My hen has a really bad wound from my Rooter's spur. Not just a small hole, but like a 3-inch size.
(I have filed down his spur, I feel so bad I could have prevented this)
I washed her wound, spray with diluted iodine and then vertericyn. Husband is getting blu-kote spray today.
It was still bleeding last night, so I put gauze on her wound and then wrapped it up all around her body to keep the gauze in place with medicine tape . Please be easy on me if this was a mistake. In 4 years, this is my first major wound, and I have no experience in wound care.
This morning, I wanted to spray her wound again with vetericyn and I seemed to have possibly not thought things through in my panic. the tape I used to bandage her was super hard to get off and the gauze was stuck to her wound. I did get that of by spraying it to moisten it up.
I decided that just caused her more pain and stress doing that, so I sprayed the wound with the spray and just let her be. tonight I will do the same and then add blu-kote. long story short, I have no idea what I should be doing. Should it be covered or does the spray just do it's job? (something I heard on youtube)
Luckily she was still alive this morning when I came in to see her in the garage and made happy sounds when I presented her with some chopped up egg, but the wound is BAD.
Thank you
(I have filed down his spur, I feel so bad I could have prevented this)
I washed her wound, spray with diluted iodine and then vertericyn. Husband is getting blu-kote spray today.
It was still bleeding last night, so I put gauze on her wound and then wrapped it up all around her body to keep the gauze in place with medicine tape . Please be easy on me if this was a mistake. In 4 years, this is my first major wound, and I have no experience in wound care.
This morning, I wanted to spray her wound again with vetericyn and I seemed to have possibly not thought things through in my panic. the tape I used to bandage her was super hard to get off and the gauze was stuck to her wound. I did get that of by spraying it to moisten it up.
I decided that just caused her more pain and stress doing that, so I sprayed the wound with the spray and just let her be. tonight I will do the same and then add blu-kote. long story short, I have no idea what I should be doing. Should it be covered or does the spray just do it's job? (something I heard on youtube)
Luckily she was still alive this morning when I came in to see her in the garage and made happy sounds when I presented her with some chopped up egg, but the wound is BAD.
Thank you