Our little 5 week old Polish, Dumpling, started limping yesterday afternoon. She holds her right leg up a bit and and doesn't put weight on it. She is still eating and drinking fine, and getting around pretty well. We've put her on rest, in her brooder with her one friend and gave her some vitamins (poly-vi-sol). She seemed improved in the evening. This morning (videos) she is back to not-great again. She has been seen stretching the leg out like normal, and using it to give her growing puffy "hair" a scratch, so she seems to have a pretty good range of motion with it.
She will let me stretch her leg gently. I saw posts about slipped tendons, and looked for swelling on her hock. It *might* be slightly swollen, but not anything like the pictures I've seen. I can't find her tendons- trying to see if they are out of place.
Looking at her movement, does this seem like it could be a slipped tendon? The other thing I thought possible is that she just bruised her leg or something. She is at the age where she is doing a lot of experimental flying and jumping.
Does anyone have any advice? Should we try to wrap her leg or just leave her alone.
She will let me stretch her leg gently. I saw posts about slipped tendons, and looked for swelling on her hock. It *might* be slightly swollen, but not anything like the pictures I've seen. I can't find her tendons- trying to see if they are out of place.
Looking at her movement, does this seem like it could be a slipped tendon? The other thing I thought possible is that she just bruised her leg or something. She is at the age where she is doing a lot of experimental flying and jumping.
Does anyone have any advice? Should we try to wrap her leg or just leave her alone.
