He's doing fantastic! I flushed the wounds with chlorohexidine and then applied Vetericyn afterwards. I did this at least once a day and so far his wounds are dried and dark. He was trying to preen them yesterday which tells me they are itchy, and that means healing! He got to stay with the...
Thank you! I removed the gauze the night after the incident and have been only flushing it and spraying it with Vetericyn since. The Vetericyn gel spray is keeping flies at bay I think because it covers up the smell of the wounds.
This morning all of his wounds have dried. The one under his...
He is doing well so far! I have been squirting chlorohexidine on his wounds twice a day, and then spraying them with Vetericyn gel. He also has aspirin in his water but I should be getting Metacam from someone this week. He never went into shock, and he's been sleeping in a dog crate in the...
I don't think New Skin would be good in this situation, because his muscle is exposed and the other wound is pretty deep. I dabbed the wounds clean and smothered them in antibiotic ointment. I put a gauze pad on the wound and will be getting some Vetericyn tomorrow for him. He seems to be...
Thank you so much! I did find another laceration under his tail nub from the bottom teeth. I put him on the roost because we were leaving but I'll bring him inside when I get home. He doesn't seem like he's in shock though, thank goodness. I'll go to the feed store and look for penicillin
I am counting my blessings this afternoon. Today I let the chickens out and decided I wanted to sit outside and read a book and watch the banties so they could have some outside time. All of a sudden I heard all the chickens squawking and flapping so I got up and started running over there. I...