Fox came back

[Amiga]

I have been looking at those products and I recall some of them being recommended in Storey's Guide, let me poke around with that.

It makes sense to have something on hand - I have Tylan and Duramycin-10.

But I am not an expert on which antibiotics are best for which problems. Kim Link of Majestic Waterfowl explained to me a while back that ideally, a culture can be done to see if the bacteria present are sensitive to the antibiotic before giving it. Wouldn't it be nice to have kits available so we could do that ourselves?

 

[Kleonaptra]

I have been looking at those products and I recall some of them being recommended in Storey's Guide, let me poke around with that.

It makes sense to have something on hand - I have Tylan and Duramycin-10.

But I am not an expert on which antibiotics are best for which problems. Kim Link of Majestic Waterfowl explained to me a while back that ideally, a culture can be done to see if the bacteria present are sensitive to the antibiotic before giving it. Wouldn't it be nice to have kits available so we could do that ourselves?

Yes it would...I remember doing cultures in high school science class, it is not that difficult. The paste in the petri dish is the hard part.

We got some more pics of the wound but I havnt looked at them yet, we were out late fixing the door. I have Abbey with his girlfriend Que in a private room in the laundry. Abbey looked quite chuffed by it all. The wound is more of a deep gouge. Poor little fella.

 

[Amiga]

See if you can clip feathers away from the edge of the wound. Saline rinses, keeping it open to the air, perhaps antibiotic cream (not ointment, which is petroleum jelly based, mostly - ointment doesn't let air in, and I feel we need air to get to the wound for proper healing and to avoid anaerobic infection (like gangrene).

I, too, would be deciding on oral antibiotics for him - gouges can introduce germs into the bloodstream more than scratches, but you know that.

 

[Crazy4Fowl]

I hope Abbey gets better. It would be sad if you lost another one to that fox. I would try to set a trap to kill it or something. Good luck!

 

[Miss Lydia]

See if you can clip feathers away from the edge of the wound. Saline rinses, keeping it open to the air, perhaps antibiotic cream (not ointment, which is petroleum jelly based, mostly - ointment doesn't let air in, and I feel we need air to get to the wound for proper healing and to avoid anaerobic infection (like gangrene).

I, too, would be deciding on oral antibiotics for him - gouges can introduce germs into the bloodstream more than scratches, but you know that.

I agree and sorry Kleonaptra I thought when you posted those links you were wondering which to put him on now. Yes I'd dif have antibiotics on hand I'd go for the top 2.

 

[Kleonaptra]

See if you can clip feathers away from the edge of the wound. Saline rinses, keeping it open to the air, perhaps antibiotic cream (not ointment, which is petroleum jelly based, mostly - ointment doesn't let air in, and I feel we need air to get to the wound for proper healing and to avoid anaerobic infection (like gangrene).

I, too, would be deciding on oral antibiotics for him - gouges can introduce germs into the bloodstream more than scratches, but you know that.

The second pic I posted is after Ive clipped the feathers away. He was very down that first day and I didnt see him eat so I put him away with his girlfriend for the night with food and clean water - he is fixing the wound himself. He has pulled out all the cuticles and when I checked it yesterday after noon it was almost fully closed up. He is telling me in no uncertain terms (gave me a nasty duck hickey on the neck) that he is quite alright, thankyou, and doesnt want to be fussed with! Im just keeping an eye on it now, I think my initial first aid was all it needed.

 

[Kleonaptra]

I agree and sorry Kleonaptra I thought when you posted those links you were wondering which to put him on now. Yes I'd dif have antibiotics on hand I'd go for the top 2.

Thanks! I will get some to keep in my back fridge. I think Abbeys going to be fine but Im keeping a close eye on him. Im making sure he has clean water because he is doing a great job of cleaning it himself. I will get a close look this afternoon to see how its going.

 

[yanakaye]

There is a thing you can get called scoot it's suppose to get rid of foxes but apparently it works on domestic cats too. You dilute it and spray it round the perimeter of the pen and property. It will highten fox activity for 3-4 days as they think another fox has sprayed it's scent so they will go into a scent turf war so to speak but if you keep spaying every week. After the first week of spraying everyday the intruding fox (you) will have the stronger scent and they will stay away. My in laws used it on the chickens when 3 of them got taken and it worked. Just got to be vigilant on those first few days. A good fox is a dead fox but if you can prevent them coming in the first place even better. As i said it's called scoot and reasonably priced at around 20 quid. Good luck, i would be devastated if any of my babies were attacked xxx

 

[yanakaye]

P.s. tylan is a good oral antibiotic

 

[Kleonaptra]

There is a thing you can get called scoot it's suppose to get rid of foxes but apparently it works on domestic cats too. You dilute it and spray it round the perimeter of the pen and property. It will highten fox activity for 3-4 days as they think another fox has sprayed it's scent so they will go into a scent turf war so to speak but if you keep spaying every week. After the first week of spraying everyday the intruding fox (you) will have the stronger scent and they will stay away. My in laws used it on the chickens when 3 of them got taken and it worked. Just got to be vigilant on those first few days. A good fox is a dead fox but if you can prevent them coming in the first place even better. As i said it's called scoot and reasonably priced at around 20 quid. Good luck, i would be devastated if any of my babies were attacked xxx

Welcome to BYC!

I do cat rescue, I always have lots of cats. Ive looked into a few things like that. He's only young, I havnt had a fox bother with me since 2012 when we first moved in and he's only trying it on. Ive got a few more repairs to make on the shed before Im satisfied but as he gets bigger the other big fox that lives down the road wont let him hang around. I will be getting a dog in the next few months and just the smell of a dog is enough to deter foxes. Everyone around us has fowl so we just have to be the hardest to get into to deflect him.