Vent picking? Please help!*Graphic pics*

[GermanKennhuhn]

Wow, she just keeps it looking sore doesn’t she? I might make up a spray bottle of a little saline (1/2 tsp of salt dissolved in 16 ounces of water,) and spray that on twice a day, and just gently bot the vent with a tissue, being very gentle not to rub. I would use just plain neosporin or vaseline on it and see if it starts healing.

Yes she does Thanks for the advice! I’ll try that!

 

[GermanKennhuhn]

Put a muffin cup tutu on her! It will help her from reaching around and picking. I promise you, she will HATE it, but she is just going to have to deal. This will likely take a week or more to heal, but I would keep her totally separate from the others for the entire time she is healing. Trust me, I've been there. To keep her familiar with the other chicks you can put her in with them with a barrier (like scrap chicken wire), but do this with supervision only. I had to keep a chick separate for three weeks due to a severe injury and the one time I tried to introduce her back early on in the injury was an enormous mistake. It was difficult to reintigrate her with the flock, she was bottom of the pecking order, but she fully healed and didn't become injured again. Today she has bffs and is no longer at the bottom.

Lol that’s a good idea. I tried making her a cone out of a small paper cup, but she got it off. I also tried making her a “tutu” out of vet wrap, but she got it off. Maybe I’ll see if the muffin liner works.
She HATES being alone. I tried separating her with wire, but she was so miserable that I put her back in. The others don’t peck at her vent. Thanks for the advice!

 

[humblehillsfarm]

Lol that’s a good idea. I tried making her a cone out of a small paper cup, but she got it off. I also tried making her a “tutu” out of vet wrap, but she got it off. Maybe I’ll see if the muffin liner works.
She HATES being alone. I tried separating her with wire, but she was so miserable that I put her back in. The others don’t peck at her vent. Thanks for the advice!

Mine hated being alone too so basically lived with us in our living room for that entire time. We put her in the bathroom while we weren't home and just cleaned up poop over the day. A single chicken doesn't poop a whole lot all things considered lol. but when we came home she'd peep and peep so we brought her out and she'd sit on our shoulder or hang out on the couch. She lived a good life those days. But it helped me keep an eye on her picking. She had essentially degloved the skin from her entire neck. It was awful. I had to make little hobbles form vet wrap AND wrap her neck. She was very good at getting out of her bandages and digging the wound more. It was a near constant battle. A lot of tears were shed, largely because I KNEW she could heal, it was a matter getting her to leave it alone long enough to heal.