New Silkie - toes turned in. Fixing Minion's feet

[happyhens1972]

Well done, you're doing a fabulous job. Remember, little and often though. He is only tiny, he'll tire very easily xxx

 

[Jennifer Cappi Williams]

After feeding this morning, I took off the shackles and band aides. The curled toe foot is still curling but he has more use, the "good" foot though...not sure what happened. His long toe on his good foot has no tension in it now. He can move it but I fear its broke from his struggling. It looked like it was not twisted in the shoe at all. I redid his shoes and made sure the "good foot" had an extra half of a band aide underneath to give support like a cast. I put his leg shackles back on. He can now balance using them and sit upright which is something he could not do before because he lacked body strength.

 

[pennyJo1960]

After feeding this morning, I took off the shackles and band aides. The curled toe foot is still curling but he has more use, the "good" foot though...not sure what happened. His long toe on his good foot has no tension in it now. He can move it but I fear its broke from his struggling. It looked like it was not twisted in the shoe at all. I redid his shoes and made sure the "good foot" had an extra half of a band aide underneath to give support like a cast. I put his leg shackles back on. He can now balance using them and sit upright which is something he could not do before because he lacked body strength.

are you leaving them off at night ? he may have broken one or both in night ?

 

[Jennifer Cappi Williams]

I leave them on but I have been taken them off once a day to check since I keep thinking "OMG WHAT IF HIS BLOOD SUPPLY IS CUT OFF??"" and redoing them. I don't know.. it is going to be a struggle to get thru this on a good note but I won't give up. If only it was a large breed chick... but this is the smallest of the silkies that hatched.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I leave them on but I have been taken them off once a day to check since I keep thinking "OMG WHAT IF HIS BLOOD SUPPLY IS CUT OFF??"" and redoing them. I don't know.. it is going to be a struggle to get thru this on a good note but I won't give up. If only it was a large breed chick... but this is the smallest of the silkies that hatched.

please start taking them off when you not home give the t-shirt thing or even chicken feed spread evenly on top of the t-shirt anything that gives him leverage

 

[Jennifer Cappi Williams]

I took them off before I went to bed. He was just so distressed with them on. Before that, after feeding him and I was trying to reset the shoes shackles, he started to get so upset he started convulsing like a seizure and passed out. I tilted him head down and started patting him on his back right as he went limp and looked dead. He came back around after he coughed up some liquid. I was not feeding him the moment that seizure happened but it is the kind of looked like what happens when you accidentally kill a baby animal while trying to feed it and they inhale it. I think he had had such a fit he coughed up liquid and inhaled it. In any case, I took both shoes and shackles off, rubbed his feet and legs for awhile, and put him to bed to calm down. This morning he looks much more happy. His right foot is still curling but he seems to be learning to control it and he also can uncurl it. He is also pecking at the food at his feet.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I dare to say little darling is going to make it have to name miracle now

 

[Jennifer Cappi Williams]

 

[Jennifer Cappi Williams]

He is putting weight on it now and standing upright on his own. Not perfect but getting better. Plus he actually DRANK from the oral syringe this time. Not the drop, drop, drop but him actually DRINKING on PURPOSE. AND HE PECKS FOOD. finally....

 

[Jennifer Cappi Williams]