Dog attack

[pennyJo1960]

I am so happy you will have one look at her I do belief she will be fine but better to know right

 

[Unicornlife3316]

I am so happy you will have one look at her I do belief she will be fine but better to know right

I agree. I live about 25 minutes from Texas A&M vet hospital so I have a LOT of vet options in my area thankfully.

 

[aart]

so I have a LOT of vet options in my area thankfully.

Did you find one well versed in poultry?

 

[Unicornlife3316]

Did you find one well versed in poultry?

Yes, they regularly treat chickens and guineas and exotic birds. I’m pretty confident in their abilities.

 

[Unicornlife3316]

Just picked my girl up from the vet. The vet is starting her on Bayril 2x a day and Meloxicam 1x a day for 10 days and then if she’s not standing/progressing, we will do Xrays to check for fractures.

She’s still bright eyed, talking to me and eating great. So let’s just keep fingers crossed for healing over the next 10 days.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I hope this all works in your favor so much

 

[Unicornlife3316]

Alright just a quick little update on Nugget..

She’s still eating and drinking AMAZING.
She’s had two doses of Meloxicam and two doses of Baytril now.

Last night, when I was shifting her for bed time, she gripped my finger with her right foot ::happy dance:: that’s HUGE as those toes haven’t moved hardly at all since the attack. It really made my heart happy.

She’s really got a LOT of energy today and is trying to flap around from me but her right leg is still not working very well. I just hope with the antibiotics and the anti inflammatory she makes a full recovery.

Thank you to everyone for all of your advice, I’ve learned SO much from this site so I was ready when this happened and if it wasn’t for this site I probably would have panicked. So from the bottom of mine and nuggets hearts, thank you!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Baytril is a strange choice to me but just my personal opinion

 

[Unicornlife3316]

Baytril is a strange choice to me but just my personal opinion

Considering it was a dog attack, I’m guessing the vet figured we should make sure no infection spreads from the bite marks?

The Baytril is a whatever to me, she’s not laying eggs yet, so it effects no eggs for me. I definitely wanted an anti inflammatory so I’m glad she’s on the Meloxicam.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I agree the Meloxicam is a good choice Baytril has changed since I worked