Cut foot won't stop bleeding UPDATE: she died

[Hollywood Chickens]

Hi,
It's been 4 days and it opened up again after she pulled of the bandage.
I tried the flour thing but she was bleeding too much too absorb the flour and make a scab.
I have bandaged it up again, but she has lost a lot of blood and is falling asleep she is being fed egg and greens but she appears to have no platelets.
Thank you

 

[naked_heels]

Have you tried Iodine, dip a qtip in Iodine and apply on the wound. I've tried on my chicken back toes, it works for me. Hope this helps

 

[cobrien]

how frustrating that it opened after 4 days...sounds like you are doing all the right things - pressure, clean, neosporin, bandage, and the flour/cornstarch sounds great, too. i have bandaged hundreds/thousands of paws as a vet tech but not many bird feet. some things that help with dog/cat paw bandaging:

-we would wrap in gauze up to the ankle or even a little higher (even if wound is on the bottom of the paw), then bandage tape over the gauze, and extend the tape a little beyond (1/4") the gauze so that 1/4" of tape was stuck to the fur. Then they couldn't fling it off. Could do the same thing with the chicken foot, put some tape directly on the skin. if hard to remove later, use rubbing alcohol if you can keep it out of the wound, if not, warm soapy water will loosen it.

-has anyone every tried an elizabethan collar on chickens??? hmmm...I'd be tempted to give that a try if they are pecking at the bandage.

another thought - since she is weak, maybe you could put her in a sling to keep her from getting the bandage off? I saw a pick on here from someone who created a mini-hammock for their chicken to help it recover from something without getting poop all over. the hen sat in the hammock with her 2 feet poked through.

do you have any nurse/farmer/vet tech friends who could give her stitches? would surgical tape or super glue help keep it closed? please check with others on this, I haven't tried it but have heard of it.

 

[Hollywood Chickens]

I don't know how it would be stitched it is a perfect hole about 2 mm wide, I don't know how deep it is.
She has gauze covering the entire toe, and then taped on. She ate some egg and is more alert.
I think she will be okay now, as long as she doesn't get an infection. Thank you very much for your suggestions and time.

 

[Hollywood Chickens]

It has been 9 days and today the bandage fell off, and she was bleeding everywhere.
I bandaged it up tightly with some Iodine, and the bleeding stopped.
Every time the bandage comes off it bleeds like crazy! what should I do? my brother noticed a torn something that was sticking out, could it be a torn artery?
Please help me I don't know what to do about her.

 

[cherylcohen]

If it were me I'd go to the vet.

Is it possible that the gauze is sticking to the wound so that when it comes off it is actually pulling of the beginnings of a scab?

 

[Hollywood Chickens]

Update:
It is an artery or a vein sticking out and it has stopped bleeding as long as it has a tight bandage around it.
so everyday I check to make sure that it is still wrapped, do you think that the artery can ever seal it self up?

BTW: I can't get her to a vet, but it is sterile and she is growing again so I think that she is doing fine.

 

[FlaChickenMan]

You might use some aloe plant leaf if you have it. I use it on all my cuts. Also if you have access to epinephrine (from hospital, I am a nurse). Put a piece of cotton soaked with the epi and tape that on it is a vasoconstrictor. Good luck. Just keep the bandage on tight for a few days with limited movement.

 

[Hollywood Chickens]

Today I changed the bandage, the skin has sealed but when I relieved the pressure from the bandage it started bleeding inside so I put a thin band of duct tape on and she is doing great.
this poor chicken's problems never end she got a cut on her vent

 

[Hollywood Chickens]

I don't know if anyone is even reading this, but she died today she tried really hard but she couldn't do it anymore, she had lost to much blood.