helpp!!!

[srussler]

It is called Blue-lotion. A vet tech told me to use it. She uses it on her chickens and peafowl for deep wounds. I am using neosporin and peroxide also. I gave her the amoxicillin and a crushed baby asprin in a syringe with water for pain. I can not see the bone but i can tell the leg is broken. She can not stand and when she did stand after the accident it was twisted around. I have not tried to suture the wound yet. I honestly am not sure this would can be sutured. I am willing to try but i can try. I have the leg splinted with popsicle sticks and adhesive wrap. The joint literally _ill move all alround and it should not... the "knee" she does not move her toes but they are warm.

 

[srussler]

After reading the link you posted. I should try and straighten the leg and resplint.

 

[srussler]

A sewing needle and thread... this can't feel good.

 

[srussler]

The tibia is broken and where the tibia and the metacarpal come together in the joint is broken. Where the tibia is broken I can not wrap it because of the wound so I have to wrap it against the whole body so it stays in place, which when I wrap the leg to the body it covers the wound. I tried to leave it unwrapped and the break slides out of place. I straighten the leg out behind her as what that link that me to do and tried the best I could to get the legs in place by laying her on her back and using the other leg as a guide.

I am using vet wrap or cohesive wrap for the leg; the kind that sticks to itself. She can't stand on her leg and won't just stand with one leg. I believe it is a complete break because I can feel the bone moving side to side in the leg when I move it to get it back in place and she shakes her bad. It has got to hurt really bad.

Here are more photos of the wound and a better photo of where it is located. I had to trim a lot of feathers and some under her bottom because she is pooping all over them. They are blue when I
use the flash because of the BLUE LOTION SPRAY-TOPICAL SPRAY ( what I am using) along with peroxide like you said the Neosporin. Some photos have the flash on and some have the flash off for different views. She is resting now and not too happy with me because I had to rewrap her leg twice because the first time I thought it was too tight since her foot was cold but then I realized her other foot was cold too... the her foot is cold but the leg in warm and the unhurt foot in cold and so is the leg. So, I am not sure what is going on there but I plan on checking on her again soon to see if it has changed.

How often do I give the asprin? I gave her some at 7am today.

 

[azygous]

You're beginning to sound like a pro! And I'm sure, by this point, you're the best judge of what's the best thing to do of any of us. So go with your instincts.

If you need to cover the wound to get her leg splinted, then that's what you need to do. But please try to get a couple of stitches into that wound first so it can begin to knit itself back together. What will happen if you leave the wound gaping like that is it will grow new skin all around the edges, growing inward until it eventually covers the wound. But it will heal ten times faster with stitches to bring the two sides together.

Yes, she is feeling pain from the break, but a prick from a thin needle isn't going to hurt her much if any at all. You'll discover this when you start doing it. She won't even flinch. I'm sure you've darned a hole in a sock before. It's just like that. But just two small stitches and knot each one so it won't pull out. In a week to ten days, the wound will be knitted back together and you can snip out the two stitches. If you don't stitch the wound, it'll take two months, and you'll have to worry about infection the entire two months until it closes.

You can give her one baby aspirin twice a day or a half four times a day to space it out better, and if you just hold it in your hand, she will snap it right up with her beak. No need to dissolve it in water. Is she eating and drinking okay? If she quits eating, you may need to get some Poultry Nutri-drench to keep her from going into shock and to stabilize her. It's expensive stuff, but worth it if it comes to trying to save her life.

This is the most difficult period right now. You're almost through it. Keep up the good work!

 

[srussler]

I appreciate it! I am trying really hard! Since it is pretty much my fault I am so set on getting her back to good heath!

She is pooping so I am assuming she is eating and she is drinking I have noticed her drinking. She is in the basement so I go down there periodically to check on her. From the wound where do you suggest I should stitch? Did you see the photos? I looks like there really isn't any place for my to stitch?

I will try tomorrow I have a suture kit at my parents I can use. My sewing needles are too large.

 

[azygous]

Why don't you try putting one suture right in the center and see what it looks like? Then put another suture in the center of each side of the first one for three total. It doesn't matter how far out from the edge of the wound you place them. Just shoot for drawing the two sides together so the wound closes. Practice on a tomato of you have one in the kitchen. Make a hole in it and try suturing the two sides together. Peaches would work better but they're out of season.

Don't worry about perfection. You only need to get the thread through her skin so it can hold together until it heals, then you'll be removing the stitches, which is simple to do. I live so far away from everything, whenever I've had stitches in me that need to come out, I just hunt down a friend to do it. One time I stopped a friend on my way home, and I had her do it right there in the middle of the dirt road. It's just the same as removing stitches from something you've sewn. Which, in this case, is your chicken.

 

[srussler]

I sutured the part on the leg but where the leg comes together there isn't a place to stitch to. If it did stitch it then when the leg hangs down it would be too heavy on the stitches and it would pull to bad.

 

[srussler]

I have kept the wound unwrapped for a few days since she keeps getting the wrap undone. Her leg is still splinted.

Just a few minutes ago I went down to check on her and she had her splinted leg bent (at the joint where its broken) bent forward laying under her. I tried to staright it back out and it wouldn't straighten right. I am no sure at all how she got bent under her since it was splinted straight. Should I unwrap the leg and resplint or leave it? The tibia where the other break is seems to be fine now and isn't popping in and out anymore.

 

[azygous]

Use common sense since you're the better judge than us. We can't see the situation and can't advise because of it.

All I can say is if the break is in the middle of a bone that should be straight, and it's not straight at present, then you need to make it straight and keep it straight until it knits back together. If you're referring to a break as a "joint", please refer to it as a break, so we know when you're speaking about a natural joint or a break in a straight bone. If I'm guessing correctly, she may have re-broken her leg and you may need to re-splint it. Even people do that after breaking a leg or arm.

We only have words to draw us a picture and if you try to use correct terminology, it will help.

Does she seem to be improving? The fact she's still alive and hasn't died from infection from the nasty dog bite is testimony to your excellent care. Keep up the good work.