I read the part about rescuing the dog 3 years ago and he has never gotten out of his pen before, and assumed he was one of those dogs that lives in a pen in the back yard and does not come out (and go for walks, come in the house, hang out with people and other animals). It sounded like he lived in a pen all of the time. If there are 3+ dogs on the property who must be separated, it still sounds like dogs are living in enclosures most or all of the time. I guess I prefer the sissy dogs myself. My 90lb dobie lives with another dog, 2 cats, 40 free range chickens, and 2 toddlers. He is a rescue as well, but trained, and has proven himself to be trustable after some work. I just don't understand the reason people keep aggressive dogs at all. A dog that will get out of it's pen and attack farm animals, is just as likely to run down the street and encounter humans or someone else's pets. Unless you live in the middle of nowhere, or have a really good perimeter fence, an untrained and aggressive dog is an accident waiting to happen. Most dog attacks are not on strangers, they are on family members anyways. Digressing away from chickens. Back to chickens--
In answer to your meds question, you really should weigh the bird, especially if you are considering using Baytril (This is a FARAD banned drug in food animals)- I hope whomever gave or sold you the drug has given you advice on what that means for this bird forever. They should also give you the dose, or do you have a left over bottle of dog or cat meds? Ask your neighbors for a baby scale or a kitchen scale, a person who cans things will have one. Or a human scale, weigh yourself, then step on with the bird and subtract yourself.
Is it not possible to take your bird to someone who can actually do a surgery with anesthetic- clean and cut away the dead flesh and contaminating feathers + weight your bird, give you systemic antibiotics with directions, pain meds ect....Then you don't have to mess around with rubber bands.
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