Janepie33 Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 You can't be too careful. I took my eye off the ball for a few moments and the fox was there in a second. Yet again the girls got away but this time, not without injury. Luckily my son is a faster runner than me and got into the garden seconds after I yelled "Foooooooox!!!!!" He chased the fox over the fence and he and his friend helped me to round up the girls and get them to safety. Tilly (original Omlet chicken) was not so lucky. She has a big bit mark in her back and as our emergency out of hours vet said they did not treat chickens we ended up at the Putney RSPCA. We did not get to see a vet at all. A young girl took Tilly to see the vet and returned quite some time later to inform us that ther were two choices 1) To keep Tilly in over night, treat her, attempt to sew her up and see if she made it untill morning - at a cost of around £100 2) Put her to sleep there and then. Option 2 was not an option for us so Tilly in staying the night in the wildlife section (I hope to goodness they don't have a fox there too). I have to phone after 11am to see if she made it. I am optimistic. Please send positive vibes!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 Keeping my fingers crossed for Tilly for you xxxxxxxxxxxxx I wish your vet would have treated her , I hope you get good news in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angels4 Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 Positive thought heading across the pond. Sorry to hear about your girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abbey Road Girl Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Oh yes, loads and loads of positive vibes for Tilly and for you. Fingers crossed for a good outcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Sorry to hear it. I hope you have good news today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 So sorry to hear about your fox attack . I hope you have good news at the vets . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katieadams Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Good thoughts, good thoughts, good thoughts..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Come on Tilly - pull through! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Sorry to hear about Tilly Fingers crossed for her Karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 I'm sorry to hear about Tilly. I hope she had a good night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shibby69 Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Sending loads of vibes through for Tilly - hope all goes well and she pulls through! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budgies Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 How's Tilly doing? Sending positive vibes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ness3103 Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 poor Tilly i hope she had a good night. sending lots and lots of positive vibes to her xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs G Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Adding all my best wishes with fingers and toes crossed, I hope Tilly is okay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwenLdn Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Got my fingers crossed for Tilly Let us know how she is. All the best Owen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkysmum Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Everything crossed here too. Hope today brings good news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 I hope you get good news this morning, still sending lots of positive vibes your way, come on Tilly . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janepie33 Posted May 27, 2009 Author Share Posted May 27, 2009 Tilly Lives! Thank you everyone. The vibes worked! I have to phone again this afternoon to see what the vet plans to do with her. I don't think they sewed up the wound. Not sure why as it is bigger than a 50p piece. Hate to think what the bill might be, around £100 I think, but as discussed in an earlier thread "What price would you put on your chickens?". My husband and son think I am mad to pay so much for a chicken (didn't tell them I paid £80 to have a hamster treated a couple of years ago). I was planning to use the money I earned from 2 days of helping out on the Omlet stand at the Ideal Home Exhibition to buy someting lovely. Looks like I will be giving it to the RSPCA now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ness3103 Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 yay that's fantastic news i think £100 is good i spent £200 on our rabbit, when she was limping, they kept her in overnight and then couldn't find anything wrong! OH was not happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budgies Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Yay!!! So glad to hear your girl made it through the night. Fingers crossed for her. They can be so expensive to treat, but I never begrudge a penny (assuming I can afford it!!), they always brought me so much joy it would be churlish to resent it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Thats good news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 That is a relief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surrey Hen Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 So glad Tilly is OK. I have always taken the view that our pets are totally dependent on us and didn't ask to live with us - we don't give them a choicee so we owe it to them to make sure they have the best care we can give them - so whatever they need they can have I admit I don't always disclose the full extent of the vet's bills to OH Surrey Hen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janepie33 Posted May 27, 2009 Author Share Posted May 27, 2009 Well Tilly is home. She has been free ranging in the kitchen and found a bit of old rice and some cat food to nibble on! I was a bit cross with the RSPCA. They had her for 22 hours (wouldn't let me take her home last night as "the car journey would be too traumatic". ) but phoned me at 5.30pm to tell me that as I wasn't on a low income, they couldn't stitch her up and I would have to take her to my own vet. Very very fortunately, my own vet told me that they would help if I got Tilly to them before 7pm. The wound looked much much worse than the night before and my vet had to staple her together as stitches probably wouldn't hold. Tilly is bright and alert, but the wound is deep and nasty. What makes me so cross, is that if the RSPCA had told me at 11am (the time they told me to phone) that they wouldn't help her, then I could have taken her to my own vet for treatment hours earlier. I have a course of baytrill to deliver via a tube straight into Tilly's crop. I had one practise at the vet's and hope I can get it right tomorrow morning. Has anyone else done this before? The vet made it look so easy and I am a bit worried about getting it right. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Done it on lots of humans years ago and the trick is to get the patient's confidence. So in your case I guess wrap her securely and talk to her calmly first and perhaps that will convince you as well. If you dip the tube in some boiled water and flick drops off it may go in easier. I bet after you have done it once or twice you will be on here instructing us all. Perhaps if she's eating you could give it like others do by dripping it into her beak in a syringe. It will still end up in the same place swallowed or tube fed. Good luck and glad she's ok but pretty disgusted by RSPCA. Surely any animal in need can be helped if they are there in front of them and then say that next time they would not want you to take her there. I hope they didn't charge you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
