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  1. darlingdarla

    Urgent: post-amputation care, advice needed/I thought I would spend my Saturday doing this...

    Hey everybody, I've got some bad news this morning. Rosie passed away last night, I'm assuming in her sleep because of the position my father found her in. He's been helping with the chickens since I've been working more and has been feeding the little coop. I believe it was a heart episode...
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    Urgent: post-amputation care, advice needed/I thought I would spend my Saturday doing this...

    Yeah so that color has been there since the necrosis started. I was worried it was buildup like you see with bumblefoot infections, especially after I pulled all that gunk out of the pressure sore and flushed out those holes (still no idea what they were, just thankful they healed). But now the...
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    Urgent: post-amputation care, advice needed/I thought I would spend my Saturday doing this...

    I will, but a lot of them are still blood feathers, so I'm letting them stay for a bit. None of them have turned into cysts or gotten impacted so I'll snip them in a few days. Do you mean the back of her leg under the joint? Above where the pressure sore used to be. That yellow/green has been...
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    Urgent: post-amputation care, advice needed/I thought I would spend my Saturday doing this...

    Hey everybody, sorry for taking so long to get back with pictures. The pressure sore is gone, and the tip has a thick scab over it. I'm not sure if the color is a bad thing, but it does seem to be slowly healing and peeling off, and under the scab a thin layer of flesh has healed over the bone...
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    Urgent: post-amputation care, advice needed/I thought I would spend my Saturday doing this...

    Hello 👋 doing better, the leg still isn't looking how I want it to look but it's improving and the sore on the back of the joint is completely healed up. I'm changing the bandage daily and wrapping much more thoroughly, and she hasn't gotten out of a bandage in a while. She's also picking less...
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    Urgent: post-amputation care, advice needed/I thought I would spend my Saturday doing this...

    No luck on veterinary care just yet but I'm calling around, I should have enough leftover from my next paycheck to at least cover a visit or two but I dont know yet. Rosie's leg is actually looking better to me? Not great but better. I've been really trying to secure the bandages the last...
  7. darlingdarla

    Urgent: post-amputation care, advice needed/I thought I would spend my Saturday doing this...

    No vet :he I'm in a very suburban area. I'm looking for one I can make the drive to, but even then money is tight right now, my hours got cut and I lost one of my jobs. If I can find one I'll do my best to get there. I'll ask my old exotics vet, he takes care of my tortoise but he also does...
  8. darlingdarla

    Injury- shock or brain damage? Polish hen Fries.

    As others have said, she's probably in shock. I've had five separate attacks on my birds from hawks and one falcon. Every time they sustain the same cuts around their eyes and zone out for a few days, one of them was a polish girl like yours. I've been lucky enough never to have a serious...
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    Urgent: post-amputation care, advice needed/I thought I would spend my Saturday doing this...

    I can give it a try. I could probably make a temporary one until a better one comes. I'm wrapping the tip as I always have, before she never tried to get it off though. I start at the joint and wrap down past the nub, then back up and over the nub to cover it completely, then back up over the...
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    Urgent: post-amputation care, advice needed/I thought I would spend my Saturday doing this...

    It got infected. I'm not sure if it's the infection that was already there or if it got exposed, probably both. It was looking really good, seemed like skin might heal over the bone, and then Rosie ripped off the bandage overnight and pecked at the wound. I cleaned her up first thing in the...
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    Urgent: post-amputation care, advice needed/I thought I would spend my Saturday doing this...

    Thank you, the bone is definitely what I am most concerned about. There is a thick healthy looking scab covering most of it, but the end is like a shiv. She kicked me with it today during a bandage change (her attitude has gotten considerably more aggressive towards me, and honestly I respect...
  12. darlingdarla

    Urgent: post-amputation care, advice needed/I thought I would spend my Saturday doing this...

    She's healing up faster than I expected. There's a nice healthy scab around the tip, the end is just bone, which is super bizarre but it looks okay to me. The holes are also healing. The two on the front of the leg are completely closed up, the one on the back is still stabbed. I pulled it off...
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    Urgent: post-amputation care, advice needed/I thought I would spend my Saturday doing this...

    I think the holes go around the joint if that makes sense? Because she had two at the back (what I call the pressure sore) and two at the front under the necrosis. They seem to connect and go around the joint, which makes me think there's still a strong possibility of another detachment at the...
  14. darlingdarla

    Urgent: post-amputation care, advice needed/I thought I would spend my Saturday doing this...

    Thoughts on her progression? Alright, it's been over two weeks since my last update. I got a second job and have been dealing with a lot of family issues, I am exhausted. Rosie remained a priority of course, just a slightly rushed one. She still lives with the bantams and has regained most of...
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    Urgent: post-amputation care, advice needed/I thought I would spend my Saturday doing this...

    Photos from yesterday: The inside of the leg. the necrotic skin is so close to being able to come off, we're just waiting for the center of the tip to finish. the blister on the inside (still oozing, but liquid is less yellow and no smell, a bit of redness around the necrosis but that may...
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