[tezlin]

Hi gang
My lovely Dora has been a bit off it for the last 2 days and I have noticed this morning that her crop looks rather large and she doesn't appear to be eating a great deal. I have read up about impacted crop and it does seem that this could  be the problem. It advices to give the bird some warmed olive oil through a large syringe but doesn't say if this should be in warmed water or neat and then to kind of milk the crop whilst the bird is upside down. Effectively I suppose you make the bird sick! Is there likely to be a problem with suffocation and if so how long can you do this for before fear of suffocation becomes a problem? Really am quite worried about her.
Thanks
Lin x
UPDATE
Took the lil' lady to the vets who could not find anything wrong but gave me some precautionary antibiotics just in case and she has perked up a bit. But will be keeping a close eye on her.