MoldyCheese
In the Brooder
Hello, just last night three stray dogs dug under our fence and got ahold of one of our goslings and a few of our ducks. We, unfortunately, lost one of our hens but we have a drake with an injured wing and another* hen that can barely use her right leg but can't use her left leg at all. The gosling has an injured foot and thigh but isn't as critical as the hen. I was hoping for any advice on what we could possibly do to nurse her back to health if that's even possible. Before we brought her inside, she was propping herself up on her right leg and using her wings to get around. Now that we've brought her in, she won't move either leg and she's been really lethargic. She is drinking water but refuses to eat. She currently has both legs stretched out behind her and her feet are "crumpled." She doesn't have any open wounds or blood that we can see anywhere on her body. We tried doing what we did with the gosling (putting her into some water for temporary relief), but she wasn't moving her legs at all. Instead, she was using her bill to move around by pushing and pulling herself on the sides.
The drake's wing hangs at his side a bit, but he still tries to flap. He's eating, drinking, and interacting with the other ducks normally, his wing is just drooping. I wasn't able to check his wing very well without hurting him so I'm not sure if it's a bite or if the dogs managed to break something in there.
The gosling has a puncture wound on his thigh that I cleaned up and sprayed some Vetericyn on. However, he has a hard time using his left foot. He still tries to walk and run on it, but he ends up falling forward and just laying on the ground every time. His middle toe does look like it may be broken because when he does use his toes to balance, the bend is rather sharp towards the center of the toe. We tried putting on a splint but that didn't work out very well so we put him into some water so that he could take the weight off of that foot temporarily. We currently have him inside napping.
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
The drake's wing hangs at his side a bit, but he still tries to flap. He's eating, drinking, and interacting with the other ducks normally, his wing is just drooping. I wasn't able to check his wing very well without hurting him so I'm not sure if it's a bite or if the dogs managed to break something in there.
The gosling has a puncture wound on his thigh that I cleaned up and sprayed some Vetericyn on. However, he has a hard time using his left foot. He still tries to walk and run on it, but he ends up falling forward and just laying on the ground every time. His middle toe does look like it may be broken because when he does use his toes to balance, the bend is rather sharp towards the center of the toe. We tried putting on a splint but that didn't work out very well so we put him into some water so that he could take the weight off of that foot temporarily. We currently have him inside napping.
Any advice is greatly appreciated.