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I got this chicken a few weeks ago that...
Yeah, I definitely don't have a chicken that cries blood. But, it seems that at this forum, the only way to get people to even look at your post is to have it be some sort of oddity.
Well, if this is what it takes to try to get some help, that's what I'll do, so let me try this again:
Recently, I was given two Pekin ducks by my "friend" who had raised them since hatchlings. This "friend" has a tendency to compulsively buy animals and then neglect them/take very poor care of them. She kept them in her garage on slick, cement flooring. One of them developed slight straddle leg (her legs were just generally spread apart like she was trying to do the splits) and the other has MAJOR straddle leg in one leg. I was unaware of the condition of her ducks until I visited her house and saw them lying there, having trouble moving (the one with the major straddle leg could not stand at all, it attempted to drag itself with it's wings). Unfortunately, they were about 3 months at this point and essentially full grown. The "friend" had tried nothing to treat the ducks and didn't even know of the condition and was already talking about culling them. I convinced her to release them to me with hopes of treating them myself. The duck with the major bad leg also had a broken wing from being trampled by it's friend without being able to stand up (the two pekins are imprinted on each other).
Well, I shackled the not-so-bad duck using a band-aid around each calf with a shoelace tying them together. She can now walk like a regular duck and is no longer "doing the splits" and is perfectly fine, so I am now trying to treat the bad duck that is having the major issues. I bandaged her wing for a little over a week to protect her and let it heal, and shackled her legs as well. (I am keeping them on grass or cedar shavings so they have traction and are no longer sliding). She can stand, which is a lot more than she can do before, and her wing is completely healed but her leg is still bad. It jets off to the side and to stand on it, her foot has to bend completely sideways... I've been shackling her, but the bandage was leaving irritated skin and dark marks (I assume from lack of oxygen to the skin). She struggles to move, but she can get around enough to get food and water.
I just don't know what else to do now, I need other options to fix her leg. Whether it be supplements, some sort of physical therapy exercise, or a different idea on bandaging, I'll try anything. I got her with the hope of giving her a new chance at life and seeing her thrive, I refuse to give up and do not want to hear any suggestions of culling her. Any other suggestions you have I'd love to hear, I will commit however much time or effort I need, so really don't hold back. Thanks, I hope to actually hear back. Hear are some pictures I tried to take so you can get an idea of her condition:
http://imgur.com/xjVGi0P
http://imgur.com/4xPxzOt
http://imgur.com/cssJVRf
Yeah, I definitely don't have a chicken that cries blood. But, it seems that at this forum, the only way to get people to even look at your post is to have it be some sort of oddity.
Well, if this is what it takes to try to get some help, that's what I'll do, so let me try this again:
Recently, I was given two Pekin ducks by my "friend" who had raised them since hatchlings. This "friend" has a tendency to compulsively buy animals and then neglect them/take very poor care of them. She kept them in her garage on slick, cement flooring. One of them developed slight straddle leg (her legs were just generally spread apart like she was trying to do the splits) and the other has MAJOR straddle leg in one leg. I was unaware of the condition of her ducks until I visited her house and saw them lying there, having trouble moving (the one with the major straddle leg could not stand at all, it attempted to drag itself with it's wings). Unfortunately, they were about 3 months at this point and essentially full grown. The "friend" had tried nothing to treat the ducks and didn't even know of the condition and was already talking about culling them. I convinced her to release them to me with hopes of treating them myself. The duck with the major bad leg also had a broken wing from being trampled by it's friend without being able to stand up (the two pekins are imprinted on each other).
Well, I shackled the not-so-bad duck using a band-aid around each calf with a shoelace tying them together. She can now walk like a regular duck and is no longer "doing the splits" and is perfectly fine, so I am now trying to treat the bad duck that is having the major issues. I bandaged her wing for a little over a week to protect her and let it heal, and shackled her legs as well. (I am keeping them on grass or cedar shavings so they have traction and are no longer sliding). She can stand, which is a lot more than she can do before, and her wing is completely healed but her leg is still bad. It jets off to the side and to stand on it, her foot has to bend completely sideways... I've been shackling her, but the bandage was leaving irritated skin and dark marks (I assume from lack of oxygen to the skin). She struggles to move, but she can get around enough to get food and water.
I just don't know what else to do now, I need other options to fix her leg. Whether it be supplements, some sort of physical therapy exercise, or a different idea on bandaging, I'll try anything. I got her with the hope of giving her a new chance at life and seeing her thrive, I refuse to give up and do not want to hear any suggestions of culling her. Any other suggestions you have I'd love to hear, I will commit however much time or effort I need, so really don't hold back. Thanks, I hope to actually hear back. Hear are some pictures I tried to take so you can get an idea of her condition:
http://imgur.com/xjVGi0P
http://imgur.com/4xPxzOt
http://imgur.com/cssJVRf
please do not revive old threads.
