Keet (baby guinea) with twisted leg

[Lothiriel]

Our shipment of guinea keets arrived this morning and one of them has a twisted leg. It's like the knee is bent the wrong way, because we tried turning it back the right way and it looks fine. I can't figure out how to make a splint for it though -- the one I tried failed because the keet couldn't move its leg at all. Any ideas?

 

[Kevin565]

Have you tried taping?

http://www.guineafowlinternational.org/forum/index.php?mode=thread&id=43748

 

[Lothiriel]

No, we didn't try taping. Thanks for that idea Kev! We'll try it.

 

[Lothiriel]

Ok so he's got a slipped tendon. We were checking out his leg and when I bent it out straight I actually felt the tendon slip back into place, and when I let it go and he bent his leg it went out again. Getting a bendy straw and making "Gimpy" a splint. He's the only violet guinea in the whole bunch....