broken toe did we do the right thing?

[coach723]

I'm sure it's painful, the pain can be helpful with getting them to naturally self limit activity so it can rest and heal. I would check it often (daily at least) to make sure that there is no swelling around the splint and bandaging, redo it as needed, make sure it's padded so it doesn't rub or irritate the skin. As it heals and swelling goes down, he should start using it more.

 

[african chickens]

after checking it yesterday we learned its infected so we applied poultry wound spray and left it unwrapped we will be applying the spray daily for the next few days

 

[african chickens]

so we have some good and some bad news

the good news is Naomi is still fighting for his life

bad news is his foot is very swollen and his leg is warm and slightly swollen also his toe he broke is shriveled up

 

[Chipmunk Chicks]

so we have some good and some bad news

the good news is Naomi is still fighting for his life

bad news is his foot is very swollen and his leg is warm and slightly swollen also his toe he broke is shriveled up

Do you have access to antibiotics?

 

[african chickens]

Do you have access to antibiotics?



like what kind we have been spraying it with poultry wound spray but we may have some antibiotics left over from another bird

 

[coach723]

Amoxicillin, Cephalexin, Clindamycin, all would be good. What do you have?

 

[african chickens]

Amoxicillin, Cephalexin, Clindamycin, all would be good. What do you have?

not sure im in class right now i will check when i get home

 

[african chickens]

i have some doxycycline from one of our other birds i dont know if that would be ok

 

[coach723]

It won't hurt anything, but it may not be effective for this kind of infection. If you can get some amoxicillin that would be better. You can get that as Aqua mox, a fish antibiotic, online without a prescription.

 

[african chickens]

yeah I'm not sure it's from our duck whos about the same size i mean if it wont hurt him we might as well try it right