Budgies Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 I have a chicken with suspected egg peritonitis and need a vet who can diagnose and implant her if that's necessary. Can anyone recommend a vet in North West Norfolk? Not having much luck so far. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egghead68 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 It is probably too far but if you are desperate there is a good chicken vet in Cambridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egghead68 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Presumably you've seen this list of forum-recommended vets? http://club.omlet.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=4447 There is one in Norfolk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budgies Posted July 27, 2013 Author Share Posted July 27, 2013 Thanks for your help Egghead68, yes, sadly both Cambridge and Attleborough are a long way from me. I've finally found someone nearer who has done Suprelorin implanting in chickens before and have an appointment on Monday. If they are good I'll recommend them on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egghead68 Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Great! It is a very simple procedure so hopefully should be fine. I once had mine implanted by a vet who could not tell a hen from a cockerel and who was completely panicking at having to deal with a chicken (booking error) and it was still fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budgies Posted July 28, 2013 Author Share Posted July 28, 2013 I once had mine implanted by a vet who could not tell a hen from a cockerel Oh dear! Well, the receptionist, having established that my girl went in to lay but produced nothing then said "and is it a girl or a boy?" I waited for the penny to drop, but it never did, guess she was having a distracted day! I'm really hoping the vet will have the knowledge to help me establish whether the chook IS laying internally which is my suspicion, but I'm not holding my breath! Thanks again for your assistance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcfee2 Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 I've just been reading Practical Poultry magazine that I picked up doing my grocery shopping tonight and they have vets listed in Kings Lynn, Attleborough, and North Walsham. I guess it's a bit late for this time round, but are any of these close to you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budgies Posted July 30, 2013 Author Share Posted July 30, 2013 Thank you, mcfee2, that's very kind of you. None are as close as the place we went yesterday, and that was half an hour's drive. I'm up on the NW coast. I wouldn't mind so much but my wee girl doesn't travel well and once had to be admitted at death's door to a vet (and stay for 3 days) after a 20 minute journey as the stress had got to her so much. The vet admitted she was no expert and basically it all ended up being down to me to make a decision, because she could neither confirm nor deny whether my chook was having yolks go into the abdomen. Having lost a chook before to egg peritonitis, I decided that the biggest probable downside of going ahead with the implant unless anything went wrong was that she would stop laying and we'd miss out on our eggs - that's four chickens and no layers now! However, if we didn't go ahead, possible egg peritonitis. So we went ahead and she's been implanted. Fingers crossed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egghead68 Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 How's she doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budgies Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 Thanks for asking Egghead68. She's okay! She's laid 3 eggs since implanting (which I've had to throw away of course) but now seems to be stopping - her comb is certainly paler. We removed her stitch 10 days after she had the implant and that came out okay. I'm hoping that if she was in fact laying into the abdomen, we've caught it early enough. So hopefully a happy ending! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
