I read somewhere that some people take a piece of dental floss and tie it around the blob to help the blob fall off, but I have not done that so can't offer any advice on how to do it. If I were to though, I would probably do it about 1/4" from the body.
-Kathy
Do a search for "mushy chick syndrome". You'll need to keep it *very* clean and if it's not already infected, it might live. If it were mine I would probably give it a very, tiny, tiny drop of Baytril 10%.
-Kathy