Help bear attack... should I euthanize?

[CCinVT]

I tried to get good pictures today of cleaned and then packed. Areas are rubbing off now as I wipe clean. 1&2 is under wing, 3&4 is gash/lung puncture, 5&6 is shallow puncture but has a tone of tiny punctures stemming from it that squirt out when I irrigate.

For food I just gave her moist cat food with chicken feed and a shrimp and salmon cat treat topping. I changed her water from a dish to a waterer and shes drinking more. Shes outside now and eatting dandelion greens and preening which I'm taking as a good sign. I would just feel better to see her poos come around to more normal. We will see how the cat food works.

 

[ryneaeiel]

She's looking great! And that first picture — wow! She's healing so quickly!

You're doing a great job!

 

[CCinVT]

Today's poop! I think it looks better. She ate more of the cat food mixed with chicken. Pellets topped with cat treat paste than anything else. Shes messing with her bandages alot more and preening still. She played in the su. And visited her friends for a few hours today. Shes inside resting now. Thanks so much for all the support. It helps to know theres some people out there cheering us on and hoping for the best

 

[ryneaeiel]

Today's poop! I think it looks better. She ate more of the cat food mixed with chicken. Pellets topped with cat treat paste than anything else. Shes messing with her bandages alot more and preening still. She played in the su. And visited her friends for a few hours today. Shes inside resting now. Thanks so much for all the support. It helps to know theres some people out there cheering us on and hoping for the best

It looks so much better! You'll have to keep an eye on her to make sure she doesn't pull off her bandages, but the fact that she's grooming herself is a sign that she's feeling much better!

 

[CCinVT]

It looks so much better! You'll have to keep an eye on her to make sure she doesn't pull off her bandages, but the fact that she's grooming herself is a sign that she's feeling much better!

Yea she def pulled off her bandages today. Twice. I think I'm going to have to secure them more then just the gauze cape I was doing

 

[CCinVT]

This is the second poop of it's kind. I mentioned it in a post above but didnt get a picture. The first time it had alot more of the liquid dark brown. It has no strong abnormal smell. You can see in the top corner a poo that came before it. Looks more like the ones shes been having.

 

[ryneaeiel]

This is the second poop of it's kind. I mentioned it in a post above but didnt get a picture. The first time it had alot more of the liquid dark brown. It has no strong abnormal smell. You can see in the top corner a poo that came before it. Looks more like the ones shes been having. View attachment 2683528

The runny dark poop just look like cecal or stress poop -- nothing to really be worried about. I wouldn't be too concerned unless you're seeing blood in it. It should normalize as she heals further.

 

[CCinVT]

The runny dark poop just look like cecal or stress poop -- nothing to really be worried about. I wouldn't be too concerned unless you're seeing blood in it. It should normalize as she heals further.

Phew. I was hoping that was it. It didnt have the distinct cecal poop smell so I wasnt sure. I do burrito wrap her to treat her wounds and today I took a while between cleaning, irrigation and wiping them, grap some photos, and syringing the antibiotics it very well could be stress.
I used the wrap and crossed it in an x over her back to hopefully hold the gauze cover in place better. This girl thinks shes ready to go back to the coop! Shes my oldest girl, and very fiesty. Not a natural house chicken.

 

[KaseySnow]

I'm so glad to hear she's feeling strong!

I'm really curious-- how are you keeping liquids out of the lungs since that puncture hole is still open? That seems like such a nerve wracking area of this to treat. Or maybe I'm misreading the picture and that hole is sealed up?

 

[CCinVT]

I'm so glad to hear she's feeling strong!

I'm really curious-- how are you keeping liquids out of the lungs since that puncture hole is still open? That seems like such a nerve wracking area of this to treat. Or maybe I'm misreading the picture and that hole is sealed up?

I dont think your misreading the picture. Some liquid may be getting down there to be honest. The puncture opening from what I can tell is much smaller than it was, but from that puncture spot it looks like it does down, and into her towards under her wing (the skinned wing wound on her Left side). The gash goes up and under the skin, and towards the right. The "shallow puncture" is on the right side and has a few tiny punctures that connect it to the gash. So when I stick the syringe up under the gash I try and aim it towards her right and away from the puncture. I cover the puncture with a gauze while I do it to catch run off. Now that its healing and getting thick, and raised there is less run off coming in that direction that the gauze catches. If it's getting into the puncture now it would be from inside the gash. I dont have a super huge syringe. The biggest I have is a 3ml. But I fill, and do it a few times. The gash is deep enough that I can stick it almost halfway up under the skin. It's a little less now because its healing, but that's how I've been navigating that. I can see the opening to the puncture now as the top skin of the gash is dying back and healing. I can lift it more and see under, but just barely because its thick hunk of skin/muscle that the gash goes up under... puncture-ish vs the skinned wing where I'm just packing gauze under the skin layer that seems peeled off of muscle.