I hope I'm not going to make you angry.
Cillin is in overall fine condition despite the various dinks and dents. No worms. No mites and no infection in his foot.
Gloria wasn't keen on cutting the core out. If it had been infected then possibly yes. She says that surgry on the foot is a last resort and often cause more problems thhan it solves. There is a core and a scab. It is the pressure that is causing the pain and preventing the core from being expelled.
She has advised those circular corn pads with the hole in the middle, or whatever I can come up with that will do the job. She's prescribed an ointment which as I understand it is a drawing ointment; it helps draw the core out. I don't know what it's called yet.
If in three weeks of changing the pad thing daily, cleaning the site and applying the ointment the core isn't out then he's to go back and she'll consider operating.
He's on low doese Metacam. One graduation on the supplied syringe daily for a week. The site should be less swollen by then.
Gloria cleaned the site and applied a ointment a bit like the heat ointments you use for muscle strain.
Cillin is eating better. This evening herded all the hens in at supper time and shut Treacle. Cillin ate with the hens and ate quite a lot. It's important to keep him eating because the stress and pain is likelu to lead to crop problems eventually.
As soon as I've worked out how best to keep the foot pad on Gloria says he should be out with the hens. She's very against confinement believing that the stress means they eat less, excercise less and get depressed.
I bought another bottle of Metacam. 14 Euros.
Gloria charged me 10 Euros.
I don't know how much the pads etc will be.
Cillin ate some prawns and yogurt before bed and his crop while not full has food in it.
I forgot my camera.
On the contrary, that is awesome news. And I agree with her call 100% in not cutting unless absolutely necessary... I usually just soak and the scab pops off eventually. However to put the costs in comparison with CAD: your exam ran $15.40 compared to $96 just to walk in the door with my bird, and the (generic metacam) pain meds I got? 10 1ml doses per bottle at $48, and it’s only available by vet prescription... don’t forget the taxes! And I don’t mean the chicken picture ones... 14% on physical items and 7% on the exam. And it was 96km to get there, that’s 3 1/2 hrs if the ferries line up!
And this is why so many people here don’t take their chickens into a vet... the cost is prohibitive, the vets that will consider treating poultry are few and far between.
I’m very happy for Cillin and you @Shadrach, the less invasive the better IMO. Treasure Dr Gloria, I am quite jealous and Roostie and I wouldn’t be in the poi’s it ion we are if I had a vet like that available to us, I’m sure.
