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pdpbison24th May 2005, 08:57 PM
Hi Sirpigeon,
If I were you, I would seek the assistance of a good Avian Vet...likely the Legs will need to be splinted carefully ( not too tight, not too lose, and aligned in doing so.)
Thighs of lower legs? Compound or...?
Anyway, my only experience with a Pigeon having two broken legs, was where it had two broken Thighs, not commutated...and, I made gentle splints, and suspended the Bird in a light cloth sling (kind of like a Hammok, suspended from the sides of the Bird...) so it woulkd eat, drink and poop with convenience.
Kept them there for maybe six weeks I think, and at the end, I was setting various thicknesses of wideish blocks of wood under them just below their feet so their toes could just touch, then so the Feet themselves could just touch, then a little more, so that they could, if they wanted, begin to test their Legs as they liked...
This went well, and the Bird walked clumcily when removed from the sling, and soon regained full use of them, but, because I had not set them quite aligned, the Bird walked ( and still walks) a little bowlegged.
This was maybe 12 or 14 years ago, and recently I saw that same Bird in with my wild Flock, where we recognized eachother after all these years.
Broken Bones can be of a wide range of severity, and, it is best if you could enlist the aid of a good Bird Vet for this...
Good luck with this..!
Phil
Las Vegas
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Maybe you could make a sling style hammock attached to a frame ? and lower her slowly, also getting her use to the upright position again.
If you go to the web link there is more discussion further down about how easy it was to make the sling from a clean but old t/shirt. Maybe you could use a triangular bandage also.
Just searching and thinking of ideas here
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