- Mar 19, 2014
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Almost took a pic of Phoenix's head to show the damage, but not yet. I still want to keep it as covered as possible right now. Plus I spent some time trimming feathers while he was without the wound dressing, and didn't want to leave it exposed to find the phone. So I quickly "gooped" it up and put new fresh gauze on it. Then I wrapped his head again, and gave him a semi-shower to get the blood off of his back. I did take new pics after that though.
Front view. The comb is not black, that is dried blood. But that blood is NOT from his head wound...
I'm about to grab q-tips and cotton balls and try gently cleaning this side. This eye was also hit and the lower lid was completely pierced through. The entire hole has a scab on it though, so it should heal quickly.
This was the bad side for the comb itself. Nipped, clawed, bitten, scratched, whatever, the entire comb was practically oozing blood out of several tiny wounds. You could actually see each individual wound "pool up" in the vaseline the first day. The bleeding has stopped, but some of the vaseline remains so it still looks wet.
Today he got a small meal of hard-boiled egg yolks force-fed to him. I just crushed them up and mixed them with a water to make a paste, and put it in a feeding syringe. None was spit out though. And he has taken in about 6 eyedroppers full of water so far.
He IS showing an interest in the water and food, and follows them with his eyes a bit. But he just won't actually eat or drink on his own yet.
But he IS making progress, so I'm sure he'll be fine. It's just going to take a while. And I have no idea if he'll become agressive or tame after this. At least by the time he recovers completely, he'll have his own pen and his own girls.
Front view. The comb is not black, that is dried blood. But that blood is NOT from his head wound...
I'm about to grab q-tips and cotton balls and try gently cleaning this side. This eye was also hit and the lower lid was completely pierced through. The entire hole has a scab on it though, so it should heal quickly.
This was the bad side for the comb itself. Nipped, clawed, bitten, scratched, whatever, the entire comb was practically oozing blood out of several tiny wounds. You could actually see each individual wound "pool up" in the vaseline the first day. The bleeding has stopped, but some of the vaseline remains so it still looks wet.
Today he got a small meal of hard-boiled egg yolks force-fed to him. I just crushed them up and mixed them with a water to make a paste, and put it in a feeding syringe. None was spit out though. And he has taken in about 6 eyedroppers full of water so far.
He IS showing an interest in the water and food, and follows them with his eyes a bit. But he just won't actually eat or drink on his own yet.
But he IS making progress, so I'm sure he'll be fine. It's just going to take a while. And I have no idea if he'll become agressive or tame after this. At least by the time he recovers completely, he'll have his own pen and his own girls.
My mom still has a camp site up there from when I was little.
