Perosis

[casportpony]

I found this the other day:








Source:
http://avianmedicine.net/content/uploads/2013/03/46.pdf

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

@ThreeWillows, you might find the above post interesting. No mention of protein.

 

[ThreeWillows]

@ThreeWillows, you might find the above post interesting. No mention of protein.

Thanks! Yes, indeed, very interesting. I actually switched my bird's feed and added supplements but the protein level remains the same. He's recovering well.

 

[ThreeWillows]

Just posting a pic of how I've been taping my peacock. This has been going on for weeks. At first, I couldn't see much progress, but after a month, I can now see that it's definitely helping.

 

[casportpony]

Interesting. So does he spend his day in a sling?

 

[ThreeWillows]

Interesting. So does he spend his day in a sling?

No, I un-tape him every morning so that he can move about, eat, drink, etc. It's slow going, because the improvement only happens at night. But, this way, his spirits are up, and he's just hanging out with his pen-mates as usual.

 

[casportpony]

I may contact you if one of mine needs fixing!

 

[ThreeWillows]

I may contact you if one of mine needs fixing!

I'll surely help if I can With this guy, there was a lot of growing yet, so all I had to do was make sure that it grew in the right way. With an older bird, I doubt it would be as effective. Still, I read in several places that there was "no treatment," and that is not true. Luckily, I found a couple of threads here that helped me, and Loretta referred me to the friendly poultry orthopedist as well as giving me some tips herself.

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

So I’ve been dealing with a hen that matches the Perosis diagnosis.
As for Glayds--
View attachment 1559604 You can see her right leg is forward and turned foot out.
She is a master at getting her hobbles off. I tried sports wrap...the self stick stuff vets use. She pulled it off. So I tried to straighten her leg.
View attachment 1559605
That is a seriously pissed off hen! I padded a paper towel tube, cut to length, and put it between her ankles so her right leg couldn't turn. I then banded her feet to keep her legs parallel. View attachment 1559607This is what I find. So I gave up the hobbles and just put her in the sling to take the weight off. Nope, doesn't like that either. Found her doing the splits on the floor last night. Right leg completely forward, left leg completely back. Took the sling out before she breaks her damn legs.
I sat with her yesterday and did some more examining. I can stretch and move both legs in all sorts of ways and she doesn't make a peep. I massaged her bad leg and did exercises with it. That loosened it up a bit but it still wants to go forward.
Right now I have her on a towel for traction just sitting in the crate. I banded her legs together under her body to keep them pulled back at least.
Her right foot is warm but she doesn't bend the toes. She seems to move the whole thing from the hip. I'm pretty sure she has feeling in it but there is a disconnect somewhere between that lower leg and her brain. I noticed it's like trigger leg. I can bend and manipulate it but when I let it go it wants to snap back to a certain position. The massage helped that I just don't know why it's happening. I figure if its stuck in a stiffened position it would at least be better if it were more under her. So right now that's what I'm shooting for. I'm picking up the baby aspirin and trying that too. Some anti inflammatory and massage. I'm at a loss as what else to try.

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

I quoted myself from another thread to get all the info over.
She is quite the escape artist. (In part how she got her name.) I have her hobbled again with the vet wrap. I feel like if I could get her leg to stay back, even if it were stiff it would be a more functioning leg.
How has it been going with your bird?