Pigeon Talk

[backyard pigeons]

I had either prince or beauty get a couple of scratches on their back from being stood on. There was quite alot of blood but it healed up on its own quickly. Never had any head injuries apart from squeak getting scalped. @backyard pigeons has your new birds face get a scab over the pus? Could you scratch it and clean it with some sterile water?

Yes it does. Do you see where I circled the puss filled area? The dot is the scab. You think I should remove it and clean it really good?

 

[biophiliac]

Yes it does. Do you see where I circled the puss filled area? The dot is the scab. You think I should remove it and clean it really good?

I think so. I know I have seen threads on the Emergency forum describing how to clean out the solid pus that birds/chickens have, so if after you remove the scab you have any questions you could post a query in that forum. If he will sit for it, warm salt water soaks using a cotton ball or similar may help loosen the scab and promote draining. I do not recommend hydrogen peroxide because it can damage healthy tissue.

Since his health is otherwise good, I don't think you are dealing with an active infection but rather the remains of his successful efforts to fight it.
Google search - what is pus made of?
https://www.google.com/search?q=wha...hrome.1.0l6.5718j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

 

[CCUK]

Yes it does. Do you see where I circled the puss filled area? The dot is the scab. You think I should remove it and clean it really good?

I think so. I know I have seen threads on the Emergency forum describing how to clean out the solid pus that birds/chickens have, so if after you remove the scab you have any questions you could post a query in that forum. If he will sit for it, warm salt water soaks using a cotton ball or similar may help loosen the scab and promote draining. I do not recommend hydrogen peroxide because it can damage healthy tissue.

Since his health is otherwise good, I don't think you are dealing with an active infection but rather the remains of his successful efforts to fight it.
Google search - what is pus made of?
https://www.google.com/search?q=wha...hrome.1.0l6.5718j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

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If you can clean it up than the healthy tissue should start to heal up.

 

[backyard pigeons]

Ok,so I'm gonna remove the scab and try to drain it. Once I drain it, what do I use to make sure it doesn't get infected?

 

[Serin]

I would put neosporin ointment over it, it is what I have always used for birds with wounds.

 

[biophiliac]

Ok,so I'm gonna remove the scab and try to drain it. Once I drain it, what do I use to make sure it doesn't get infected?

I would probably put nothing on it, at most a dab of honey. I don't think it will become infected again but show us what it looks like after you get the pus out.

 

[Hokum Coco]

Ok,so I'm gonna remove the scab and try to drain it.

There may be a splinter or some foreign object beneath the skin causing your problem.

 

[backyard pigeons]

Alright y'all! So at first, I thought it was going to be an easy removal since it was just a scab. But as I was working on it, I pulled it out partway, and it was more than a scab. I thought it was a rock like @Hokum Coco said it could be a foreign object. But then I got it out all out and I believe it may just be dried puss.

They pigeon was a champ and is looking great! There seems to go no fluid where the dried puss was.

 

[backyard pigeons]

Here's a before pic for comparison

 

[biophiliac]

Alright y'all! So at first, I thought it was going to be an easy removal since it was just a scab. But as I was working on it, I pulled it out partway, and it was more than a scab. I thought it was a rock like @Hokum Coco said it could be a foreign object. But then I got it out all out and I believe it may just be dried puss.

They pigeon was a champ and is looking great! There seems to go no fluid where the dried puss was.View attachment 1788967 View attachment 1788969

Very nice! You must have good hands. I thought you would encounter a very solid mass and it's kind of a delicate job getting it out. I can't see any reason to put any thing on it except to keep the outer opening open while the cavity behind it closes completely. Congrats!

PS pus doesn't seem so when you consider it's is mostly the remains of the body's infection fighters - white blood cells, which gave their lives fighting the infection. RIP little warriors.