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[dawg16]

Thanks for those good ideas....I didn't think about putting something on them that taste bad. I do have some Blu Kote. Also, no red lights. Just standard heat lamps.

 

[trying chickens]

Red lights will make it harder for them to see a wounded area. Thus less pecking.

 

[allpeepedout]

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Perhaps you already have experience or expertise with this, and if so pardon me, but I personally wouldn't put Vicks near the nostrils of a non-human without verifying with a vet or other expert that this is OK. The fumes are very powerful, especially for a small young animal. If a glob of Vicks got pushed into a nostril it could irritate soft tissue, melt deeper into the cavity, or plug the nostril. It just sounds potentially painful to me for a small baby animal unless it has been tested OK. Now elsewhere, far from a body cavity, might be OK? Just a thought.