Peahen With broken leg! *Update*PICS*

[Rosecomb-Ryan]

I was given a peahen that somone had SHOT with a BB Gun. The BB went into the meaty part of her leg and shattered the bone! What should I do? It happened 2 days ago! She cant walk at all.

 

[Rosecomb-Ryan]

Can anyone help me?

 

[chickenzoo]

Hi, Sorry about the peahen. So she was shot in the thigh? Besides calling the Humane Society and reporting it, you will have to splint it. That is a very hard spot to splint. If you can not take her to a vet, then you will have to do your best at splinting it with vet wrap and trying to hold it in position by wrapping it firmly to her body. Is their any way you could take a pic? Adding Asprin to her water can help her pain. I believe it is 3 baby asprin to 1 gallon water, but don't quote me on that. Also PM deerman or post it on the Peafowl section and see if they have better answers. - Mean People , shooting animals...........

 

[obe10]

thats terrible!!!!!!!!! she needs to go to an avian vet soon
by the way why would someone want to shoot a peahen with a bb? for the fun of it!?!?!?! if so that is horrible.

 

[chickenzoo]

Oh, forgot to say flush the wound...............

 

[threehorses]

Definitely clean the wound well; I would avoid using iodine. Broken bones easily infect. Unfortunately, many avian bones are also part of their respiratory system and infections in the bone become infections of the respiratory tract.

If the bone weren't shattered, it would be easier to set at home. But shattered bones are tricky as pieces should be removed, and it all should really be done immediately.

I, too, would highly recommend a vet. If you choose to set at home, you will need to splint it and keep the bird from using that leg - restrict movement. That means a longer recovery time. Also be sure to wrap the leg bone with a couple of wraps with gauzy gauze first to pad the bone against the splint (which for a bird that size, you could use paint stirring sticks split in half length-wise and cut to length length-wise to go along the entire length of that bone).

Use thin but longish strips of duct tape to secure the splints to the legbone but not very tightly as the leg will swell. The trick is that you MUST make the two ends of the bone meet, and that won't happen in a shattered bone. YOu'd have to also use vetwrap up and down the leg to keep the two halves together - and not too tight, then wrap around the leg width wise with a layer of vetwrap. It's quite tricky.

Are there any wildlife rehab people that could possibly help you out in your area, even though peafowl aren't wildlife? They have the skills?

INcidentally this bird WILL need systemic antibiotic therapy, penicillin. (DOn't bother with any of the foil package antibiotics from the feed store - only injectable penicillin or oral amoxicillin or another 'cillin - or Baytril from the vet)

 

[Emzyyy]

We used a roll on newpaper with duct tape over it for a splint once healed nicely but shattered I dunno??

 

[threehorses]

Found this and thought it might help:
http://books.google.com/books?id=JM...4#v=onepage&q=chlorhexidine waterfowl&f=false

 

[Rosecomb-Ryan]

Ok my friend whom is a vet come by and it is a compund fracture he cleaned it out and we are going to wrap it up tommorow morning.

 

[Rosecomb-Ryan]

Update She is getting better. Moving leg! She is getting alot better. She is roosting and living life like a peahen.


Ryan