My rooster has injured the joint in his leg.... (I think its his ankle). His foot is fine.. it's the bend in middle of the leg.. where it bends forwards.
I can't feel any breaks.. but in that joint I can feel clicking and things moving a little. It is stable though and not wobbly. It's not swollen or anything... but his foot on that leg feels cold... although its still healthy colour.
He can't put any weight on that leg at all. Its hard for him to even move.. because he is a Japanese Bantam and has really short legs. His injured leg the foot is very weak and can't grip. He can't pull it back up to his body.. and holds it out in front of him more than the good leg.
Could the vet do anything if I take him tomorrow. He has been like this since last night... It took me many times of examining him before I found the problem.
At first I was scared it was Marek's Disease.. as I had that in my flock 2 years ago. But I am confident it's an injury now.. after I can feel the clicking and moving in the joint... and also he has really good balance and can perch fine on one leg if I put him on a roost.
I feel guilty that it is my fault.. because he was upset when I got a new rooster. I kept him in the aviary so they would not fight.. and my old rooster kept flying up and down onto the aviary mesh top to try to get to the new one... and I suspects he got his spur or a toe stuck in the netting when he tried to jump down.. so injuring his leg.
Anyone else have this leg injury in their birds.. and can they heal from it? He is a sweet tame cuddly rooster I have hand for years.. and he was hatched at my place.. so I am very attacked to him.
Thanks.
I can't feel any breaks.. but in that joint I can feel clicking and things moving a little. It is stable though and not wobbly. It's not swollen or anything... but his foot on that leg feels cold... although its still healthy colour.
He can't put any weight on that leg at all. Its hard for him to even move.. because he is a Japanese Bantam and has really short legs. His injured leg the foot is very weak and can't grip. He can't pull it back up to his body.. and holds it out in front of him more than the good leg.
Could the vet do anything if I take him tomorrow. He has been like this since last night... It took me many times of examining him before I found the problem.
At first I was scared it was Marek's Disease.. as I had that in my flock 2 years ago. But I am confident it's an injury now.. after I can feel the clicking and moving in the joint... and also he has really good balance and can perch fine on one leg if I put him on a roost.
I feel guilty that it is my fault.. because he was upset when I got a new rooster. I kept him in the aviary so they would not fight.. and my old rooster kept flying up and down onto the aviary mesh top to try to get to the new one... and I suspects he got his spur or a toe stuck in the netting when he tried to jump down.. so injuring his leg.
Anyone else have this leg injury in their birds.. and can they heal from it? He is a sweet tame cuddly rooster I have hand for years.. and he was hatched at my place.. so I am very attacked to him.
Thanks.