Seriously, Racquel?
What is this, you ask?
This is Racquel at the emergency vet this evening.
Racquel looked fine this morning, and she seems to be recovering from her respiratory infection and chin sore (of unknown origin) from over a week ago. But this afternoon at 3:30pm, which is the exact last appointment time for the regular vet, I noticed that Racquel was bleeding from her vent. Why would she be doing THAT!? No clue.
So I called the vet. They were leaving for the day and couldn’t see her, but said I could email. They won’t be back ’til Tuesday. It looked like a fair amount of blood to me, especially for a little muppet, so I took Racquel to the emergency vet.
It was a busy day at the emergency vet’s office, so we just chilled out until someone could see us. I brought my lunch and shared my sandwich with Racquel. The vet who saw Racquel thought that it might just be a small cut right inside her vent. How Racquel got that cut I cannot say. Maybe Olivia pecked her on the butt? Maybe she backed up into a stick on the sticky shrub? It’s really tough to bite someone through all that fluff, and she’s not in the same aviary as bitey O’Malley. It could also be a bigger issue related to her soft eggs.
The vet let us go, then called Racquel back again to feel inside to make sure she wasn’t still bleeding higher up. She didn’t feel any tumors or any eggs, and said there doesn’t seem to be any more bleeding. She asked if Racquel’s feathers were supposed to be that way. Yes… they are. Apparently she’d never seen a silkie chicken, or a fuzzy muppet. So we came home and we’ll just keep an eye on Racquel until she goes back to the regular vet on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, back in the yard, Racquel promptly laid an egg, apparently just to prove the vet wrong.
And now she’s eating it.
“Nom nom nom nom nom.” - Racquel
I seriously think I could save time and money if I just send myself to veterinary school at this point. I’ll keep you posted on Racquel. She seems fine tonight.
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Tiffany, I’m glad Raquel is doing ok. I can tatally
understand about the vet bills. I’m there so often
I think I should have my own parking spot by now.
So you’re not alone. It’s just what happens when
we love our pets so much!!
Beth
Maybe she hurt her vent while trying to pass the egg and ruptured a blood vessel?
How odd that the vet didn’t feel the egg inside Racquel.
It looks like a soft egg, so a cracked shell couldn’t have hurt her. It remains a mystery.
As you know I don’t have good experiences with vets and birds and mostly you have to figure out yourself what is wrong (after they’ve hid their ailment for a while), it’s touch and go. I hope she will be feeling better soon, maybe the medication for her sore made the egg production difficult.
Good for Racquel to lay her egg in the yard, so the Easter rabbit doesn’t have to hide it;-)
Happy Easter for everyone!
Well, she had a lovely dinner
The protein is good for her. LOL She might as well eat her own egg – knowing for sure where it came from. We had a duck that laid soft eggs – no shell ever. Course then (in the 1950’s) they never had specialized vets that took care of chickens or ducks. At that time they were for eating. I hope she will be fine. I’m still glad you got her in to the ER vet anyway. it’s called peace of mind. I’m sure that Raquel didn’t care to have someone sticking their finger up her butt for sure. LOL
She is so adorable–I hope she gets better soon!
You know, I’ve started to protest bills I receive when a doctor misdiagnoses me. I’ve only done it 3 times in the past 4 years, but after a lot of medical runaround when I had a problem, I decided screw it. I’m not paying for their errors any more. So far all 3 times they wrote them off. My point? Do this with the vet. If they are so stupid, why should you have to pay for it?!
Hopefully Raquel is good to go. I have to say I got a little grossed out by her eating her egg but, well, ya know.
Does she eat oyster shell? Some will and some won’t. You could also use some calci-boost on her treats – it does help my ducks when their calcium levels get too depleted. My vet will also give them a calcium shot if they are having too much trouble with laying the soft eggs and we are worried. Best wishes to the fuzzy muppet.