Racoon Attack!

[amorgan]

My poor girls can't catch a break! A racoon managed to get in our coop last night and killed all but 2 of our girls. We managed to kill it and I believe I fixed the issue that allowed the coon in. My problem is, the 2 surviving girls have wounds on their heads. One almost looks like I think I can see her skull and the other may have lost an eye (or shes just not opening it). The wound sprays I have say not to use it near the eyes. I don't know what to do for them and they have to be in pain! I finally saw them both drinking water and moving about, but not sure their ability to recover from these wounds.

 

[centrarchid]

Check thread below.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...rgency-plz-help.1188289/page-28#post-18836173


You need to act quickly to suppress infection. Get antibiotic laced water into birds quickly. If eyes closed, then I would use BluKote on head.

 

[amorgan]

What kind of antibiotic? I saw penicillin at the feed store. What would be the ratio to give them?

 

[centrarchid]

Tylan. Follow directions on label.

 

[CapricornFarm]

With the stress you might add electrolytes to their water and feed mashed up boiled egg for extra protein. Terramycin is my favorite eye ointment for all animals.
Sorry you lost most of your flock. Hope your 2 girls survive. Keep them warm, you might want to bring them inside to keep flies from infesting the wounds with maggots.

 

[amorgan]

I rinsed the wounds with saline, sprayed them with blue kote, then slathered it with green goo to help keep it moist. I have a rabbit cage I can use to bring them in the house in the morning. They might like hunkering down for a few days.

 

[amorgan]

How long should I keep them inside? Not sure how long they'd be susceptible to the flies.