HELP: Hypothermic/road rash pullet

[enola]

To keep her from getting dehydrated, she needs to consume 60 cc of water a day.

 

[otis7]

She's drinking!!! I don't have a bowl in her crate because I think she's too uncoordinated, I'm just offering every 10 minutes or so. When should I offer food? Should I let her hydrate first or just offer food?

 

[jannakaye]

Does her crop have anything in it? If not I'd feed her just a little bit.

 

[enola]

I would not feed her until she stops drinking.

 

[otis7]

Here is the wound. Should I apply peroxide? Its such a gaping area I'm worried it would get under her skin/in her body based on the hole right under the base of the wing.

 

[jannakaye]

Put some on a bathcloth and gently dab it.

 

[pinkpeeps]

Do not use peroxide on it! Peroxide damages healthy tissue. Mix betadine and water until you get a solution that looks like weak tea. Flush the area 4 times a day. Do not cover it, that will hold in bacteria. Cut away as many feathers around the area as possible. From what I can see in the pic it looks like torn skin with muscle showing. That is not that bad, as long as it's not deep.

 

[jannakaye]

Do not use peroxide on it! Peroxide damages healthy tissue. Mix betadine and water until you get a solution that looks like weak tea. Flush the area 4 times a day. Do not cover it, that will hold in bacteria. Cut away as many feathers around the area as possible. From what I can see in the pic it looks like torn skin with muscle showing. That is not that bad, as long as it's not deep.

Glad you said something about the peroxide! I've been putting that on animal's wounds for years!

 

[otis7]

I gave .5 clavamox this evening after she seemed hydrated and got a small meal in. She's sleeping now. Thank you everyone for your advice!
Here she is at 8:30am, tucked in my jacket after I received the dispatch, my first thought was to put her down. I have chickens and I know this look, that means the end. For some reason I didn't, I was too mad at Purdue.



Here she is at 8:30 pm

 

[jannakaye]

Congratulations! She looks great considering what she's been through!