Pippypheas
Hatching
- Aug 23, 2023
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Hi, I’ve got a pheasant chick who I thought had spraddle leg, he was hobbled for 4 days and then was able to walk. I noticed when he was about 2 weeks he was twisting in the body over to one side and since then his leg has deteriorated badly. He’s now nearly 4 weeks and his leg sticks out at an angle and now the leg almost bends at the hock the wrong way. I cannot see that the tendon is out of place, the leg feels like it’s twisting out from the hip joint. I can bend it back in to the correct position but the chick cannot take any weight and collapses. He has not been growing or feathering out as well as the others. Is there anything I can do or is it kinder to put him to sleep?
He has been given vitamins / minerals and he has perked up a lot but no improvement to the leg.
Sometimes if he tries to run the leg actually goes back and up in the air above the wing!
He has been given vitamins / minerals and he has perked up a lot but no improvement to the leg.
Sometimes if he tries to run the leg actually goes back and up in the air above the wing!