dog attack, chances of survival?

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Phoenixxx said:

The tub is no longer good enough for her. It's actually a rabbit cage, but it got damaged this winter and the top won't go back on. The downside to her energy/moving-aboutedness (light flight): she pulled the critical wound open. Gave it a salt water wash when I got home from work today. I was planning on wrapping her with a strip of old shirt (warmth, keep others from pecking her wounds) and returning her to the coop but with the opening of the wound and the frigid temperatures I'm keeping her in. But she's anxious, that much has been obvious! I wish her sister made it, then they could keep each other company and she might be more relaxed.
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If the wound is clean you can super glue it together. That's what liquid stitches are plus it is water tight meaning it will stay clean. *Don't ever put it on a dirty wound because it can trap bacteria in.*
 
foreverlearning said:
If the wound is clean you can super glue it together. That's what liquid stitches are plus it is water tight meaning it will stay clean. *Don't ever put it on a dirty wound because it can trap bacteria in.*
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Yup, I know all about super glue, and it did cross my mind, albeit rather fleetingly - but I'm fresh out. Thanks for the reminder! I may pick some up tomorrow. I know my crazy hubby has used it on himself in a pinch (when scotch, needle and thread were not available - which he has done!) but he's a whole other story outside the chicken forum! (Omg, I could write a book on him, he's a direct descendant of the legendary Paul Bunyan but a hundred times more resourceful!)
 
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As you can see, we're finally in the home stretch! I never did wind up supergluing; the wound had gotten infected so badly my whole house reeked of it!

How I treated her: to combat the infection internally and keep her from getting blood poisoning, I was coating her breakfast with turmeric. (You can see she's quite stained from flinging the stuff everywhere!) As for the gaping wound, the only thing I could find safe for exposed tissue was - get this - HONEY! So, twice daily I was cleaning the wound out manually and then drizzling organic unpasteurized honey straight into the hole. Once the infection was under control and I could see healing happening, I switched to cleaning out only every second day, removing garbage material with tweezers; I maintained the twice-daily honey applications. I did what is probably the final clean-out this morning, as the hole has gained momentum and closing now at a very rapid rate. I expect it will be sealed shut by tomorrow!
 

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