Chicken has infected wounds and abscess from fox attack- need advice!!!

[Wyorp Rock]

I've come at the end, but I would flush everything out really well. Apply your ointment and administer the antibiotics the vet gave you.

 

[Iovemypeeps]

Ok, can you give me the best way to flush them out please?

I've come at the end, but I would flush everything out really well. Apply your ointment and administer the antibiotics the vet gave you.

 

[Iovemypeeps]

And anything I should do about the crop puncture?

I've come at the end, but I would flush everything out really well. Apply your ointment and administer the antibiotics the vet gave you.

 

[Iovemypeeps]

And debriding the wounds

And anything I should do about the crop puncture?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

And anything I should do about the crop puncture?

Is the crop punctured? I must have missed that.

 

[Iovemypeeps]

We think so. I explained it in post #59.

Is the crop punctured? I must have missed that.

 

[Iovemypeeps]

She’s really thirsty but I can’t let her drink too much water right? I don’t know what to do

We think so. I explained it in post #59.

 

[Iovemypeeps]

I’m just letting her drink little bits at a time. It hasn’t started leaking out of her wound yet. But she’s still SO thirsty! Like lapping up all the little drops that spill. And she keeps clicking her beak together after drinking (like smacking kind of). Sometimes I hear her stomach gurgle too.

She’s really thirsty but I can’t let her drink too much water right? I don’t know what to do

 

[Iovemypeeps]

She just pooped this too, is that normal?

 

[Eggcessive]

The poop looks like there could be bile from a liver problem or E.coli infection, but we are not vets here. To really clean the wound, I would take the half strength betadine and gauze pads and dab it on twice daily, followed by antibiotic ointment. You can weaken the betadine more later. A better antiseptic to have around would be 2% chlorhexidene. Hopefully the sulfa antibiotic will help. I would give her water as she needs it.