URGENT EMERGENCY!

[vjwilmoth]

About 30 min ago My 2 week old D'Uccle was nabbed by my cat. I accidentally left the lid up on the brooder so i can't fault my cat for doing what's natural.

It looks to have a superficial wound by the eye and a puncture under the wing, up higher. I have the chick in a warm towel and its still breathing normally and peeping if I move it too much. It's not bleeding but is there anything I can do to aide in its survival? I hear cat saliva is potentially toxic. Thank you for any help. I feel so awful.

 

[BooBear]

with cat's needle like teeth it can be difficult to determine how deep the puncture wound is.
Gently clean the area and apply some Neosporin (without the pain stuff, pain med is bad for the chickies)

The Neosporin will help keep any infections from developing and help the chick heal up. Hope your baby chick recovers.

 

[nurse_turtle]

My concern is if the puncture reached a lung. Try to seal off the puncture wound. The neosporin should do the job. Just know that chances of survival may be quite slim.

 

[vjwilmoth]

I put some of the yellow bleed stop stuff on it so should I clean that off and put neosporin on it instead? In really inspecting it, it doesn't look so much like a hole... Idk...I'll do whatever I can at home. Thank you for your help.



ETA: I put the bleed stop on AFTER this picture was taken.

 

[vjwilmoth]

My concern is if the puncture reached a lung. Try to seal off the puncture wound. The neosporin should do the job. Just know that chances of survival may be quite slim.

That is my concern as well. Is there a point when I will know either way? S/he is a quiet, still bird in general but if I take it out of the towel it waddles around and peeps. It's pooped but I haven't tried food/water yet.

 

[vjwilmoth]

Okay, I cleaned the wound off and applied neosporin. The chick was up walking and acting normal. Doesn't want to eat/drink yet so I'm still just keeping it warm. I'm still not going to be shocked to find it dead but I'm crossing my fingers.

 

[vjwilmoth]

So far so good on the d'uccle. I'm surprised. I think now that we are past the shock stage it's going to be okay. I tried putting it by itself if a small brooder and it freaked OUT, running all over and peeping so loud. I put it back with his "flock" and it was quiet and started eating/drinking and snuggling with the others. There has been no issues with them picking on it but that's probably b/c they can't see the wound under it's wing.

that everything continues to go so well. If all is well in the morning I'll breath a little easier.

 

[JulieNKC]

Sounds like your chick will be ok.

If the other chicks notice the wound and start pecking it I'd put on blu kote, but sounds like your chick mostly just got a good scare and a scar to brag about later, lol.

 

[vjwilmoth]

Just want to update that the chick is A-ok! It's wound looks fantastic. Very normal colored, no swelling or redness at all. I started it on duramycin as a precauctio(it's what I had). But I thank you all for your kind and quick responses!

 

[JulieNKC]

Wonderful news!