One day after tendon surgery- Pics

[CarriBrown]

Here is "Crash" yesterday morning before his vet visit. He/she/it/whatever wasn't able to put his foot on the ground at all. It was stuck almost straight out to the side.

This was taken this morning, almost 24 hours after his surgery. He's able to put his foot on the ground but seems to be proping himself on his middle toe. His hock is still pretty swollen and we have to watch for pockets of blood, but all in all he looks MUCH better!
We don't want him getting trampled by his 8 brothers and sisters and his momma, so we have him in a seperate brooder with one friend.

I'll keep posting pictures as his leg heals!

 

[Duck-Madx]

Such Good News!

Hopefully soon Crash will be speeding around like the other chicks.

Best Wishes To Him/Her/

 

[mudhen]

It's amazing how tiny these little guys are and yet someone can do like micro surgery! Wow.
Hope the little peep heals quickly and is bouncing and trouncing with his family soon!
Keep us posted!

 

[Critter Crazy]

Awww....good luck Crash!! you look great!! Keep healing little guy! I am so glad that you were able to have someone fix it for you! Yay for Crash!

 

[allen wranch]

Wow, I am impressed !

He will start putting more weight on the foot when it stops hurting so much from the operation.

 

[icewb8]

wow thats amazing, do you mind giving us a ball park estimate of what is costs for an operation like that on a chicken? Was he conscious during the procedure? This is really neat. Goodluck with him!

 

[CarriBrown]

Quote:
They did it without knocking him out. What they did was cut his leg open at the hock, pulled the tendon over with stitches and stitched it back up. There are three stitches total. We have to pop any blood bumps (for lack of a better term) and move his leg up and down several times a day to help stretch the tendon back out. It's still painful for him and will be for a few days, but he's shown dramatic improvement! I am very pleased and glad we went for the surgery.
Believe it or not, the surgery and vet visit was a total of $55. We were thinking it would be more like $100-$150, so that was a pleasant surprise!
Thank you everyone for the support! I'll tell little Crash that you're all pulling for him!

 

[chickbea]

What a brave little guy Crash is! Good luck!

 

[Southern28Chick]

You are such a great person to pay for surgery on a chick. Not many people would do that and your chick is very luck to have you!!!

 

[chickbea]

How is little Crash doing today?