(UPDATE)(New pics) My Buff Orp. Is Hurt (Graphic pic warning)

[dlhunicorn]

good advice here... keep flushing and applying the neosporin... getting through the first 24 hours is the most dangerous and shock will make her not want to drink...add electrolytes to the waterer ...if you do not have bird electrolytes then unflavored Pediolyte or gatorade will do in a pinch.

 

[Redfeathers]

Good luck and keep us posted on how she is doing!

 

[annrich]

She is up and moving this morning. She is eating and drinking (her aspirin electrolyte coctail). Looks like she has a sprain foot as well, Shes limping some.

New ??????'s

How the heck am I going to get all the dried blood off her feathers? She lost alot of blood and it is all over her feathers. I don't want to rub to hard because I know shes sore. Should I wait and try in a few days?

I hope she makes it.

 

[adoptedbyachicken]

Just leave the blood it will flake off when it totally dries in a couple days. Keep the wound clean and use the polysporin and you will likely not need any other antibiotic, they heal up really well.

 

[McGoo]

I don't think neosporin is good for deep tissue wounds. It will not allow drainage. I would not use any ointment. This is based on human experience, but I believe it's the same for all.

All the best with your little one

 

[annrich]

Realy on the neosporin?? hmmm what about an iodine solution?

 

[dlhunicorn]

iodine is more harmful to the tissue I would think... as long as the wound is not stitched up I dont believe the drainage will be a problem

 

[annrich]

I just flushed the wounds again. She clucked a little at me. Even shook her head real good. She perks up when I walk in the room. I think she wants to run around but I will wait a few days. I am going to get a large syringe and flush the side wound very very good latter. The blood is so sticky on her feathers I have to lift them to see the wound. I need to figure out how to get the blood off at least that part of her.

 

[snugglepup]

if you wanted to flush with iodine, you would want to dilute it a good bit, I think. The vets usually say it should look like "weak tea." I prefer to flush wounds with dilute Nolvasan or similar. Of course, Nolvasan is not good for wounds near eyes, in which case dilute betadine solution is better.

What we do usually, is take a squirt bottle (not spray bottle) and fill it mostly with water and enough nolvasan to turn it blue (or enough betadine to make it tea-colored). Hold the chicken right side up over the sink (so as not to drown her), and squirt the heck out of it.

 

[annrich]

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Thanks I will try that method tonight. I don't want to stress her out, I just flushed it a little bit ago.