Willow had the shoes off within an hour, so I changed course on that. Both get their feet dressed with manuka honey hydrocolloid dressings and then wrapped with 1" wrap. Not sure about pet wrap, but the wrap I bought is waterproof and keeping sites clean.Nomie- stump is doing well. The demarcation line of the other foot is quite clear at base of toes but no sign of coming off yet. It should be a clean break at base of all toes. Hopefully when it does happen it will be with more healing underneath than the 1st, given the amt of time it is staying on (just going into week #7, much longer than what seems the typical). I haven't fussed with her to take recent pics, but the right looks almost the same since before the left came off, except the demarcation is deeper set in and no redness.
Willow- I'm not sure what Willow's will do. She still has some blood flow to her feet & toes bc they bleed a bit sometimes if irritated from activity.
The hydrocolloid drsgs don't have to be changed daily unless there's drainage, and we've not had that. She hasn't sloughed off all of the necrotic tissue on her feet, but from the ankles up, it has all sloughed off. So I *think* she'll lose part if not all of some toes but not the total loss that Nomie has. Like Matilda, the bottom of her feet seem intact.
How they're doing-
debating on discontinuing amoxicillin today- they've been getting it for 3 weeks in their water. Part of me wants to cont, part doesn't want to destroy their natural flora.
I also add flock leader Recover 911, so they've been getting probiotics, prebiotics, electrolytes, oregano, vitamins and plasma in that. I knew antibiotics would nullify pre/probiotics but the rest was needed in the beginning and will rebuild good bacteria once antibiotics are stopped.
Both are eating and drinking well.
We had a warm day over the weekend so took them outside,feet wrapped Willow in a covered kennel, kept Nomie in her crate. The others seemed to recognize Willow & I eventually let her out to enjoy a dust bath in garden without any problems. She then walked around with the others before returning to coop and perching. That was 1st time I noticed some bleeding, so too much at once,but she enjoyed it and had a nice soak when we came in.
Took both outside to kennel yesterday. Both handle balancing and walking well even with dressings. Nomie proceeded to shadow box with her sibblings on outside of kennel (I have base wired with hard cloth so they are safe from injury).
Given the ease of crawling into kennel and scooping both of them up, they were tired by the time we went in, but content and snuggled into my arms.
I'll try to get new pics next dressing change simply because when going through it, it's a big help to have those references. Dressing changes aren't necessarily difficult, but more challenging when only one person is doing them, hence the shortage of recent photos.
* re the shoes- Willow did take them off and I didn't bother reapplying. But I have several pair bc the 1st time I used them, it was to protect my boy's feet from an avid toe pecker. Since he was still in the coop and free ranging, I changed them often and then washed,sterilized, dried, etc. The onces I have are made of neoprene, and have come in handy a few times. A great thing to have in 1st aid kit.
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