It's usually caused by a blow to the head, silkies get it very easily because there brains are on the outside of there skulls. It is cureable but does take time and from what I have experienced they get worst before they get better. But there really isn't a "for sure" diagnostic. You just treat...
Awe so sorry to hear that, WOW she surely gave a good run for it.. She surely was a strong fighter. Now she can rest all she wants, Hands up to you for keeping her comfy and going as long as you did.. GREAT JOB..
OMG< I couldn't do that, I have two that have slipped tendon, One is a duck, who has MASTERED Flying!! She loves being out with the others and when they get to far ahead, OFF SHE GOES, starts to fly to catch up to them. She's surviving just fine, I think she's the better surviver of the two...
Take your fingers, pull the leg back and put your fingers one on each side of the leg to where the swelling of the knee is, and wiggle the bones very gently back and forth opposite of each other and see if you can feel it popping in and out that should tell you if it's broken, it may be broken...
Was the leg from an injury?? If you can get the swelling down, that's great but with slipped tendon, it usually doesn't go down and just causes future problems, but maybe if you can splint it to keep it behind her and in a straight position it will help. Did you notice any popping once you...
Yeh does look like slipped tendon, if you take the leg put it towards the back of her, and pull just a tab, you should feel a popping, if it pops then it's back in place but here's the tricky part, you have to split it so that it stays there until the tendon heals back that is IF the tendons...
Hold her up with one hand underneath her belly and send me a pic of her leg, dangling down, I need to see both legs together. Here's an example.
This pic is kind of dark so if you can get more lighting and a closer pic, that would be great.
Rice expands inside, filling them up faster, so therefore they don't want to eat there regular food so they get less nutrients. I'm just saying, I have heard vets giving dogs rice and hamburger meat but then again we aren't talking about a dog.
When a chicken brakes his leg or injuries his leg, it is recommended that you do not give pain medication. The reason for this is because they don't have the knowledge to stay off a broken leg. SO what they tend to do is use the leg because they can't feel it. So in order to keep them from...
That's GREAT news to hear...WOO HOO, is the leg actually broken? can she stand on it at all, or can you feel that it's broken? She may have a slipped tendon