Amputated roo's foot! What side of breast for T50 injection? Pg 5 PICS

[cjeanean]

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Thanks for the help, everyone....Stubbly is doing fine, he's still alive and everything. I think he likes living in the house, he's got a voracious appetite and is always clucking softly when someone walks by. Thank God he hasn't crowed in the house yet, this roo has a very shrill and loud crow. I think his crest feathers are starting to grow back in, too....the other chickens pulled them all out and we had a bald top hat. He's doing a little better in his cage with the one leg with his balance and everything. I really think that it was the frostbite that did it, maybe he's more suceptible to it because all my other chickens don't have any problems but he does. I know that the string that was wrapped around his foot hadn't been there very long, maybe a day or two, but for some reason the foot was dead already. I noticed that two of his toes were frostbit as well, but I really don't want to mess with those. I immediately went out and checked all my other chickens' feet after this situation, and they're all fine, bright and yellow with no strings or frostbite, so he's the only one with this problem. I'd still love to know where he keeps finding these darn strings, though....and why it's just him.....

Thanks again, everyone, and say a prayer for my roo!!!!

 

[WriterofWords]

Glad to hear he's doing so well!

 

[cjeanean]

Well, I just pulled him out of his kennel and gave him a quick bath. The vetwrap I put on his leg was still there, and I'd forgotten about it so had a moment of freakin out thinking his skin was peeling off LOL. I haven't given him any antibiotics at this point other than a little terramyacin in his water once. The nub doesn't look much different than it did when we first cauterized it, which is good because it's not all swollen and infected but bad because I was hoping there would be SOME skin growing around it. Here are some pics for everyone. The frostbite on his good leg has started going away (YAY!!!!) with fresh skin replacing the black skin. I'm thinking that maybe he wasn't allowed to roost a few nights when it got really cold which would definately explain how fast this happened. Anyways, he's also getting his hat feathers back in!!! The other chickens always pulled them out....His appetite is still through the roof, and today I had the pleasure of an adult rooster crowing in my house LOL.....Let me know what you all think, and make sure to keep Stubby in your prayers!!!

 

[WalkingWolf]

cjeanean, I had read once where a hospital had success using plant growth hormones to regrow tissue on scars. In one case a mans tip of finger was cut off including the nail. And with treatment the tip grew back completely.

You might ask a vet if it is safe it may regenerate the skin over the bone. I'll look for the site again.

 

[Justino]

woah man, that is crazy!!!!

 

[WalkingWolf]

Sorry I remembered wrong it had something to do with the hormones in pigs bladder I do have site though. You probably can't get any though unless a vet could get it.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,353636,00.html

 

[cjeanean]

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Wow, I've never heard of that....yeah, if you can find the info about it that would be awesome...Too bad his whole leg can't grow back LOL....There aren't any avian vets out here, so I'm just gonna have to call around and see if a regular vet knows anything. Thanks again!

 

[cjeanean]

All righty, he's doing really well from what I can tell. He's apparently feeling pretty good judging by the fact that he has to CROW extremely loud every 5 minutes DAY AND NIGHT....and yes, he is still living in the dog crate under my kitchen table LOL. Hubby said he thought roos only crowed in the morning, and I couldn't help reflecting on all the BYC thread titles I've seen along the lines of: "Help, roo crows constantly" "How do I keep roo from crowing at night?" etc LOL. I told him that a lot of people have that misconception LOL

So what now? He is officially handicapped, but will he still be able to mate? I had hoped for some crested mutts this spring. I'm not sure if he's gonna be able to live with the other chickens, he's pretty feisty but I don't think he'd make it. I'm thinking about making him a small coop off to the side with a lady or two LOL. Any advice? Thanks everyone!!!

 

[chickenzoo]

I wonder if you could make a artificial foot for him. I saw on a Vet show were they did it on a parrot that lost both legs, no bend left-nothing, but that was surgically attached. But I'm sure you could use the idea to do a prosthetic. It looked like an up side down lolly pop. The ball was the foot, attached to a pin that acted like the leg. If you could wrap his leg, below his(knee/wrist?) in ceran wrap, then cover it in fiberglass resin and make a cast, then use that as the prosthesis and attach a pin/bolt to it on one end and perhaps a tiny tennis ball(I see them at Dollar General in pets) to act as the foot on the other end and attach it to his leg with vetwrap? .............

 

[therealsilkiechick]

i had to go through this with a stupid silkie last winter. we had to thaw waterers and not thinking we put open pans of water in till we could thaw the waterers and bring them back over to them. she tried to take a bath in 3 degree weather and froze her feet solid in it.

we thought we warmed her slow and did everything right but we put her back outside like idiots not thinking she should be in side till spring, she got severe frostbite since she went back out. about a mth later noticed she was acting broody but weird come to find out she had sever frostbite, her feet were black and we had to amputated one leg and 3/4 of her other foot.

u got the first part done and it looks great from what i can see. snow made it fine and has been rehomed to a loveing elderly lady to care for her more one on one and since she is now retired from show.

my best advice is this - it is a long wait took her about 4mths to grow stuff back totally and before she could use her wings for balance dont give up on him as he needs u everyday they get lonely and will be dependant on u. now use dry bandages and keep it clean, change once a day or as needed if more. i used cotton and priority stickers to wrap around the back to keep it on and front, tape just wouldn't hold it right. watch for infection if u see it stop dry bandage and use cotton with bag balm to draw the infection out. watch for fevers too. put him on an antibiotic cuz even if u don't see one it is to easy in that condition to get an infection not only in the eg but also lungs and internal. powdered didn't work i had to use tylan injections to get her over it. i had to constantly bath her she always sat in the corner of her brooder. trust me get some chicken diapers to save ya the mess it's so much easier to keep them clean.

as the skin heals the dead will loosen u want to help by removeing it only till u see a tiny bit of blood it will help the new skin to breath and keep forming. the new skin under hers was pink she looked funny with black skin and pink new skin. when we didn't her new skin tried to grow over the dead ya have to watch for gang green also. eventually u will have to remove the scabs on the end a few times as it heals the bone will die off leaveing a plug of dead bone in the end and will need removed if not and it heals over it can cause infections and probs later. i honestly don't think ur roo will ever be able to mate but for snow we put chicks about amth old with her. they adopted her as mom and eventually we only left 2 girls with her for company. they grew up with her with them and they never picked on her and always snuggled and loved her.

sorry this is so long and i hope it helps you if u have anymore questions feel free to pm me, be glad to help in any way i can. sometimes i forget to go back to posts and i'm not usually on this forum much.
best of luck,
silkie