OK, Answer's tendon seems to be staying in place but now he has a twisted tibia.
Any thoughts, fixable or should I stop trying???
Any thoughts, fixable or should I stop trying???
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How old is he and can we see a picture?OK, Answer's tendon seems to be staying in place but now he has a twisted tibia.
Any thoughts, fixable or should I stop trying???
I am the type who doesn't like to give up, and if it was me I probably would. I just don't want you to get your hopes too high The person who told me how to do the taping said the age makes a huge difference, the older they get the less flexible the bones and cartilage become, therefore it gets harder to correct problems with what amounts to "traction". I was taping 5 chicks with varying degrees of twisting, all were successfully corrected, but the oldest was 5 weeks when we started. We experimented and honed our technique, you can kind of compare and see how the leg "should" be, getting it taped into a correct position is vital. The affected hock is often up against the good hock, we started cutting the foam pad into a wedge that was much wider at the hock and tapered to a point at the ankles, this forced the hocks apart while they were taped. We did this religiously every night, my son was my assistant and I couldn't have done it alone.Yea I had read your thread and that's what I was doing, only had him staying in during the day as well. Yours is the only post I have seen where you had success.
So maybe bring him back in and tape some more?
Don't give up now. The twisted tibia is probably the result of the slipped tendon .