Contents of chick's intestines coming out - not through vent? Update: not intestine contents, possib

[Rhodies Rock]

My chick somehow managed to kick off his bedding until there was just newspaper on the ground, then proceeded to flop on the floor trying to get up. When I found him, the insides of his legs and tips of his wings were rubbed raw. Then I saw his rear. It was covered in yellow goo. I managed to clean it off, and found that the source of the goo was not his vent - it was a hole in his abdomen. I really need to take care of this fast. If he does not get infected, he will still become dehydrated. The only thing I can think that caused this is when he flopped on the newspaper. Anything other possible causes? I don't know how to go about treating this, not even sure how to cover the wound. Also, what (if any) medicines do I use - anything I put on it will likely end up in his intestine. Please help!

 

[MuckyPuppy]

Oh no, I don't know what you should do. Maybe a covering of super clean plastic over the wound will buy you some time til someone else can advise. I'm worried about infection and if the intestines were damaged/punctured.

Edited to add: trying to think of a way to clean the wound before trying to dress it and drawing a blank. Sorry I'm not able to help.

 

[Nsampsel]

A pic would help, but you can always flush the wound with diluted alcohol in warm water. A bit of neosporin & a tiny bandaid may help keep it clean. Blu-Kote would work even better than the neosporin.

 

[Rhodies Rock]

Well, we ended up heading into unknown chicken treatment territory - we superglued the hole shut. It sounds drastic when I re-read this, but it seemed to be the most efficient treatment. The kind of superglue we used is used by doctors in place of stitches, in fact, we read it was safer than stitches. The glue does come off pretty easily if need be, but it was the best way to keep goop in and bacteria out. Then again, the bacteria in the would will be staying there too.

We didn't apply Wound-Kote or other skin treatments, as we had no idea where in his body it would end up, and the feed store is out of bird biotic. I will be adding neosporin, or maybe Wound-Kote to his wings and legs where he rubbed them raw. If penicillin like Pen-G would work, can it be given to a chick?
I also have a new hypothesis as to what is going on. This chick is three weeks old, is it possible that the hole is his navel, and the yellow goop is somehow egg yolk? It can't be his intestines, because he has a huge pile of poop under the 'chick chair' he is sitting in.
Sorry for presenting such a hard-to-solve case, but I'll keep everyone posted on how the superglue treatment works, and I'll get pics up as soon as I can figure out how to get the URL!

Has anyone on BYC used or heard of superglue used on poultry or other animals? Thanks!