I brought a young bci into a vet with a similar problem.

They never brought this up but it seems similar to what has been mentioned.

What the vet did at the time was to prick the swollen area with a needle just to see if it was in fact fluids, blood, or just air/gas.

It was just air, and back then I simply treated the bci with bene-bac or nutri-bac and this took care of that situation.

We figured it was an overload of intestinal parasites. Thing is, it wasn't a wild/farmed/ch animal. That would've made more sense.

I did think it could've been from water contaminated with feces/urine.

Not sure if the underlying problems were/are the same.

The procedure wasn't expensive, actually, I don't think I was charged for the 'prick', just for a general exam... was under $100.
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