Underwear makes a great sling! UPDATED with Pics added

[Kharmel]

Pics are up

 

[Chic Chick]

How about making a sling with a thong?

 

[Kharmel]

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That would work for a chick! Not much support for the bigger ones though

 

[grasjm36]

Purely amazing!!

 

[jaimslee4u]

you should send a picture to Hanes!!! Ha multiple uses of undergarments.. I wonder what you could make from a bra!

 

[happychic]

What a great idea! I will definetely remember this if the need ever comes up

 

[viktoriacl]

Just a thought...Do you think you could lower her a bit so she could put her foot down flat? I'm thinking it would be good to allow her foot to be in the right position. I dont mean to bear weight but just a smidge to get that foot flat. What do you all think?

 

[Kharmel]

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She's holding that leg up. I keep tryinging to position it down with her toes spread out but she keeps pulling it up. I've got it at a height that she can stand on her good leg unless she gets tired. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can keep her feet flat? Or if I should even try and just let her do what's comfortable?

 

[mspower32]

I posted yesterday about my RIR, Ruby with the broken leg. After seeing her laying on her side all of the time, I decided to rig a sling for her.

After cutting up a couple of t-shirts and not liking the results, I was thinking what else I could use. Then it hit me, underwear

The crotch part is the perfect shape and size to support the chest and belly and the leg holes have lots of room for the legs and wings. I only had to modify the back by cutting a hole in the butt part of the underwear for her tail and cut away the elastic at the neck so she had more freedom of her head and neck. Then suspend by the top of the leg holes and hang from the top of the rabbit cage she's being kept in.

It works perfectly and the only time she's not panting is when she's in the sling. Maybe others have already come up with this idea but I thought it was pretty ingenious and thought I'd pass it on

Bless her heart, I let her out yesterday in the yard so she could peck around and mingle with her buddies while supervised. She made a hopping beeline for the coop so I locked her in there alone for awhile and came back to take her inside about an hour later and she had layed an egg! I wasn't expecting that because of all the trauma she's gone through.

The underwear will stretch so to compensate, if in a wire cage, you can keep pulling it further through the top. I secure the leg holes to the top of the cage with 6 inch bungie cords.

I have done this for my little hen Josie she broke her leg at the joint yesterday, got her toe stuck in a crack on a plastic barrel and she panicked pulled so hard she broke her leg, thanks so much for your post and pics, I really hope she heals and she will walk again vet put splint on her leg this morning and pain meds

 

[Lilokieescorter]

Thank you guys as always, I have a silkie rooster that had something happen to his one leg & it is splayed out to the side & in the last 2 days he has quit putting weight on his good leg & was looking to make a sling & then thought mens underwear will work & as always I keep getting brought back here