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Lewis
Apr 4, 2015, 11:09:40 AM4/4/15
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Look for rat dropping,too me it look like a rat bite.
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- My silky has a side wound - 1 Update
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Bill Brier <bill...@yahoo.com>: Apr 03 10:16PM
Hi all -- My six month old pet silky has a side wound. I thought she was brooding the past 5 days and I just now noticed it. I don't think it was caused by some kind of attack. She lives a peaceful life with her sister and step-sister -- an American. They're all locked up at night. I've attached two pictures. Any Idea what the problem is and how to fix it? Thanks, bill ----------------- billbrier.com Mystery Writer The Killer Who Hated Soup, The Killer Who Wasn't There, The Devil Orders Takeout |
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Chris Squires
Apr 4, 2015, 2:26:52 PM4/4/15
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My first reaction was that it could be
a rat or other rodent bite. But could also be a rooster's spur
slipping. Or some minor wound that bled, and attracted picking
from her friend or even the hen herself.
Birds heal phenomenally well. Check the wound -- if it smells bad, might want to apply a little antiseptic and rinse it out well. I use a squirt bottle with very dilute antiseptic solution. Or betadine. Or that blue stuff meant for coating wounds. Then gently move some of her surrounding feathers to cover the area, and put a patch of duct tape on the feathers and extending a bit up and down or wherever it looks like it is sturdy -- make a mat of feathers and duct tape - -a little patch to hold over the damaged skin area. The skin will heal where the feathers keep it protected from picking or further poking or biting. When the feathers and duct tape fall off, there will be new skin and possibly even new feathers underneath (might take a few weeks).
DO set out rat traps or a bait station, or direct your friendly barn cat or terrier to check out the area. If the cat or dog are not friendly to chickens, put the chickens in a carrier and temporarily remove them from the area.
Make sure the doors/windows/hatches are closed before you go to bed at night. Young rats can squeeze through a 1 inch opening, mice through 1/2 inch. Just a thought. Might have been a fluke accident, or a hawk or a twig sticking out from a bush and the chicken flew into it. But it does look like the type of injury a rat might make. Or a weasel.
Chris
Birds heal phenomenally well. Check the wound -- if it smells bad, might want to apply a little antiseptic and rinse it out well. I use a squirt bottle with very dilute antiseptic solution. Or betadine. Or that blue stuff meant for coating wounds. Then gently move some of her surrounding feathers to cover the area, and put a patch of duct tape on the feathers and extending a bit up and down or wherever it looks like it is sturdy -- make a mat of feathers and duct tape - -a little patch to hold over the damaged skin area. The skin will heal where the feathers keep it protected from picking or further poking or biting. When the feathers and duct tape fall off, there will be new skin and possibly even new feathers underneath (might take a few weeks).
DO set out rat traps or a bait station, or direct your friendly barn cat or terrier to check out the area. If the cat or dog are not friendly to chickens, put the chickens in a carrier and temporarily remove them from the area.
Make sure the doors/windows/hatches are closed before you go to bed at night. Young rats can squeeze through a 1 inch opening, mice through 1/2 inch. Just a thought. Might have been a fluke accident, or a hawk or a twig sticking out from a bush and the chicken flew into it. But it does look like the type of injury a rat might make. Or a weasel.
Chris
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