Silkie Hen with left leg not working, doesn't appear to have feeling in it.

[Jennifer E Taylor]

Our Silkie hen, Peepers, was injured by our rooster on Thursday, all of the skin and feathers picked off the back of her head and bleeding. So, we put her in a big rabbit cage in the basement and she was eating and drinking like crazy.

However, Friday I came downstairs to sqawking and found her "liberated" from her cage and up in the kitchen. I assume one of the cats busted her out. The dogs beat me to her and kind of pounced on her but I don't see any new wounds, but she was bleeding from the mouth (that has stopped) and her left leg isn't working. When I put pressure upwards on her foot there is no reaction and when she tries to walk the foot turns over and drags. She's also pretty much stopped eating and drinking.

Blue Kote has worked wonders on her original wound and I'm dripping water with honey, a tiny bit of aspirin, and electrolytes onto the edge of her beak, along with a separate formula of yogurt, water, and electrolytes. She's been doing really well with that. I can't feel any breaks in the bone and the joints seem to be intact, so I'm stumped on where the injury is to the leg/foot. Any ideas on what else to check or do would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Jennifer E Taylor]

In reading about Marek's, the possibility of brain injury was brought up causing paralysis symptoms, especially in silkies, which would make sense since she was initially bleeding from the mouth. Anyone have any experience getting them through this?