- Aug 31, 2009
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One of my Cochin Roos was attacked yesterday by a dog I assume. I found him standing under a tree with very few feathers, barely moving. I put him in a pet carrier for the night just to see if he would even make it that long. This morning, he was standing, but his back has been ravaged. I don't see any horrible puncture wounds, but the majority of his feathers have been pulled out from mid back to his tail. I don't know how long he was out there before I found him, but it was long enough for the flies to get to him. So this morning, there were the beginnings of maggots. I washed all this off as best I could with hydrogen peroxide, and scrubbed the area with a good wound cleanser. I applied blu kote to his entire back and a salve that will help keep the flies from further getting into it. I also have put him back in the carrier and put a heat lamp on him since he was wet from all the cleaning and I didnt' want him to chill. Can anyone think of anything else I need to be doing? I put some of his pellets in with him, and added boiled egg. I can't tell that he has eaten anything or had any water since this all happened last night. It has been about 24 hrs now and I am trying to leave him alone so he can heal .... I did purchase some screw worm spray to battle the maggots further that I may have missed..... any other recommendations would be appreciated. I would hate to lose him......
