URGENT, DOG ATTACK.

[cassandrapettersson]

My poor girl got attacked by a dog, it a really deep wound. Please help, I'm a teenager who has no experience in stitching or any health care and I have no idea what to do.
Please, this chicken means so much to me

 

[muddy75]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/animal-attack-need-help.1557435/post-26385818

Info in this post may help until others arrive. Good luck and keep us posted!

 

[cassandrapettersson]

She's sitting in the bath tub with a bunch of blankets, she's in shock so I've left her alone.
She's not bleeding, like.. at all. There's no blood oozing out of her and I got rid of most of it and there's not been blood since.
I gave her sugar water, I don't have much of the supplies I need except for a dog emergency kit... I bandaged her but it didn't work.

 

[Meri Maura]

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My poor girl got attacked by a dog, it a really deep wound. Please help, I'm a teenager who has no experience in stitching or any health care and I have no idea what to do.
Please, this chicken means so much to me

Does the wound go underneath her wings there in the back or is that it? It doesn't look very bad.

 

[Meri Maura]

I recently had a dog attack on of my hens, too.

 

[Meri Maura]

I recently had a dog attack on of my hens, too.

I mostly just left it alone.

 

[Meri Maura]

Perhaps some hydrogen peroxide would help prevent infection. I would dab some on with a cotton ball.

 

[Meri Maura]

@MysteryChicken (I hate to bother you on your birthday but this one is serious)
@Eggcessive

 

[MROO]

As already mentioned - make sure the wound is clean, then use a triple-antibiotic cream - the regular stuff you keep in your own first aid kit is fine. If you don't have electrolytes, Pedialyte or Gatorade are good substitutes. Lay a few drops alongside her beak and she should swallow them herself. If you try to put them in her mouth, she may breathe them in, instead, which would be worse.
Keep her warm and quiet and just give her a chance to recover. You'd be amazed at how well chickens can rebound from what seem like life-ending injuries. In that regard, they're a lot like cats!
Good Luck ... and keep us posted!

 

[Meri Maura]

As already mentioned - make sure the wound is clean, then use a triple-antibiotic cream - the regular stuff you keep in your own first aid kit is fine. If you don't have electrolytes, Pedialyte or Gatorade are good substitutes. Lay a few drops alongside her beak and she should swallow them herself. If you try to put them in her mouth, she may breathe them in, instead, which would be worse.
Keep her warm and quiet and just give her a chance to recover. You'd be amazed at how well chickens can rebound from what seem like life-ending injuries. In that regard, they're a lot like cats!
Good Luck ... and keep us posted!

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