Advice Yb

[grizzal]

Iv had a yb come back with abig hole in her crop

the problem is she has been out for 5days and the

hole has dried up with no skin to stitch up,at the

moment i have smeared vasaline in the hole to stop

food and water coming out.??not sure it will work yet.

she has been 1st or 2nd home in the last 4 races so

would like to give her a chance any advice

thanks Paul

[grizzal]

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[Guest big slim]

If shes survived 5 days i would leave her. Had a young cock last season i didnt think could survive but just left him and he made a full recovery.

[alex wight]

just let it heal and see how it goes. I had one this year after hitting a wire. She healed, but it must be hurting her as she comes late from short tosses. I,ll see how she goes next year.

[grizzal]

If shes survived 5 days i would leave her. Had a young cock last season i didnt think could survive but just left him and he made a full recovery.

 

cheers for reply m8,i will keep a eye that the food dont come

out of the hole and with abit of luck she may survive

[Guest IB]

If it's any help I had something similar last year, the wound was fresh but the bird was so badly cut up that it was hard to get any grip on the skin with a stitch, and I couldn't tell which loose ends were meant to be together. Ended up cutting a tiny piece of duck tape that only just covered the hole but brought the ends together. Covered that in healing paste, put a cotton pad over that and sellotaped that to the feathers. No leaks, the bird recovered and she took an Open position in a 526 mile channel race earlier this year.

[grizzal]

If it's any help I had something similar last year, the wound was fresh but the bird was so badly cut up that it was hard to get any grip on the skin with a stitch, and I couldn't tell which loose ends were meant to be together. Ended up cutting a tiny piece of duck tape that only just covered the hole but brought the ends together. Covered that in healing paste, put a cotton pad over that and sellotaped that to the feathers. No leaks, the bird recovered and she took an Open position in a 526 mile channel race earlier this year.

 

thanks this is something i think i may have to do as the food is

falling out, the vasaline is holding back some but not all.

once again thanks.

[THE FIFER]

I have one which had a bad gash on its underside,looked bad, but after a couple of weeks its ok and bird flying around,

[geordie1234]

got one back the same yesterday im just letting it heal itself

[frank-123]

got one back at the start of the week really big hole dava managed to get a few stitches in the hole but the water was still leaking but it healed its self now all closed and has just flown around the house a few times today

[geordie1234]

Its the first time its happened to me and im sure it wont be the last

[THE FIFER]

cuts and things heal quick on pigeons pitty they didnt have the same with sicknes etc,