Post by Ally on Nov 16, 2007 13:23:38 GMT -5
My FRT this year was trapped in poor condition, mostly in her feet. This is some of the doctoring I'm doing to help fix her up. Any advice or questions appreciated.
So, here's her feet after a bit of scrubbing:
You can't see now, but the bottom of her feet are something to shudder at, and you can see that even the tops do not look clean nor healthy. This is actually an improvement from when I got her.
Now the hard part, this is the bottom of her feet, and follow along with the numbers. Most of the scabs that were there before pulled off with a little encouragement and revealed new skin underneath, but the ones I have numbered are the problem areas. Her feet are also showing some signs of infection.
1. This sore on the side of her foot was scabbed over slightly before me working on it, and there was a large piece of dead skin hanging over it. Pulling off that dead skin revealed the still not-healed sore, and that was cleaned and rubbed with triple-antibiotic.
2. This was a soft, infected-looking wound from the beginning, and it has been cleaned with antibacterial soap and treated with ointment as well.
3. This one you probably can't see, but there was a large black scab all around this talon and under it; I think she may have almost lost it at some point and it had healed like that as compensation. Pulling the scab off revealed mostly new skin, but exposed more of the talon and on the underside there was a little blood. Treated again with antibiotic ointment.
4. This almost looks like a puncture wound upon closer inspection. This is the only one that was a soft, pus-looking wound to begin with, and its the one I'm truly worried about in the area of maybe bumblefoot. Cleaned as well as I could, again with the ointment.
5. Now this one needs some explaining. This is an old injury to this bird that was present upon trapping. She broke this toe a long time ago and the bone has healed wrong and she really has no feeling in it anymore. The scab (blood, mud, etc, WHATEVER) built up over time so that toe sits slightly propped and out of alignment. As you can see here, I've started to work on it slightly, although I was worried that this might be revealing the bone itself. However, getting that scab off and treating it properly so, even if no nerves ever return to it, it will heal more correctly was important. Finally got the scab off and revealed the bone near the surface of the skin but not breaking through. Cleaned it carefully, and wrapped with gauze and dressing, treated with antibiotic ointment.
6. This is a hardened scab there upon trapping. Could not get it off. Monitoring closely and keeping it clean.
So, here's a final picture to reveal Shiva's foot wrapped, with the large scab on the bottom of her foot mostly gone.
So, here's her feet after a bit of scrubbing:
You can't see now, but the bottom of her feet are something to shudder at, and you can see that even the tops do not look clean nor healthy. This is actually an improvement from when I got her.
Now the hard part, this is the bottom of her feet, and follow along with the numbers. Most of the scabs that were there before pulled off with a little encouragement and revealed new skin underneath, but the ones I have numbered are the problem areas. Her feet are also showing some signs of infection.
1. This sore on the side of her foot was scabbed over slightly before me working on it, and there was a large piece of dead skin hanging over it. Pulling off that dead skin revealed the still not-healed sore, and that was cleaned and rubbed with triple-antibiotic.
2. This was a soft, infected-looking wound from the beginning, and it has been cleaned with antibacterial soap and treated with ointment as well.
3. This one you probably can't see, but there was a large black scab all around this talon and under it; I think she may have almost lost it at some point and it had healed like that as compensation. Pulling the scab off revealed mostly new skin, but exposed more of the talon and on the underside there was a little blood. Treated again with antibiotic ointment.
4. This almost looks like a puncture wound upon closer inspection. This is the only one that was a soft, pus-looking wound to begin with, and its the one I'm truly worried about in the area of maybe bumblefoot. Cleaned as well as I could, again with the ointment.
5. Now this one needs some explaining. This is an old injury to this bird that was present upon trapping. She broke this toe a long time ago and the bone has healed wrong and she really has no feeling in it anymore. The scab (blood, mud, etc, WHATEVER) built up over time so that toe sits slightly propped and out of alignment. As you can see here, I've started to work on it slightly, although I was worried that this might be revealing the bone itself. However, getting that scab off and treating it properly so, even if no nerves ever return to it, it will heal more correctly was important. Finally got the scab off and revealed the bone near the surface of the skin but not breaking through. Cleaned it carefully, and wrapped with gauze and dressing, treated with antibiotic ointment.
6. This is a hardened scab there upon trapping. Could not get it off. Monitoring closely and keeping it clean.
So, here's a final picture to reveal Shiva's foot wrapped, with the large scab on the bottom of her foot mostly gone.