Moonrisemama
Chirping
- Aug 15, 2023
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About a week ago, our guinea keets were attacked by raccoons. Apparently they were able to get their grabby hands in the grow out enclosure, and one was deceased, one had its wing ripped off. I took inside, cleaned/bathed - warm saline water, iodine and slathered honey. I let her fully dry before putting her into a fully enclosed dog kennel with a wire front to be able to watch and keep her from any other animals.
This entire time INCLUDING today - she has/is been chipper - eating WELL and drinking. I had given her a bit of tramadol I had on hand (we have many other animals) because it happened at dusk and honestly I just felt horrible that she was in obvious pain. I have sprayed with colloidal silver, and used polysporin. I think unfortunately now that it's started the process of healing.. there's broken bone that's poked through I couldn't see before and I am very scared it's going necrotic. Our vets to not deal with farm animals so I am trying to call around and see if anyone will give me a hand in getting anything I can for her.
The skin has gone greenish and i just want to give her a fighting chance; because she is so willing to live (I know they hide illness well but being that she is still eating VERY well - drinking and comes running when I come to the enclosure - I'm having a very hard time seeing this as a poor quality of life)
Is there anything I can do??
I wanted to start antibiotics, I have penicillin on hand but I am told that in small fowl it could cause heart failure/paralysis... Someone suggested that I band it, but I have no idea how to even begin with that - I do not believe there is much left that is good on the area that was ripped off/broken but she is able to move well.
This entire time INCLUDING today - she has/is been chipper - eating WELL and drinking. I had given her a bit of tramadol I had on hand (we have many other animals) because it happened at dusk and honestly I just felt horrible that she was in obvious pain. I have sprayed with colloidal silver, and used polysporin. I think unfortunately now that it's started the process of healing.. there's broken bone that's poked through I couldn't see before and I am very scared it's going necrotic. Our vets to not deal with farm animals so I am trying to call around and see if anyone will give me a hand in getting anything I can for her.
The skin has gone greenish and i just want to give her a fighting chance; because she is so willing to live (I know they hide illness well but being that she is still eating VERY well - drinking and comes running when I come to the enclosure - I'm having a very hard time seeing this as a poor quality of life)
Is there anything I can do??
I wanted to start antibiotics, I have penicillin on hand but I am told that in small fowl it could cause heart failure/paralysis... Someone suggested that I band it, but I have no idea how to even begin with that - I do not believe there is much left that is good on the area that was ripped off/broken but she is able to move well.
