Zane... An Update for Those Interested

[CarriBrown]

He really does look a lot better. From the color of his comb to the sparkle in his eye... that boy has a will to get well.

 

[Zookeeper9000]

Cyn glad to hear the infection seems to be gone. As far as the foot goes, I have perment nerve damage in my left arm (RSD) and it took over a year of physical torture for me to be able to use that arm and I still everyday do my therapy as if I don't use it I will lose it. I am thinking maybe he will just need some time. I sure wish I could part with my tins unit (small electric shocks) as that is really what helped the most. Also they used wax treatment where they did the soft wax and let it heat the arm then pealed it off and worked the arm.

Good luck praying

 

[Cetawin]

Go Zane Go! I am praying for Zane to get back to herding his girls and feeling grand.

 

[Ellie]

But you will keep him even if he doesn't get better, yes? I mean you have kept him thus far, but then maybe it is too intensive...

I was hoping you would keep him regardless..... or am I reading more into it?

Ellie

 

[jnjross]

wow this chicken has 9lives

 

[speckledhen]

That's a hard decision, Ellie. Chickens are flock animals and because Zane cant defend himself, he may never be with the flock again. He stays most days in a pen that is attached to the main pen, we call the separation pen. You can see it in the photo where Mace is looking at his older brother in this thread https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=90017 Sometimes I let one or two girls in there and they eat his food, LOL, but he never has lots of company. To keep him, we'd almost have to build him a special small coop and pen. I'm just not sure it's right to keep a proud rooster alive who cant even walk or be with other chickens. Wish I could ask Zane how he feels.

 

[Farmer Kitty]

Cyn, It is a hard decision, and one I truly hope you don't have to make. As long as he seems happy and isn't in pain I would let him live. Maybe if some of the layer girls are good to him you could let him have just a couple of girls in a special pen. Then he would have company.

 

[MissPrissy]

Glad to read the infection is finally gone.

Have you been working with the joint all this time trying to maintain range of motion and flexability?

 

[speckledhen]

Have you been working with the joint all this time trying to maintain range of motion and flexability?

Not the entire time, not during the worst of the infection. We did flex it on occasion, but we were using the bowling ball sling to take pressure off the leg every day, then suddenly, he was getting himself in trouble when he learned how to duck his head through the leg hole and slide out. I found him once with a leg still stuck in it, so we didn't use that as much. Thought the silly boy would hang himself! Now that the infection is gone (hope it stays gone), we'll work the joint every day. The lack of feeling is what concerns me here. Not sure that will ever come back or why exactly it's not there, unless it's the permanent tendon damage that Doc Brown was concerned about.​

 

[MissPrissy]

That is what I would be worried about, too. Extended periods of not working the joint causes them to freeze. Once they lock down it is near impossible to get them moving again.

It is sort of like in the very elderly people who lack good range of motion. Over time the joints freeze up and they can no longer fully extend and flex.