Peachick with slipped tendon

RememberTheWay said:

And in the yogurt container was the chicks feet touching the bottom or did you have them suspended?

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KsKingBee said:

You are trying to make it too hard and it won't work as well as just splinting the leg straight back. Tape the tendon back in place by wrapping a piece of tape from the outside to the inside holding the tendon in place then use a short piece of Q-Tip and tape the top and lower leg to the paper stick. If caught soon enough, within a day or two of hatching it will correct itself in just a day or two. The trick is to hold the tendon in place while the swelling goes down and the tendon stays in the channel as it should be. When you take the splint off be sure to hold the tendon in place while you flex the leg to stretch the tendon and muscles without it popping back out.View attachment 3062099

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KsKingBee said:

You are trying to make it too hard and it won't work as well as just splinting the leg straight back. Tape the tendon back in place by wrapping a piece of tape from the outside to the inside holding the tendon in place then use a short piece of Q-Tip and tape the top and lower leg to the paper stick. If caught soon enough, within a day or two of hatching it will correct itself in just a day or two. The trick is to hold the tendon in place while the swelling goes down and the tendon stays in the channel as it should be. When you take the splint off be sure to hold the tendon in place while you flex the leg to stretch the tendon and muscles without it popping back out.View attachment 3062099

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RememberTheWay said:

You're still putting the chick in a cup or sling right?

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RememberTheWay said:

I have vet wrap on his legs. It's both of them. How often should I be stretching the joint? I asked the earlier question bc the lady in this post said the straight splint didn't help but the bent one the vet had done did. I just didn't quite understand what she meant by it being bent slightly be there was no photo

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thndrdancr said:

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Garden Peas said:

We went to the vet yesterday, hoping for surgical fix. No luck finding that, but the vet taped it and made a "splint" out of tape -- he's doing pretty well today. I took photos of the finished tape job yesterday, will post later. (Still recovering from flu, sorry).

Anyway, I think there's still hope for the little guy. Vet said to try leaving it for five days. He's actually getting around surprisingly well on it.

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VeeLo said:

No picture?

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