EMERGENCY! HELP!

[casportpony]

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That's pretty serious and will require lots of proper cleaning. Do you want to try to save it?

 

[teira]

That's pretty serious and will require lots of proper cleaning. Do you want to try to save it?

I want to do my best, however if she's in tons of pain I don't want her to suffer, considering taking her to an avian vet tomorrow morning however it will probably be extremely pricey.

 

[casportpony]

oh gosh I really don't want to loose her I am in panic

It might be fixable but will require a lot of effort on your part. Step one is to figure out how mangled the crop is. To do that I suggest that you carefully pluck the feathers 1" back from the would edge then start flushing the crop and the wound with saline.

 

[casportpony]

I want to do my best, however if she's in tons of pain I don't want her to suffer, considering taking her to an avian vet tomorrow morning however it will probably be extremely pricey.

Are there any open on Sunday?

 

[teira]

Are there any open on Sunday?

Oh no I didn't think about that... I'll try and clean it out now

 

[casportpony]

Oh no I didn't think about that... I'll try and clean it out now

Pluck feather back 1" from the wound edge. Remember, you're dealing with two layers of injury. Layer one is the skin, layer two is the crop. Clean it really well and post new pictures.

 

[teira]

I rinsed it off a bit with saline solution, the feathers were really close to ripped skin so I didn't both with some of them. I can see the hole where the crop leads too what do I need to do now?? I still need to rise more out but here's a better picture.

 

[teira]

There's only one thick flap of skin that dosent look it's supposed to cover the hole. Theres not other extra pieces of skin either.

 

[teira]

I pinched the two pieces of skin together last night and glued them, so far it's holding up and she seems to be doing much better! I mixed her food with some water and made her a mash and she's really enjoying the egg yolk. So far so good, I'm going to clean her wound out twice a day

 

[HuskerHens18]

I pinched the two pieces of skin together last night and glued them, so far it's holding up and she seems to be doing much better! I mixed her food with some water and made her a mash and she's really enjoying the egg yolk. So far so good, I'm going to clean her wound out twice a day

Sounds good! You're doing a great job