yes she is in the house with me in the liveing room in with a couple silkie babies about 3mths old, in a large brooder. the liveingroom is the warmest room of the house and the babies are to keep her company they have been snuggleing with her all day. so she has good little ones to brood with, they are leaveing her alone except to snuggle sometimes.
well after much looking at her she is definately going to lose a whole left foot about half inch below the leg joint. the right foot she will loose all toes except the 4th and 5th toe and will loose about half of her foot. it has already for the most part died and is now black all her toes hit by the frostbite are dead. the parts that are black are all parts i saw stuck in ice when i broke her free anything not in ice has no damage to it. i gave her a bath and blow dried her and clean her feet real good with saline. where the dead skin and new skin are touching the new skin is trying to heal and grow over the dead. i gently removed some of the dead skin so far down on both legs little bits at a time. i figure let it heal as much as possible on it's own but i didn't want it to rot or cause more damage with new tissue growing over the bad dead skin. it was trying to heal with dead inbetween the good still there and the new tissue forming. it is now removed so it can continue to heal propery. she never moved or felt it she layed in my lap cooing and it was healed under neath with nice new tissue. i coated her feet with bagbalm and wrapped them good with cotton and taped them.
we have also been giveing her antibiotics in her water, i got asprin from my mom, vitamins and electrolyts(sp) in there also(she gets this mixture when she is out with me not when she is in with the babies it's plain water in the brooder). her feed is in front of her with her waterer beside her so she doesn't have to get up to eat it's all right there. her poo is still fine and she has been eating and drinking great with full crops. she is useing her wings to help walk and balance but kept going backwards alot but i tapped her feet with enough cotton to keep her from moveing so much. she is haveing a heck of a time with her feet snagging as she walks since they are straight as a bored and stiff and she can't feel them since they are dead. i figured it's best to keep her from getting up and putting weight on them as much as possible to help them mend as they need too and to make it as less stressfull as possible.
i haven't found the pepper yet so i have been holding her while i watch tv or play on the comp and massageing her legs and feet where i can that i know don't bother her as some parts are close to seperating but i don't want them to snag or rip off since they are still attached to the good that didn't get hit by the frostbite. right now she is with the babies sleeping she just got done eating and has a full crop again so she is resting. i did not see any infection at all but we started her on antibiotics just incase she may have a secondary infection we can't see. i will change her bandages in the morning and let you know how she is doing.
thank you all so much for being here for snow and i. it really means alot. i have been crying since yesterday it is really hard to see her like that and she is like one of my kid's and was worse when i was cleaning her up but i knew i had to to help her, i could not bare the thoughts of looseing her. i think she will fully recover once everything has fallen off and had time to mend as long as she doesn't get any infections. however i honestly don't think she will ever walk again. she is still my girl and i love her to pieces so no matter what we're in this together for the long run.
hugs,
silkie
