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Crop bloating and fills with air

by Sangita
(Canada)

I am a breeder and I have notices crop bloating on my baby chicks. I wait till its empty but still it fills with air. Is there any home remedy that can be usefull. I lost 2 pineapple babies due to this. Hand raised them since the second day and they died the 3rd week of the there life. Please help.

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Crop bloating and fills with air

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Aug 24, 2011

Issue could be resolved...
by: NLAHPA- John

I have homing pigeons and the first baby is being raised by me just so it can be a "show" bird. Its inside and currently 4 weeks.
His crop enlarged with air, I massaged it and burped him, which helped.
It might be the temperature of the baby bird formula.
Even if you think the bird can't handle the heat, feed it slowly. Time for the chick to adjust.
Even squeezing the crop (Slowly) would help. It might burp up some food, its ok to swallow.

Hope this helped.
NLAHPA, Los Angeles, CA
John

Jun 17, 2011

Crops on babies filling with air
by: The Avian Vet

It is not an issue with the amount of air. Birds swallow air when they are stressed, in pain, have infections, when they are being under fed, and sometimes is related to poor nutrition.

Dr B

Jun 17, 2011

Could it be...
by: Anonymous

Could be the brooder not getting enough air, so they inhale more then enough air. I have noticed that when they are with the parents then they don't have this issue but as soon as I bring them in the brooder then this problem starts to occur.

I having a lot trouble on this too. Please anyone that can would or can help be much appreciated.

Thanks

Jan 14, 2011

Crop bloating
by: The Avian Vet

This is a complicated problem and I would need to discuss this via phone. If you would like to make a phone consultation appointment, please let me know. I have more than 30 years experience hand feeding babies and I feel I can help you, but I would need to know more about the history and your operation and techniques before I can make any recommendation. You will need to have these babies seen and any birds that die necropsied too, and those results are going to help me help you.

Contact Tracie, using the contact form on this website, if you wish to make an appointment.

Dr B

Jan 12, 2011

Crop bloating and fills with air
by: Linda

This is something an Avian Vet will have to look into. If it was an isolated situation, then I'd say it was just that, but this sounds more like an infection which is common with baby birds and if left untreated, babies will die. If there is some kind of either bacterial or viral infection present here, all your babies will die from it as the parents may be carriers which makes it sound like a viral infection.

There are NO home remedies anyone can recommend because no one, including us, knows what is causing this problem. Until birds are examined, diagnosed and treated by a licensed, trained Avian Vet, you will continue to lose your babies, so my suggestion is get the babies AND the parents in to be examined by an avian vet as soon as is possible.

In the meantime, there could also be a toxin present here causing babies to be poisoned. Are you feeding a high quality powdered baby parrot handfeeding formula? If not, this is the only correct food to feed baby birds, and it has to be fed with either a small spoon bent up to resemble a funnel or with a syringe. Food also has to be heated enough so crop can digest it. Cold food or room temperature baby food will get rancid in the crop causing large amounts of gas, sickness and death.

There is a link on this page for help in finding an Avian Vet if you need it. If you are a bird breeder, the first thing on the list of necessary items is an Avian Vet because birds get sick and babies are especially vulnerable to any and every kind of infection.

Linda

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