One of our flock got attacked three days ago and I found her in the woods with several wounds all around her neck. She's a silkie, so I cleaned out her wounds, but she has many fluffy feathers and I'm not sure that I cut them back well enough to clean thoroughly. She has had a really sticky mucus in her beak which for awhile was kind of drooling on her feathers, so we've been clearing that out little by little and giving her electrolytes. I've been spraying the wounds with vetermycin.
It was **very** touch and go for several days and we didn't think she'd make it, but she's perked up and is walking around and drinking on her own. However, her neck is really crusty because of the mucus/drool and the wound healing and it looks like the crust is keeping her from lengthening her neck out. She has started trying to move her head around like she's trying to lengthen it but can't. The mucus is finally starting to clear up.
My question is: what does continued wound care look like for her? Should I be more aggressively cleaning or irrigating her neck, or now that she has scabbing letting her body do its thing even if its causing some neck contortion?
She also still isn't eating - we've tried egg mixed with some yogurt and some pumpkin but haven't wanted to try too much because of the mucus. Do people have other suggestions for feeding her - both what to feed her and how?
It was **very** touch and go for several days and we didn't think she'd make it, but she's perked up and is walking around and drinking on her own. However, her neck is really crusty because of the mucus/drool and the wound healing and it looks like the crust is keeping her from lengthening her neck out. She has started trying to move her head around like she's trying to lengthen it but can't. The mucus is finally starting to clear up.
My question is: what does continued wound care look like for her? Should I be more aggressively cleaning or irrigating her neck, or now that she has scabbing letting her body do its thing even if its causing some neck contortion?
She also still isn't eating - we've tried egg mixed with some yogurt and some pumpkin but haven't wanted to try too much because of the mucus. Do people have other suggestions for feeding her - both what to feed her and how?