- Sep 28, 2011
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Hi! I'll see if I can describe this properly... I can take pictures if needed but my camera is old and it is hard to upload them!
Basically, I have a chick with a serious leg issue. It seems like one of it's legs is "frozen" in a retracted position. As in, the one leg always looks as though the chick is sitting, and when it stands up the leg is up at it's side and it balances on one foot. The chick can't seem to extend the leg at all but it can move it's toes.
I tried making a hobble yesterday, hoping that it would "pull" the stiff leg down when the chick stood and help relax it. However, this backfired - the chick just didn't move around much. Finally I took it off because I was worried it would make the chick spend more energy getting to food and water rather than do any good.
What should I do? Has this ever happened to anyone else? The next thing I'll do will be adding Vi-Tal to their water and seeing if that doesn't help things, but otherwise I have no other ideas!
If pictures are needed, let me know and I'll see what I can do!
Basically, I have a chick with a serious leg issue. It seems like one of it's legs is "frozen" in a retracted position. As in, the one leg always looks as though the chick is sitting, and when it stands up the leg is up at it's side and it balances on one foot. The chick can't seem to extend the leg at all but it can move it's toes.
I tried making a hobble yesterday, hoping that it would "pull" the stiff leg down when the chick stood and help relax it. However, this backfired - the chick just didn't move around much. Finally I took it off because I was worried it would make the chick spend more energy getting to food and water rather than do any good.
What should I do? Has this ever happened to anyone else? The next thing I'll do will be adding Vi-Tal to their water and seeing if that doesn't help things, but otherwise I have no other ideas!
If pictures are needed, let me know and I'll see what I can do!