Pet Birds!! Flashcards
What is the medical TX for chronic egg laying?
When will the owner see improvements?
- Lupron
- May take months
How should a bird be placed for a Salpingohysterectomy?
Right lateral recumbency
How do you prepare the surgical site in a bird?
- Pluck feathers on and around the incision site
- Moisten and move others from the field
Where should you make your incision when performing a salpinghysterectomy
Behind the last rib w/ blade aimed DORSALLY & away from the body
How do you enlarge your incision during a salpinghysterectomy?
Using bipolar forceps
What should never be used on a bird under anesthesia?
Electrocautery
(big bag of O2 + electrocautery = BOOM)
What bands do you use on a Lone Star retractor to appropriately expose the area during a salpinghysterectomy?
2+ bands
What is your landmark for locating the ovaries in a bird?
Ovaries sit under the proventriculus
Which segment of the Uterine ligament should you cut first when performing a salpinghysterectomy?
Cut ventral segments 1st
(less vascular)
How do you located the jxn. of the cloaca & the uterus?
By manipulating the Cadual Suspensory Ligament
Where do you apply ligations during a salpinghysterectomy?
at the cloacal & ovarian ends of the oviduct
How is the 1st layer closed during a salpinghysterectomy?
Absorbable sutures are used to appose the mm’s & ribs
Why are they ovaries typically not removed during a salpinghysterectomy?
No usually done due to the risk of adrenal damage & ovarian regrowth.
What my initiate reactivation of ovarain tissues?
“Spoiling”
What is the medical treatment for egg binding?
What should you check first?
- Oxytoxin or PGF2a + Ca2+ & fluids
- Oxytoxin causes vasoconstriction
- Check free Ca2+ levels first
When is it appropriate to give a Ca2+ injection to a bird experiencing egg binding?
- Eggs are soft OR
- Ionized Ca2+ levels are low
Crop burns are ___________ a surgical emergency.
NEVER
What are the C/S of FB ingestion in birds?
- Often asymptomatic
- Anorexic
- Regurgitation
- Depression
- Secondary infections
What is the name of the procedure to remove a FB in a bird?
Ingluviotomy
How do you prep for an Ingluviotomy?
- NPO 6 h.
- Palpate crop to ensure that it’s empty
- Dorsal recumbency w/ cranial body elevated
- Enter the LEFT LAT. crop
- less pressure from crop contents at this location
What size should your incision into the crop be?
Why?
- Smaller than the FB
- B/c the crop is highly distensible
What do crop burns often create?
Fistulas
What should be done after closing the crop w/ a simple continous or interrupted, inverting pattern?
Inject saline into the crop to check for leaks
How do you close the skin in birds?
Why?
- W/ non-absorbable suture material
- Birds lack the proper enzymes in their skin to break down absorbable suture
How does Oro-pharyngeal trauma typically occur?
C/S?
- Aggressive hand feeding
- Food accumulated in SQ is mistaken for a full crop
How do you TX oro-pharyngeal trauma in birds?
- Patient awake & standing upright
- Quick stab incision @ higher location in the crop
- allow for bypass w/ tube feedings
- CTA placed through oral cavity & passed through exit incision
- Grasp tip w/ forceps & pass back through oral cavity
- Drain is tied in a circle through the oral cavity & incision to allow for drainage & flushing of the area
Post op instructions for birds w/ Oro-pharyngeal trauma?
- ABXs
- Anti-fungals
- Remove drain in 3 d. → allow granulation to close
