This is frequently followed with a violent diarrhoea. 



Treatment: If possible remove some of the con- 

 tents of the crop, but it is not of so much importance 

 in this condition as in Crop Bound to remove the 

 contents. Remove the bird so it cannot get anything 

 more to eat and administer a capsule containing five 

 drops of Castor Oil, enough to purge and carry away 

 all undigested food. After a good discharge of the 

 bowels has been effected, soaked bread can then be 

 given. Next day the usual feed can be allowed. 

 CROP BOUND. 



Crop Bound is a condition whereby the crop 

 has been overloaded with food and water, and that 

 organ losing its power of contraction or in other 

 words termed Atony of the Crop. The muscular 

 coating is partially paralysed and in consequence the 

 crop remains in a dormant state not allowing the 

 food to pass further down into the second stomach. 

 This condition is something similar to Sour Crop, 

 but it is of a much more serious nature. The crop 

 is greatly weakened in this condition, where in the 

 former it is merely a fault of the food. The crop in 

 these cases will be much harder than that of Sour 

 Crop. 



Treatment: The first thing to be done is to re- 

 move as much of the contents of the crop as can be 

 done without injuring the bird. After this has been 

 done remove the bird to quarters by itself and 

 administer a good sized dose of Castor Oil (5 drops) 

 and leave the bird quiet until the oil operates, after 

 which give about thirty pills of food, made by mix- 

 ing a medium hard boiled egg with cracker dust or 

 bread crumbs. As the crop in these cases is weak- 



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