A couple hours ago I discovered a 6 day old Guinea keet had a thread/string wrapped around its tongue. The string was pretty far back, and the front part of the tongue is clearly dead/dying, so I'm curious about amputating the dead part? I ended up cutting the length of the string off, but it is no doubt still wrapped around the tongue itself. I cannot see any string, though, because it is embedded into it. I cannot get the string off of the tongue. I read that if the string doesn't come off, it could swell up the back of the tongue and block the airway, so if I can't get to the string, is my only option to amputate? I thought that maybe leaving the string around will cut off circulation to the tip of the tongue and it would die and fall off, but I don't know what it would do to the back of the tongue. Plus where does the string go once the tongue is gone? I literally have no visual of the part that's wrapped around.
My concerns are that the dead part is about half of the little guy's tongue, and that's just a lot of tongue to cut off. Also, what would aftercare be like? I have vitamins and minerals that I could easily put in their water, but am not sure that's necessary. All that I've read on this particular possibility, the chickens have been fine post-amputation with little to no aftercare. I'm just hesitant. I know that poultry are extremely resilient, so I'm leaning towards just doing it, but obviously, I'm a bit scared.
Any advice or suggestions would be great. Thanks.
My concerns are that the dead part is about half of the little guy's tongue, and that's just a lot of tongue to cut off. Also, what would aftercare be like? I have vitamins and minerals that I could easily put in their water, but am not sure that's necessary. All that I've read on this particular possibility, the chickens have been fine post-amputation with little to no aftercare. I'm just hesitant. I know that poultry are extremely resilient, so I'm leaning towards just doing it, but obviously, I'm a bit scared.
Any advice or suggestions would be great. Thanks.