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I worry that if she did survive she won't be able to walk. Then what, survive all this suffering only to be put down? I have been trying not to focus on that. I am stalling on going back in there but I guess I will go try again.

Her dog attack was Sunday evening, so I managed to keep her alive for 3 days by lifting her head and dipping her beak in water to drink. Even runny food she is more reluctant to eat but has gotten some down. This evening I can't really get her to wake up enough to drink let alone eat anything...

Robin-this morning I soaked some crumbles and then mixed it with some yogurt and water. She drank some and some sugar water. I will go home at lunch and add egg too. It seems to tire her out when I feed her and she sleeps in between nibbles. Actually she sleeps all the time except when I...

Quote: yeah.. they have all kinds of patterns... I had several adult easterns that were pregnant as pets.. they have live birth (dont lay eggs).. i came home from work one day and found hundreds of teeny baby snakes all over the house where two of the moms gave birth while i was out.. I was...

I can get her to drink as much as I want if I dip her beak in it but cannot get her to eat. I tried forcing her beak open and can't seem to manage it. Should I be force feeding her at this point. She is in reach of the crumbles and I sprinkled some egg yoke in front of her for what it's...

Mitzi-You are right about it being the adults responsibility. That is part of why we were thinking about giving her away. We can't always control how the kids use the gate and doors if we are not standing right there (they are 9 and 11). At this point we are deciding to keep working it out...

So Suzie was still alive this AM. Got her to drink some more sugar water by sticking her beak in it. Put more Neosporin in the wound. The wound looks bigger and I think I can see bone or something. It is very deep. she will get up on her feet and shuffle before falling over. I put the...

I went out there to give her some sugar water and noticed a bunch of ants on her. They seemed concentrated on one area and while I was inspecting she starting moving and squaked. Moved both her legs. I found a deep looking puncture just above her wing. She moved her wing also. So I picked as...

Thank you. I will try the dropper. All I have is a medicine dropper. Hope it's not too big. I will post an update. Noone can look at the dog. We know it's just her nature but... Especially since this happened with the lamb. The lamb is fully recovered FYI.

I haven't even had a chance to introduce myself and post photos of my beautiful young chickens. They have been in thier coop for 2 weeks now. Today somebody didn't latch the gate all the way and our dog got loose and chased the chickens. Four seem Ok but the fifth was laying motionless. We...