Wound healing in birds

Re: Wound healing in birds

Rachel Blackmore — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:31:36 GMT

thanks for the replies!

Birdie is going well, leaving it undressed now. It is still quite swollen over the hock joint, but uses the limb really well so am really just giving it time now.

Re: Wound healing in birds

Gillian Mostyn — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:58:53 GMT

Flamazine is great stuff and I would use it too - but be a little careful with the little critters - a significant amount is absorbed and can cause silver toxicity.

Personally, I would probably leave it without a dressing if at all possible - and use a buster collar.

Re: Wound healing in birds

Utlendigur — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:26:03 GMT

The ones I've treated I've tended to use oral antibiotics for a short time (5d or so) until the wound looks clean, then just continue with topical (Flamazine ? same as Slivazine). Found Allevyn worked best for dressing as it's spongy, so I could get away with just a layer of that loosely held together with thin strip of stretchy sticky stuff (e-band or r-band). You can shape it to joints by cutting and folding it. Usually redressed every 3-5days depending on amount of discharge. The peacock was fun - feral male peacock with full tail that was manhandled into the practice every few days inside a duvet cover (the only "container" it would fit in) - never worked out how they managed to fit it inside a small hatchback car