Hello and first of all-sorry for my bad English language.
One of my female ducks have big wound on her back(under the wing)-chafing/abrasion maybe at size of big coin or even bigger.Maybe 4-5cm diameter.The story of this duck is long...She had botulism before many years and is limping.I do not know what caused the wound...Maybe attack form another duck...Maybe big drake was trying to mate her...But most of all I think that it is because the door of the duck house is small,she sleeps always near the door and goes out first at the morning, but because of the limping-the other ducks run over her.
Can I use disinfectant on the base of chlorhexidine or iodine povidone for treating this wound??
My concerns are:
1)Are they toxic to duck if ingested?I have used once iodine povidone for treating of the wing injury without any complications but prefer to ask again and to be sure.I have never used chlorhexidine for this purposes.
2)Iodine causes tissue necrosis of the open wounds.So I will have to apply it only at the edges of the wound, but not in the wound?
Here we use for human wounds 3% hidrogen peroxide.Is it good idea to use it for wound flushing/rinsing or to prefere something more safe like isotonic saline 0.9% NaCl?
One of my female ducks have big wound on her back(under the wing)-chafing/abrasion maybe at size of big coin or even bigger.Maybe 4-5cm diameter.The story of this duck is long...She had botulism before many years and is limping.I do not know what caused the wound...Maybe attack form another duck...Maybe big drake was trying to mate her...But most of all I think that it is because the door of the duck house is small,she sleeps always near the door and goes out first at the morning, but because of the limping-the other ducks run over her.
Can I use disinfectant on the base of chlorhexidine or iodine povidone for treating this wound??
My concerns are:
1)Are they toxic to duck if ingested?I have used once iodine povidone for treating of the wing injury without any complications but prefer to ask again and to be sure.I have never used chlorhexidine for this purposes.
2)Iodine causes tissue necrosis of the open wounds.So I will have to apply it only at the edges of the wound, but not in the wound?
Here we use for human wounds 3% hidrogen peroxide.Is it good idea to use it for wound flushing/rinsing or to prefere something more safe like isotonic saline 0.9% NaCl?