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Loona
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- Oct 2, 2015
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Yes, I'm glad I started the a/b. Today was a better day taking them, too. I broke the tablet into quarters and put them down her throat. She cooperated very well. Prior, it's been quite a stressful experience giving her the syringe. This is so much easier. After looking her over I see that she has quite large areas of bruising, not just her neck, it's on her shoulders along the wings and all over the front of her, around her crop, it's very large. I don't find any puncture wounds or scratches. It worries me that she has or had internal bleeding. Skin is so smokey blue colored. : \ She's very restful today. I don't know if it's a sign of recuperating, or a sign of going down hill. She's not as hungry.
I was able to get her to eat Exact, yogurt, watermelon juice, she scratched at a peach and cantaloupe, has some electrolyte water and Poultry cell water. She is not interested in plain water. Her beak just sits in it and she doesn't want it. Wonder why?
I can imagine how sore she is all over and this is why she is not wanting to move. Occasionally she pushes back w/her feet and moves out her right wing. When I clean her butt, I think she is glad to get up and move a bit as we position her. She's a tad bit stronger in her neck. First time today we heard a couple clucks out of her. She's normally a quiet hen though.
I'm using the cold pack for only 20 minutes, after that it's lost all it coldness (it's not that great) and it has basically become her main neck support. It works extremely well for that. Its an Ace floppy cold pack with material around it and it doesn't sweat. I've had it for years. She seems to like it and I've always thought cold pack is good for bruising. I do not do this throughout the day, mostly only twice a day. I did not do this from the start though. I've always known that it's best after a couple of days for therapy.
Thank you very much for your help
I'm still going to leave her at 60/40 for survival because I'm still very unsure of the outcome. It was nice to get little cluck today. Was so nice to hear.
I was able to get her to eat Exact, yogurt, watermelon juice, she scratched at a peach and cantaloupe, has some electrolyte water and Poultry cell water. She is not interested in plain water. Her beak just sits in it and she doesn't want it. Wonder why?
I can imagine how sore she is all over and this is why she is not wanting to move. Occasionally she pushes back w/her feet and moves out her right wing. When I clean her butt, I think she is glad to get up and move a bit as we position her. She's a tad bit stronger in her neck. First time today we heard a couple clucks out of her. She's normally a quiet hen though.
I'm using the cold pack for only 20 minutes, after that it's lost all it coldness (it's not that great) and it has basically become her main neck support. It works extremely well for that. Its an Ace floppy cold pack with material around it and it doesn't sweat. I've had it for years. She seems to like it and I've always thought cold pack is good for bruising. I do not do this throughout the day, mostly only twice a day. I did not do this from the start though. I've always known that it's best after a couple of days for therapy.
Thank you very much for your help
