...not one that's attached...
I was able to find a local bird store that carried tetracycline (I figure this now versus Enrofolxacin in a couple of days would be better) but wasn't able to get there before they closed so was tentatively planning to put it off one more day. The afternoon inspection finally uncovered some darkening areas near the spot I'd scraped yellow stuff off the day before. The tip, although still not blackening was now a light grey versus a light pink which I took to mean there was no longer blood flow.
Based on this I decided the odds of it being saved was now officially zero and any further delay would only serve to give the infection a chance to spread. So I went for it.
Took the learning from Bumpy's remainder slipping back in and preemptively and put a large bobby pin -- don't tell my wife-- just below the target point. This actually ended up serving quadruple duty as it also aided in maneuvering, kept the spot marked, and restricted bleeding a bit. It turned out to be a big help particularly since I was doing it without an assistant. Definitely recommend it to anyone else having to do this, especially if you're doing it solo.
I didn't have anything for an anesthetic but either there weren't many active nerve endings or Rudy has a crazy pain tolerance because he didn't even flinch. Neosporined the heck out of everything, held the tip a few minutes until the bleeding was pretty well stopped, and tucked it back in.
Put some fresh oregano into his water since I know that has some degree of immune-boosting properties to help tide him over until I can get to bird store tomorrow.
Unfortunately, it wasn't going to be practical to take any photos during the procedure but I snapped a couple of what I cut off for the sake of posterity.
Will follow up so everyone knows how it turned out. Just out of curiosity, is anyone aware of a diagram of the vent anatomy being posted anywhere? I actually skimmed through a fair amount of the page created by @casportpony before I even posted but couldn't find anything. If it would be helpful I could try to contribute a diagram with and some learnings on how to most effectively "push it back in".
Great work!
