Binos1984
Chirping
- Jul 5, 2017
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Hi there,
We came home this afternoon and as always, we let our girls out of their run for a few hours of freeranging. One of our red sexlinks (2 years old) came out of the run when we noticed her comb was bright red. When we got closer, we noticed it was all but 2cm torn off! Poor thing!
So I panicked. I didn't know what to do so I googled suggestions as we dont have vets in our area. We decided to sterilize our sharpest scissors and cut the remainder of it off - we then quickly dunked her head in ice cold water and put cornstarch on it to stop the bleeding.
We've set her up in an extra large dog crate in our garage for the time being, but want your help with the aftercare. Should we wash the wound with salt water? Add petroleum jelly? What's best for my poor girl??
Any help is appreciated. This was the hardest day of my life.
We came home this afternoon and as always, we let our girls out of their run for a few hours of freeranging. One of our red sexlinks (2 years old) came out of the run when we noticed her comb was bright red. When we got closer, we noticed it was all but 2cm torn off! Poor thing!
So I panicked. I didn't know what to do so I googled suggestions as we dont have vets in our area. We decided to sterilize our sharpest scissors and cut the remainder of it off - we then quickly dunked her head in ice cold water and put cornstarch on it to stop the bleeding.
We've set her up in an extra large dog crate in our garage for the time being, but want your help with the aftercare. Should we wash the wound with salt water? Add petroleum jelly? What's best for my poor girl??
Any help is appreciated. This was the hardest day of my life.