Red Pouter

[Hokum Coco]

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[Conchis]

maybe you could put a surgical drain in the neck wound. It would probably heal better. http://www.iemortho.com/surgicaldrains.html Your vet might be able to help with selling you one as well.

 

[Hokum Coco]

March 25, 2012
My red pouter has a tear in his neck & esophagus. I tried stitching it up. I do not think he is going to make it I am afraid.

At least I have given him a chance. After I stitched up his esophagus I then proceeded to stitch up his neck. I do not think stitching up his neck was a good idea.

I am thinking food and water may get in between the esophagus and the outer skin. I may wind up taking the stitching out in the outer skin. My grand daughter and daughter helped me hold him.

They both got a little queasy. They were not happy campers. I think one of my golden comet hens did the damage.

March 26, 2012
The pouter is flying around and courting his mate as if nothing had happened. Our main concern now is infection. I may have to reopen the incision to take out the stitching in his esophagus at a later date. I said a little prayer for him he has a tough road ahead of him.

 

[laughingdog]

id take the stitching out and use regular antibiotic cream on after flush wound out, then glue each layer of whatever is open closed proper with super glue ect. seperately after each has dried and re applied antiboitic cream. my ringnecks got wounds like that as theyre really fragile little things (they were mauled really bad when some one just dropped off lovebirds, and i didnt know they could open the side nest door, and then got into aviary), and it cleaned them up good and theyr were fine after maybe couple weeks, just dont let the fumes get in its face or itll irritate it, and i prevented and made dry quicker by doing with box fan blowing so to blow any fumes away from faces. mine had crops and organs exposed and i was just curious if itd work as the doves had young they were feeding still that werent killed by the lovebirds, and they were not showing any sign of anything other than being ****** off and guarding hurt babies like rottwielers. goodluck and strong stomachs.

 

[Hokum Coco]

That was my first instinct (the super glue) laughing dog. For what ever reason I could not get the esophagus to bond (which I thought was odd). I did however manage to glue my finger together well LOL. So I had to revert to Singer sewing machine white thread. I since found out they have disolvable thread for surgery now. I will have to open up the wound a second time after 5 to 10 days to remove that thread on the esophagus to stop rejection. The bird is doing fine now and you never know he was even injured to look at him at first glance by the way he acts. He still has a bumpy road ahead of him. I will stitch him back up with the disolvable thread the second time (if I am able to secure some). Thanks for he heads up on the cream laughing dog!

 

[Hokum Coco]

I suspected my red pouter was eating and drinking after his operation. Today I actually had him eat peanuts out of my hand and when he had his fill; Went over and drink some water. So I had some good and bad happen to me today.

 

[laughingdog]

congrats! i also forgot to mention a more professional form that would close and heal wounds.. i gotta stop replying when half asleep and/or sick! anyway, my old longwindedness aside, you can buy a small tube of vet glue used in surguries and in kits for hunting dogs ect. they can be expensive but a tiny dot spreads surprisingly far on even small dogs and house cats, having added bonus of healing as the body absorbs it as nutrients to close the tissue.

my old vet boss came up with the sadly little, if hardly at all used by any other vets, ive asked and then told about (it doesnt make any money), the best way to declaw kittens up to elderly cats, as only needs quick small lesser anestetic (which is good as cats have fifty fifty chance of passing away under some types used), and the claws are only cut down to stretched back quick, then vet glue applied, then paws wrapped for slight quick pressure while glue dries, and till the next day. this procedure requires not invasive surgery, not cutting off of any digits or parts of the cats actual toes, and in the three and a half years i worked as a vet assistant, ive never seen one of the patients have any of the very common horrible to at least always bad reactions that traditional surgeries cause. most kittens dont even notice, and elderly cats only still paw at things, and initially try to remove wraps on paws and chew at glue if excess is applied, but no infections, no pain, no irritation, and no numbness, and never seen the claws grow back, like vetranary association claims could be problem and why they dont widely approve or endorse this yet to my knowledge at time of my end of my job there..

 

[Hokum Coco]

The red pouter is still alive and doing fairly well. I did not remove the stitches in his esophagus. He now has eggs. I think the ravens that have been giving me issues as of late are responsible for the damage to his neck & esophagus.