vent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have been here with Marmite last year so I gently pulled the shell from Salmon’s vent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I pulled this from Salmon’s vent this morning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I am feeling that we may now be in with a chance although it may already be too late. The egg itself must be inside her but I hope that continuing with the antibiotic tylan may be able to help stop an infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salmon is in with a better chance having this out of her but it’s still too soon to know if it will make a difference to the outcome. We can only wait and see how she goes now. If I could just get her eating we may be in with a chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When separated in the cat box Salmon refused to eat the treats I put in her front of her and she won’t compete with the other girls either. I decided that I somehow needed to separate her from the competition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I finely chopped some tomato, apple and spinach and added a little sprinkle of sugar for energy to a little dish. I lifted Salmon to the top of the small shelter and put the dish in front of her and also sprinkled some bits in front of her. I stood guard to keep the other girls from getting up there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salmon picked out all of the tomato. At least she had some even if not that much before she flew down off the shelter. I will keep trying to do this with different offerings. At the moment any food inside her is better than nothing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A little later I put Salmon on top of the shelter again with some sunflower hearts and she ate them. I am now feeling a little more hopeful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We can only wait now to see how she goes over the next few days. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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