Chickens are awsome
Crowing
Trash is lucky to have a human-like you that'll take care of her (and deal with her tendon that was holding her leg on)Warning: Gross pictures
UPDATE:
WHAT A WHIRLWIND THESE PAST COUPLE DAYS HAVE BEEN.
So on Monday, Trash seemed to be feeling pretty good - so good she flew out of her tote box. Which is fine, there was a cage around it. She wasn’t putting any pressure on the dead leg, and the days prior she hasn’t been walking as well, so I knew the leg would come off soon. I got everything ready to soak her legs as usual and started cutting off her bandages when I realized her leg seemed a little floppy.
Me: Trash, your leg isn’t attached is it?
And then I saw some blood on the gauze, which didn’t surprise me too much, but I could tell the leg was still partially somehow. I was terrified to finish cutting the layers of bandages because I had no idea what I’d see. So I called the vet and asked if I should cut the bandages off fully or if I should leave them on and wait for the leg to fully detach. The vet was out on call (and the poor tech wasn’t sure either, I’m sure legs falling off is not an everyday thing for them), so when they eventually got back to me, they said I needed to cut the bandages off.
Well
It took me awhile to get the courage to do that
So when I finally do, I was not prepared for what I saw.
The leg was still attached by a TENDON.
As those of you who have butchered animals may know, the tendon tends to be pretty rubbery, my changes of it drying up and breaking off in the next week seemed not great.
So I called the vet - I had waited too long to get the courage to cut off the bandages and the vet office was closed.
Luckily, I’ve been chatting with a girl in Facebook whose bantam roo just lost both legs to frostbite, and so she was giving me tips the whole time, and I also called my sister who is decently knowledgeable when it comes to animals. But when I told them about the tendon, they both told me the same thing -
I needed to cut it.
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How horrifying, I needed to sever my poor little Trash’s tendon. We sanitized some wire cutters and I did it.
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I sprayed it with my chicken healing spray and loosely put non-stick gauze over it.
She was a trooper the whole time!
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She just laid there and let me do what we needed to do. She’s such a good girl!
Her balance is terribly off now and she’s figuring out how to get around. I put her in a kiddie pool with bedding and a kennel/fence thing around it so she can safely get the hang of walking. She will DEFINITELY be getting a prosthetic as soon as this heals.
We’re waiting for the toes on the other foot too come off now. I’m waiting to hear from the vet if I should still be wrapping or not. They had said not to soak the nub leg unless something looks off, which is hard for me to tell. There appears to be some yellow, but I’m not sure if it’s infection or if it’s lymph fluid that helps heal? I have no idea, all my healing knowledge comes from the healing process of my piercings
And currently both are unwrapped so she can get around easier. We have a few more days of antibiotic injections and plenty more antibiotics for her water!
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She’s been being so good though. She even “purrs” now when spending time with meoh how I love my little Trash bird.
