That's the professionals in my opinionNo professionals here. Just people with experience..
Nothing like good experience to make you professional at anything!
Nothing like good experience to make you professional at anything!
That's the professionals in my opinion
Nothing like good experience to make you professional at anything!
....
Disclaimer. Of course a vet would be best, but I bet that would cost no less than $100 and possibly as much as $300.
Note that I have no official medical training, but I was lucky enough to have several large and small animal veterinarians as friends who were always more than happy to offer advice on wound care.
Items I would have before starting.
Where to cut? That is what I'm trying to figure out. My experience says to make the cut as low as possible so that any future drainage will drain at the bottom, which it would not do if the cut was made at the top.
When cutting, I would try to avoid cutting any large blood vessels.
Once cut, the pus will have to be manually removed because it's not like liquid mammal pus, it's firm, kind of like cheese (think bumble foot).
Once all pus is remove I would flush with the saline and/or the betadine or chlorhexidine, then I would apply neopsporin.
Note that I have no official medical training, but I was lucky enough to have several large and small animal veterinarians as friends who were always more than happy to offer advice on wound care.
Items I would have before starting.
- Betadine or chlorhexidine for cleaning and flushing
- Saline for flushing (Google for recipe)
- Syringe for flushing
- Sharp, clean blade for incision
- Gauze pads for cleaning
- Neosporin for applying after pus removal and cleaning.
- Q-tips and tweezers for pus removal (thanks to @shawluvsbirds for suggesting this)
Where to cut? That is what I'm trying to figure out. My experience says to make the cut as low as possible so that any future drainage will drain at the bottom, which it would not do if the cut was made at the top.
When cutting, I would try to avoid cutting any large blood vessels.
Once cut, the pus will have to be manually removed because it's not like liquid mammal pus, it's firm, kind of like cheese (think bumble foot).
Once all pus is remove I would flush with the saline and/or the betadine or chlorhexidine, then I would apply neopsporin.
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What do you think you would try to use to pull out the puss? Q tip Maybe?
Definitely if you hit anything important the Bird will bleed to death in minutes. A Vet or culling is needed.
Good point! I'd probably use a combination of squeezing it like a pimple, tweezers, and Q-tips. Sometimes the mass of pus comes out easily, other times it's stuck to the tissues.
I will add tweezers and Q-tips to my last post. Thanks!
@Cyber as you see, you will get differing opinions on what can be done. Some of us are comfortable doing things to try to heal a bird, and some are not. Nothing right or wrong about either. It’s your bird, you will have to decide how to proceed. If a vet isn’t a viable option, then you have options with experienced helpers. Or you can choose to put the bird down, which I assume you don’t want to do, since you came here asking for help.
Some measures can save a bird, while also being risky and scary. But hopefully there is education involved either way. I hope you can save the duck.
Some measures can save a bird, while also being risky and scary. But hopefully there is education involved either way. I hope you can save the duck.
Just thinking of things I would want to ask before I tried something like this. I probably wouldn't have the nerve to attempt it.
But I personally would not be able to justify a costly vet bill either.
Is their any possible way and infection like this could clear up with antibiotics?
I’m not a professional.
If you have a syringe and sterile needles I’d try aspiration fist after following all of @casportpony ‘s prep steps just to see what kind of material is in there.
To aspirate, insert needle well into the lump, pull back on the syringe plunger to make sure you aren’t in a blood vessel ( if you were you’d immediately see blood coming into the hub (base) of the needle. If this happens STOP.
if it’s a muddled pink-tinged color I would consider that it’s safe to proceed.
Pull back slowly but firmly enough to get a sample and expel it onto a clean surface such as a white paper towel to example the color and texture of it.
*photo here would be good.
That might help you decide how to proceed.
If it’s thick, proceed but make the incision big enough the first time to avoid repeated pain and stress to the bird- to comfortably accommodate a syringe tip. I’d go for a 1/2 inch incision.
Flush copiously and massage. Whatever goes in, must come out.
Continue until you’re satisfied that this pocket is empty.
If flushing with diluted betadine or saline doesn't loosen it enough to dislodge it, you could attempt manual removal with tweezers boiled for five minutes then allowed to cool on a clean surface,
Or
with the end of a cotton swab with the cotton bud removed first. *so you don’t lose it inside the wound and compound your problems.
OP hasn't replied back...Possibly we all should wait to see what they want to do.......
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