Conjunctivitis? HELP please.

[lighthouse]

Thats the right idea, but making a sling of sorts would be more stable then just the plastic container and you could suspend him inside a cage with food and water within reach.
You can search “chicken sling” images to find a lot more
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/broken-leg-chicken-sling.1190756/

i fully agree!!!

LOVE the idea!!! thinking right now how to make it work...

THANK YOU MY DEAR!!!

 

[biophiliac]

Here some more food for thought
https://www.flightquarters.com/bird-diapers/category/flightsuit-bird-diapers.html

 

[lighthouse]

Here some more food for thought
https://www.flightquarters.com/bird-diapers/category/flightsuit-bird-diapers.html

WTF!!!

i just watched the video!!! it’s AMAZING what there’s out there that i had no idea!!! what people think of my god!!!

thank you AGAIN!!!

 

[lighthouse]

That was good advice. The amputation site certainly looked inflamed. I hate how little follow up you got from the vet for the high price you paid. I'm real glad he doing better. Keep us updated if you can?

i think it WORKS!!!

only after two hours he’s already got his good leg straight for the VERY FIRST TIME!!!

i’ve tightened the two legs together and that seems to be working. now, what do i do at night? because i don’t want the well done job during the day to get spoiled at night when he lays down.

 

[lighthouse]

WTF!!!

i just watched the video!!! it’s AMAZING what there’s out there that i had no idea!!! what people think of my god!!!

thank you AGAIN!!!

pics.

 

[lighthouse]

Wow! I had been thinking about this bird and wondering how he was doing. @lighthouse - has he had a course of antibiotics since the eye problem began. @Pyxis any thoughts?

pics.

 

[biophiliac]

i think it WORKS!!!

only after two hours he’s already got his good leg straight for the VERY FIRST TIME!!!

i’ve tightened the two legs together and that seems to be working. now, what do i do at night? because i don’t want the well done job during the day to get spoiled at night when he lays down.

Well all my adult pigeons sleep standing up on their perches. Only the babies sleep laying down. So I guess I'd leave him in his sling.

Congrats on your progress!

 

[lighthouse]

Well all my adult pigeons sleep standing up on their perches. Only the babies sleep laying down. So I guess I'd leave him in his sling.

Congrats on your progress!

thank you!

i’ll keep you updated.

today i let him get back to the old shape but tomorrow he’ll have the new way.

i have so many animals and still he’s the one that gets by far more of my time and he’s so grumpy all the time but i swear by god i’ll do anything in my hand to get him dying of old age.

 

[biophiliac]

Not sure what you mean by grumpy, but just keep an eye on his quality of life. The stump looks better but still too red for my comfort, obviously I'm no vet! Perhaps in the sling it will have a chance to completely heal without him dragging it around through poop. Until it's all healed any effort he makes to use it will cause further injury - just my opinion.
You are closest and therefor best to decide on his behalf.

 

[Qwerty3159]

awesome! I wouldn’t take him out at all either. It’s best for the amputated leg as well as the other leg that he stay that way.