Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[CrazyChookChookLady]

So stinking cute!! The tail wiggle gets me every time!!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

I was going to say possum as well, I didn’t really see a clear tail though... I thought it was back leg fur.

My instant guess was porcupine, because of the distinct separate looks of the "fur" which looks like the guard hairs near their belly. That's pretty fluffy for a possum, seems to me. I thought skunks and possums have finer and shorter hair than this? Too brief a shot of the head. The best shot is of the foot, which could be any of these guesses to my unschooled eye!

 

[featherhead007]

My instant guess was porcupine, because of the distinct separate looks of the "fur" which looks like the guard hairs near their belly. That's pretty fluffy for a possum, seems to me. I thought skunks and possums have finer and shorter hair than this? Too brief a shot of the head. The best shot is of the foot, which could be any of these guesses to my unschooled eye!

 

[RoyalChick]

It’s a mystery. I’m just glad it couldn’t get in.

 

[featherhead007]

What a wonderful breakfast I made today, Bacon, scrambled eggs, some leftover rice and 1/2 a muffin.
They had that, I ate a bowl of oatmeal.
(no complaints from the chickens)

 

[featherhead007]

It’s a mystery. I’m just glad it couldn’t get in.

Good thing!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

The corn pad didn't stay on long. I didn't think it would.
I bought and length of pipe insulation, cut a section off and taped that to the underside of his foot. I will get some pictures eventually. I'ts difficult to hold hin and his foot in the right position and take pictures.
To operate she would need to either knock Cillin out or filll his foot with aneasthetic. I know people on here have done it without. Imagine how painful that must be for the chicken.
Then there is getting the hole properly cleaned out and kept clean while the wound heals.
Aneashetics are dangerous for chickens, even local and keeping the foot clean does in general mean keeping the chicken isolated. Chickens do not do well isolated. They tend to either reduce food intake, get more stressed, develop crop problems especially for a long term isolation.
I'm going with my vets advice and not the internet experts.

Maybe you have seen this about treating bumblefoot non-surgically already then? I see people are using pool noodles too. I think vet-wrap is used to tie it on:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/bumblefoot-cure.915880/
I bookmarked it because it seems like a common-sense non-surgical way to address it, at least try it first, keeping surgery as a last resort. It takes awhile, but meets the physical need to relieve pressure on the exit point for the infection - that's where it likely entered, after all, and works with the chicken's anatomy to promote self-healing.

 

[RoyalChick]

Yeah, I binned it instead

Don't let your ladies know that - they may never forgive you!

 

[featherhead007]

I thought my Beetov-Hen, was the only bird ever to hold a grudge!

 

[Kris5902]

That is adorable!
Did you find diapers/nappies/pee-pads?

Still no luck on that front, and she is more challenging to diaper with my undies and the big adult pad than a chicken. She tried to eat both the pad and the undies... so far we have had limited sucess getting her to pee on just the one clothing item and she has decided the sleeping box next to the bed is a litter box, just like her other furry herd members use but with a towel instead of that gravel stuff. She slept in the bed again last night with no accidents, and just some limited hair chewing. She does a great job of not peeing in the truck though!