Nicola O Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Boris had an accident yesterday Whilst chasing Henri (small dog) in the garden, Boris launched himself feet first, Henri ducked sideways out the way and Boris collided with the hen house and snapped one of his spurs off right down to the base. It bled like mad so I sat for quite a while with a wad of kitchen roll on it but it continued to drip for most of the day. Every so often I puffed some AB wound powder on it and it had stopped bleeding by bedtime. It must be sore as the 'live' inner part of the spur is exposed - is there anything else I should do or just leave him be now as it heals. I have dealt with broken nails before, is a spur just a 'bigger nail' that will heal itself over? Thanks, Nicola ps - I dont let Boris attack the dogs - I accompany all 3 dogs when they need to go out as Boris can be a "Ooops, word censored!", but on this occasion he employed stealth tactics and snuck up on us by sneaking round and behind the veg patch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimi5 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Poor Boris He obviously felt that Henri needed an extra lesson Glad you got it under control. I remember that there was a post about a similiar incident in the forum a while back.......prehaps you could do a search?? How is Boris now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola O Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share Posted April 16, 2013 Hi Maria Boris seems OK now. He hasn't been 'fussing' the spur and it has not bled since, he's not limping or standing on one leg so even though I'm sure it must be sore, it's better than the other day when it happened. Poor Henri, he wants to be outside with me if I'm out there but Boris stalks him - it would be funny if Boris didn't then attack him - but Boris doesn't bother so much when Millie and Freda go out. Can he tell that Henri is male and sees him as a threat - are cockerels that clever, or has Boris just taken a dislike to him . I just read your update on Florence, I'm glad she seems better -keeping fingers crossed for a speedy recovery. Nicola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickensaregreat Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 I posted last week about this! I had exactly the same although not sure how it happened... RedwingNat said it is fine, they grow back absolutely fine, I did exactly the same by putting wound powder on it and a week later he seems to quite happy with himself! There was just so much blood!! Hopefully it will now start growing back as I show him... Hope that helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
