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been there- actually i make dave do it.... heart breaking! i always swore after my Duchess, i would let them die naturally- but that only works part of the time- sometimes you do what you have to do- one suggestion in the future- whenever there is any animal attack, the bird needs antibiotics- i don't know if it would matter in this situation though- but cats have a bacteria in their saliva that will kill a bird in 24 hours- from my wildbird rescue experience- so pack a wound with at the minimum neosporin and give oral or injectable antibiotics
on another note- i can't eat commercial chicken, after getting involved with chickens and helping promote the rescue of battery hens in the UK, by doing an art series of them-
We did use topical triple antibiotic ointment, but didn't have any oral or injectable, by the time we could get some the infection had gotten to bad, and the back end injuries that I at first thought was just defeathering and abrasions, turned out to be more signigicant. It wasn't a survivable injury, but I was at work and Gary could patch her up but not mercy kill her.
poor little thing! he tried! that really is important