Wounded cayuga duckling

[Lil Drake40]

I hope you din’t Mind me asking questions. I really want to see this lil girl healed up

 

[Fisherlmiranda]

So last night I noticed the scab was pulled away from her skin again. So I went and made some saline, let it cool. Then I pulled at the scab no pus or bad odor or anything. But these vain like trundles pulled out with it? And it was a lot longer than the last one that I pulled off. What is this? I put a syringe in the hole and flushed it with saline and it dint wash out any dis colored anything, it was completely clear. I also kinda thought maybe it would puff up with fluid where it might need to be drained but it didn't. Just puffed up at the skin right around the wound. Here's the scab and the yuckyness that pulled out with it and the wound. I'm going to up the antibiotic, because I read in an duck article some where that ducks must have antibiotics every 4 hr for it to stay in there systems at a helpful level. I think it said because of there high metabolic? Dont quote me on that. But I'm hoping that will get her till Friday morning when I can take her into a vet!

 

[Fisherlmiranda]

@casportpony any ideas on the scab veins? Here's the wound today after it healed over again. It looks a lot less red after 24 hr of 3x a day meds and flushing it out again last night.

 

[casportpony]

This area looks worrisome to me:

 

[Fisherlmiranda]

This area looks worrisome to me:
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Ok I'll try to look closer and pluck some feathers away. Do you know any videos that would show how to lance open a drainage area?

 

[casportpony]

Ok I'll try to look closer and pluck some feathers away. Do you know any videos that would show how to lance open a drainage area?

I don't know of any videos, but if what I suspect is true, you might not need to lance. What I mean by that is it looks like that area of skin might slough off, which would be good.

 

[Fisherlmiranda]

Ok I like that news.... What is slough off?

 

[casportpony]

Ok I like that news.... What is slough off?

Pathology. a mass or layer of dead tissue separated from the surrounding or underlying tissue.

Source: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/slough--off

 

[Miss Lydia]

That would sure looks a lot better doesn't it. So happy to see that. !!

 

[Fisherlmiranda]

Ok how's this? I cant tell if I got to the area? What would I be looking for, that would tell me its going to slough off?