*Update*Help somthing atacked Big P(NEW Pics pg9)

[d.k]

*I second ALL that, AM!

 

[airmom1c05]

I'm thinking perhaps some scar tissue would grow over the thread in the long run. I would still think it best to remove the stitches from the outer layer after a week or so.

 

[raindrop]

Hey Jeff-
I have wound and suturing experience. Is there any way you can take a close up of the wound? Does your digital camera have a macro setting? I'm pretty sure you can find absorbable suture maybe in a feed supply store, or your local vet may have some outdated suture to give you. You would want 3-0 or 4-0 size, on a 3/8" cutting needle, non-braided suture. If you could get suture, replace the ones you have put in and then close the skin over the top (you can use the same suture) all should be healed in about 10 days. The other option would be to let the crop heal (10 days), take out those sutures, then freshen the edges of the skin since they will be healed by then (cut the edge a little bit until the skin bleeds) and suture up the skin. If you get suture and replace the crop sutures soon, you may still have to freshen the edges of the skin so that the edges can heal back together. Saline is good to use to keep the wound clean.

 

[d.k]

*Raindrop!! Where have you been all my life!!

 

[raindrop]

Quote:
It will be a constant source of inflammation- the immune system will recognize it as in "intruder" and will constantly be trying to get rid of it. It will also be susceptible to bacterial infection through the blood. Abscesses could form in the area.


Thanks d.k.! I'm glad to have found you fellow chicken folks!

 

[d.k]

*yep. I was trying to post something to that effect-- more like, not sterile, not desolvable, and too food catching = all bad news. . . .by the by-- was I getting anywhere about being able to sterilize silk & it being dissolving?

 

[dlhunicorn]

here are my collected articles on suturing with a few links also to purchase :
http://dlhunicorn.conforums.com/index.cgi?board=practical&action=display&num=1158144643

 

[SpottedCrow]

When I was about 12 or so...I had a stitch work it's way out...I had open heart surgery when I was little. It wasn't just a little thing...it was the complete suture...it wound up being over 3 feet long!

 

[d.k]

*yikes, SC -- didn't really need freaking out at the moment, but uh . . . WOW!

I'm gonna go eat some breakfast now . . . . something light and non-stringy!!

 

[CarriBrown]

I'm wondering if the best thing for him to do is to NOT stitch the outer skin... but wait for the crop to close, remove those stitches, and then use butterfly bandaids to keep Big P's outer skin together. Or, keep the outer wound open... BUT he needs to be very good about keeping that wound covered with something (like bag balm, neosporin, etc) to keep dirt out and keep the skin moist.
Jeffrey- I think either way, you're going to have to apply something on that wound three or more times a day and keep her in a clean environment.
I think the most important thing right now is to make sure Big P's crop closes properly. The outer wound, from what I can see, will heal but will probably leave a war wound.
JMHO.