EMERGENCY VERY INFECTED VENT

[casportpony]

Is that yellow poop around the vent? If so that will need to be cleared...

It's infection.

 

[Dawnclucks22]

It's infection.

Then OP can disregard my pointless post

 

[casportpony]

Thank you very much, I just ordered the baytril online. Until it arrives do I just soak her and keep it clean and covered in neosporin? Also I just want want to thank you again for all your advice you have no idea how much that helped I had no idea what to do! Thank you so much for giving my hen a chance.

If she were mine I would start by picking this off and see what it looks like underneath.

 

[casportpony]

Then OP can disregard my pointless post

It's not pointless, and you're correct, all poop should come off too.

 

[azygous]

As @casportpony has pointed out, the yellow tissue is infection, not skin. Debriding of infectious and necrotic tissue is essential to the treatment of this hen. Not to do it is like a gangrene victim being given just aspirin and an oral antibiotic when they go to the ER when surgery is needed to prevent dying from the infection.

 

[casportpony]

As @casportpony has pointed out, the yellow tissue is infection, not skin. Debriding of infectious and necrotic tissue is essential to the treatment of this hen. Not to do it is like a gangrene victim being given just aspirin and an oral antibiotic when they go to the ER when surgery is needed to prevent dying from the infection.

Well said. I think someone should write a debridement article for the learning center. I would love to be able to point people to an article that explains how to do, what to use, what not to use, wrapping, etc.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Not 100% sure why I am following this as I am half sick to my stomach. LOL I did successfully treat a hen not too long ago that had this yellow. It took a while week and half maybe. Anyway, point is I may of had better drugs. Us old folk usually do. I gave prednisone 5mg once daily did all the soaks I sprayed aloe on the wound which did not keep it moist so I switched to butt cream. I was told to debrie it and in the soak I took a washcloth and tried. I felt this yellow lift at a corner and it actually peeled off her bum . It felt like a very thick rubber. After that came off she healed very quickly . Oh and the tums . One a day.

 

[azygous]

@granny hatchet, were the Tums for you or the patient?

I wonder if we've lost the OP. Anyway, here's a very good run-down on how to do debridement on animals. https://www.merckvetmanual.com/emer...are/wound-management/initial-wound-management

It has some technical language, but you can see the objective is to remove as much of the sick tissue as possible and it gives tips using sugar and honey as a dressing to encourage this process.

 

[casportpony]

@granny hatchet, were the Tums for you or the patient?

I wonder if we've lost the OP. Anyway, here's a very good run-down on how to do debridement on animals. https://www.merckvetmanual.com/emer...are/wound-management/initial-wound-management

It has some technical language, but you can see the objective is to remove as much of the sick tissue as possible and it gives tips using sugar and honey as a dressing to encourage this process.

That's a great link, thanks!

 

[georgieboy11]

@granny hatchet, were the Tums for you or the patient?

I wonder if we've lost the OP. Anyway, here's a very good run-down on how to do debridement on animals. https://www.merckvetmanual.com/emer...are/wound-management/initial-wound-management

It has some technical language, but you can see the objective is to remove as much of the sick tissue as possible and it gives tips using sugar and honey as a dressing to encourage this process.

I am still here! Just trying to take it all in lol! I will read that right away thank you so much.