we seem to have avoided infection so far. a chunk of original scabbing seems to be falling away. Still looks pretty brutal. I am still using bacitracin and have added honeymed when I rebandage. Feeding her 25 mg of doxycycline a day. She's eating and moving around. time will tell.
Good news. On closer examination of what is really a grizzly wound I was able to see that her bone was not bitten off at the elbow- lots of flesh and muscle were bitten off but the bone is there and intact. the wound is making more sense now as it heals. I feel idiotic that i thought it was now...
She seems to be well. Her bandage fell off today and I have to decide how much to clean/debride, or if I should just clean with vetricin and rebandage with antibiotic cream. I have been reading very helpful articles people have linked so I feel like she has a chance.
She is a silkie so her skin is black. there is no signs of infection that I can see- no bad odor, no puss- so far. She is eating and not lethargic. My big concern is that infection will set in and how to try to ward that off. I also don't know how long to keep the wound bandaged and how often to...
Graphic wound photos.
Hi Folks. My Chicken Ethelberta was attacked by an Opossum who attempted to drag her out of her coop through a hole. She did not fit and so it bit her wing off right at the elbow joint. I have been treating the wound myself. this is what I have done:
cleaned the wound with...
Ahh! Sorry- i am so seeing mareks everywhere. Feel for heat and inflamation. Aspirin can help if its a tendon issue- and time. Good luck. Sorry for the mareks panic.
I would immediately start your bird on liquid lysine and b vitamins. I just had this exact situation- thinking my bird had hurt a tendon. It went on for two weeks and then the other leg went. It was Mareks in my case. My bird has been in a sling (google sling for mareks) for over a month now...
I am using liquid lysine. Mareks is a herpes based disease. I am also using some cbd oil, b vitamins and st. Johns wort. I am working w a poultry expert from a local university. It isnt better to cull. By the time one bird gas mereks she thinks it is likely the rest of the flock has been exposed...