I found him hanging....pics

[Terri O]

by his spur 2 days ago in my bachelor pad. This is one of my best roos so I have brought him inside because he cant seem to stay upright. He lays like this:

I have tried to feel if his legs are broken (they arent) I thought dislocated but I dont feel that either. Do you think he could have broken his pelvis? I have manipulated it and nothing seems amiss. I made him this emergency chicken chair:

Do you think it will help him? I am planning on suspending the box from the top of a dog kennel and moving his legs daily. He is eating and drinking and seems otherwise alert. Does anyone have any other ideas or suggestions? I greatly appreciate it! Terri O

 

[Tracyfeltsmills]

Oh my sorry no ideas but poor thing!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Gosh I sure hope he heals up. Wish I could help

 

[3goodeggs]

I would think he has some serious hyperextended tendon pain. Or even a green stick fracture. Time may be the best medicine.
poor guy.

 

[snowbird]

Buy a dog toenail cutter and trim the spur back to about 1/2" and you will not have this problem again. Don

 

[Terri O]

Kind of what I was thinking about the tendons...I hope I can keep him comfortable enough until he can get back "into shape!"
Do tendons repair themselves? Terri O

 

[Terri O]

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I did trim the spurs about a half inch back and quicked both of them. I put cornstarch on to stop the bleeding...believe me I will be trimming all the boys tomorrow! T

 

[viktoriacl]

Do you think he could have a back injury? Can he feel his feet? Does he move any part of his lower extremities? Maybe paralysis

 

[sourland]

He is probably suffering from muscle and tendon strain. I'm guessing that he will recover, but it will take a while.

 

[snowbird]

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I did trim the spurs about a half inch back and quicked both of them. I put cornstarch on to stop the bleeding...believe me I will be trimming all the boys tomorrow! T

Something that works better than Starch is Chalk stick, you can use it over and over. Don