air in crop

[kingsley hannah]

what could be the cause of one baby in a next of 2 getting a realy bloated crop

the bird in question is smaller and seems a little un well but only sign obiuos is its crop filling with air???? help please i dont like sick birds

[pdpbison]

Hi KH,




How old are the Babys?


Are their Pigeon Parents feeding them exclusively?


Can you post some images?


Lasty, can you compare the 'Air' Baby's poops, with the other's, and let us know how they look color wise and texture wise and so on?



Babys or youngsters can in effect, swallow Air and sort of get bloaty...

Also, they can get yeast or related infections ( say, if for having got chilled, or, if hand fed 'iffy' foods, wrong foods, or improperly prepared foods ) and the gasses of fermentation then, in the Crop, can cause an inflation or bloating.


Poops would be different, if one to the other...

If 'Air', one can gently have someone hold the Baby tilting the Baby toward being vertical, that is, in their normal orientation or pose, if tilting a little to favor their front being higher, and, gently pulling his head up so his Neck is straight and vertical, opening his Beak then, or if need be, gently massaging his upper Throat area with his Bea open and Necl pulled out straight and vertical, would tend to let out any trapped Air or Gas...but, if the issue is one of fermenting foods in his Crop, creating 'Gas', he will need to have that addressed soon by right regimen, since it can be lethal if let go very long.


If his Crop is very full of Liquids, and not 'Air' then do not do this, but instead, wait...and let us know...


Phil
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