8 week Guinea with slipped tendon

[Ciqala]

The videos are working, thanks for sharing them and how you made it

I'm hoping the director of the school thinks it'd be a great project for the kids, I'm more than willing to pay them something for it too. If it ever comes to be I will surely share video, if not I'll have to come up with something homemade.

 

[andreacroyle]

Sorry about the video setting, just switched it so you should be able to view it. New to YouTube just so I could put videos here on BYC so still learning

Ciqala, thank you for sharing your story, your little girl is beautiful and looks like she isn't going to let that leg slow her down much! She is so lucky you are able to make her a special coop to make her life more comfortable! I wish I was able to. Can't make a separate coop but making some modifications to our coop to help my guinea out, like a special lower feeder he can reach with bricks stacked under to boost him up, separate lower waterer, and a small roost just for him that is only about 3 inches off the ground, which is usually where I find him. And I have been trying to do some small stretches to see if it isn't too late to stretch out my guineas tendon, don't know if it will work but can't help trying. I did spend some time today making a little hock guard to protect his hock from banging on the ground when he hobbles or falls, going to put it on this evening when they are more calm, if it stays on and works I will post pics.

I melted and shaped some plastic in the shape of his leg and lined it with foam and will wrap it on with vet wrap.

How did you melt plastic in the shape of his leg?

 

[11squawkers]

The plastic was from a peanut jar and with leather gloves I heated the plastic with a fireplace lighter little at a time while shaping the plastic first around a metal rod for the shape then with my fingers. And I would do test fits in between (of course letting the plastic cool so as not to burn him) so I knew which part still needed shaping. Hope this helps.