- Oct 4, 2013
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This evening, a snake went after my hen and her brood of chicks. It had wrapped around one of the chicks and I tried to save it by pulling the snake off of the chick who then ran off. I caught the hen and chicks to move them to safety, and the chick which I had freed from the snake was injured. There is a large area of exposed tissue under his left wing and the left side of his belly, and a patch of skin off his hip is still attached at the bottom and hanging down. It looks like there's a small puncture wound between his wing and hip but I haven't found any more.
I dabbed the area with iodine to try to sanitize it and applied neosporin, and have a bandage folded over lengthwise wrapped around him just snug enough to keep the detached flap of skin up in place where it should be. I've had to deal with nasty wounds from spurs and dog attacks before, but I've never seen an injury like this where a large area of skin is completely missing as if it's been peeled off... Is there any hope for his skin to grow back? Can that flap of skin attach back to his body if I keep it in place? I've looked for threads of similar situations and there seem to be conflicting suggestions on how to treat such a wound. The chick is asleep in my room now since it's nighttime and he wasn't in shock or trembling, so somehow he doesn't seem to be in extreme pain. I've attached pictures of his injury, I would really appreciate any advice on what to do.
I dabbed the area with iodine to try to sanitize it and applied neosporin, and have a bandage folded over lengthwise wrapped around him just snug enough to keep the detached flap of skin up in place where it should be. I've had to deal with nasty wounds from spurs and dog attacks before, but I've never seen an injury like this where a large area of skin is completely missing as if it's been peeled off... Is there any hope for his skin to grow back? Can that flap of skin attach back to his body if I keep it in place? I've looked for threads of similar situations and there seem to be conflicting suggestions on how to treat such a wound. The chick is asleep in my room now since it's nighttime and he wasn't in shock or trembling, so somehow he doesn't seem to be in extreme pain. I've attached pictures of his injury, I would really appreciate any advice on what to do.