Musolff2015
Chirping
Is there any way I could brace this little guy?
Long story short, he hatched out with ankles that couldn't fully flex foward for proper footing, a random patch of feathers on his leg and what I initially thought was wry neck. I was prepared for him to not make it, but he got stronger and I realized his neck was bent and have since come to the conclusion that its scoliosis or something similar. I'm so thankful by 2 days old he became as mobile as the rest and eating and drinking well. I intended to simply be more attentive to him and hope he could straighten out slightly. It was when I posted in another group that someone raised the concern of preening and now I'm questioning what I could do to make his life as easy and normal as possible. If i very gently put pressure on qboth curves, he has moderate flexibility in the spine which shows me it could he possible to adjust. The problem is, how the heck would you brace an S shape of the neck and "shoulder" without fully restricting his movement and keep enough slack for comfortable breathing? I've also noticed as he's growing the 1st curve above his right wing is getting larger causing his head to lose even more mobility. Initially it was just off center and now its completely to the left where the spine at the skull base is almost parallel to the start of the curve above the right wing.
*attaching a response I made, below, when I posted to a Facebook group just as a clarification*
I've had a handful with wry neck and this is nothing like it. The wry neck ducklings had a floppy head and constant fixed their head into a certain position whereas this guy has strength but his spine is so bent it restricts movement aside from head tilt. The wry neck also failed to thrive regaurdless of me giving them 24/7 hands on care and trying numerous suggestions. This one seemed to be the same, but after his time in the incubator we gave him a day of hands on care and he excelled significantly to walking, eating, drinking and even swam a couple times trying to preen. .what i mean by being able to flex his spine is that if i gently push diagonal up and right on his neck curve while equally down and left on the "shoulder" curve it has about a ¼-½" flexibility and the neck has roughly a 2" curve. I kept researching hoping to find answers and feel confidently that its scoliosis. Unfortunately there's very minimal information other than an article on it being a genetic issue mostly among white pekin.
Long story short, he hatched out with ankles that couldn't fully flex foward for proper footing, a random patch of feathers on his leg and what I initially thought was wry neck. I was prepared for him to not make it, but he got stronger and I realized his neck was bent and have since come to the conclusion that its scoliosis or something similar. I'm so thankful by 2 days old he became as mobile as the rest and eating and drinking well. I intended to simply be more attentive to him and hope he could straighten out slightly. It was when I posted in another group that someone raised the concern of preening and now I'm questioning what I could do to make his life as easy and normal as possible. If i very gently put pressure on qboth curves, he has moderate flexibility in the spine which shows me it could he possible to adjust. The problem is, how the heck would you brace an S shape of the neck and "shoulder" without fully restricting his movement and keep enough slack for comfortable breathing? I've also noticed as he's growing the 1st curve above his right wing is getting larger causing his head to lose even more mobility. Initially it was just off center and now its completely to the left where the spine at the skull base is almost parallel to the start of the curve above the right wing.
*attaching a response I made, below, when I posted to a Facebook group just as a clarification*
I've had a handful with wry neck and this is nothing like it. The wry neck ducklings had a floppy head and constant fixed their head into a certain position whereas this guy has strength but his spine is so bent it restricts movement aside from head tilt. The wry neck also failed to thrive regaurdless of me giving them 24/7 hands on care and trying numerous suggestions. This one seemed to be the same, but after his time in the incubator we gave him a day of hands on care and he excelled significantly to walking, eating, drinking and even swam a couple times trying to preen. .what i mean by being able to flex his spine is that if i gently push diagonal up and right on his neck curve while equally down and left on the "shoulder" curve it has about a ¼-½" flexibility and the neck has roughly a 2" curve. I kept researching hoping to find answers and feel confidently that its scoliosis. Unfortunately there's very minimal information other than an article on it being a genetic issue mostly among white pekin.
