Hello,
I realize this post might be a long shot.... but I still think it won't hurt to see if anyone has any ideas.
Some of you might have seen this thread I started a month ago, asking about our limping chick. Well, we concluded we think it is most likely a slipped tendon. This chick is now about 4 months old. We tried to put the tendon back in place several times when she was small, but we just couldn't get it to stay. We didn't want to put her through the trauma of going to the vet, as we didn't even know if that would help. We decided we'd just let her live (that was never a question), and try to help her when we can, for as long as we can.
So that leg you can see in the pics on that thread, she can't put any weight on it, and it seems pretty well crippled. The thing is, it's put her hip out of whack how she has to lean on her other leg. And now her toes on her good leg are curled a bit. She doesn't act like she's in any pain, and she gets around just fine to get food and water. The thing we are concerned about is this: we have other rainbows and they are VERY heavy birds. We are concerned that eventually her weight might get to be too much for her good leg.
She is the absolute sweetest bird ever, and we want to be able to help her have as good of a life as she possibly can. Again, right now, she's not in pain. If she were suffering we wouldn't allow her to suffer.
So what I am asking here, is if anyone has any creative ideas for helping her to keep weight off her leg, before it could get to be too much for her? Is there any thing we can do now to prevent her from suffering later?
I know she's a chicken, and there's only so much you can do for things like this. But we want to try and make sure that if we can help her before she gets too heavy, that we can.
Any ideas will be greatly appreciated!
I realize this post might be a long shot.... but I still think it won't hurt to see if anyone has any ideas.
Some of you might have seen this thread I started a month ago, asking about our limping chick. Well, we concluded we think it is most likely a slipped tendon. This chick is now about 4 months old. We tried to put the tendon back in place several times when she was small, but we just couldn't get it to stay. We didn't want to put her through the trauma of going to the vet, as we didn't even know if that would help. We decided we'd just let her live (that was never a question), and try to help her when we can, for as long as we can.
So that leg you can see in the pics on that thread, she can't put any weight on it, and it seems pretty well crippled. The thing is, it's put her hip out of whack how she has to lean on her other leg. And now her toes on her good leg are curled a bit. She doesn't act like she's in any pain, and she gets around just fine to get food and water. The thing we are concerned about is this: we have other rainbows and they are VERY heavy birds. We are concerned that eventually her weight might get to be too much for her good leg.
She is the absolute sweetest bird ever, and we want to be able to help her have as good of a life as she possibly can. Again, right now, she's not in pain. If she were suffering we wouldn't allow her to suffer.
So what I am asking here, is if anyone has any creative ideas for helping her to keep weight off her leg, before it could get to be too much for her? Is there any thing we can do now to prevent her from suffering later?
I know she's a chicken, and there's only so much you can do for things like this. But we want to try and make sure that if we can help her before she gets too heavy, that we can.
Any ideas will be greatly appreciated!
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