female harris

[ozzieowl 53]

i have a female harris hunts at 2.1 1/4 took her out today with my mate and is jack russel,even though shes normally ok with dogs,she attacked it and was hung of its face i had to get her off and shes pulled her 2 back main talons theres only the flesh left no nails i couldnt believe it thats now put her out for a while,i got her straight home cleaned up her feet which were bleeding badly and put some antiseptic dry powder on this stopped the bleeding now its just a case of putting a few coats of germalene new skin on then leaving her ive just booked a month off work to fly her im devostated,all that time you wait threw the moult then get them manned up and hunting,but saying that could be worse the dog could have killed her. forgot to add the dog is ok once cleaned up,thank god.

[lurchers 2,998]

that female of mine hates my lakeland as they went toe to toe a couple of yrs ago

[ozzieowl 53]

you dont really expect it when ive got 4 dogs of my own it was out of the blue she seems ok,just fetched a male to get going it was in a right state its been bowed out in a lads garden with no cover all threw this bad weather took a good couple of hours to clean im up cope him and change is furniture which was rock hard,got him in the house to dry out.

[Guest bullterrier]

i was reading a Harris hawk book the other day Ozzie and in there in was saying about Harris hawks being great with dogs that there around all the time and working with but can be nasty when around strange dogs sounds terrible that Ozzie hope bird and dog are OK that would of freaked me that .. ..john

[mickmck 716]

i had the same trouble last year with my female . she took her tallon off , i dusted hit in pottasium crystals then layer after layer of new skin , i give her talon a coat every few hours and had her back out after a week , so what i thought was the end of her season was saved by the new skin , she never liked dogs either she had hold of a boarder and a yorkie , i had to get rid of her this year as i didnt want any big vet bills , good luck wi yours

[ozzieowl 53]

cheers mate im not putting the new skin on while tommorow as i want it to dry up first but i will keep at it shes a brave harris,she has settled down now hopefully if the newskin works i might be lucky thanks again.

[mickmck 716]

its a f****n pain after waiating for them to come out of the molt aswell mate , try get some pottasium crystals they build the tallon back pu a bit and go nice and hard , a good base for layers of new skin , i got a male off a bloke on here , seems like a good bird . im just dropping his weight at the moment so should have him out soon , atb mick

[ulverston moocher 60]

bad crack that mate there swines with dogs mine hates my terriers with a passion and would have them in a hart beat even thoe she sees them every day yet my old female was spot on around my ow dogs but would go ape shit at the site of a strange dog funny old birds the harris's good luck with yours bud and hope she mends quick and right for you.

[ozzieowl 53]

cheers mate shes ended up worse off than the dog but hopefully she might be back in action in a few weeks.ill take some pics tommorow and put them on they look a mess.

[ozzieowl 53]

well applied new skin today she doesnt seem that bothered,shes more bothered about being out hunting ive upped her food as its going to be cold tonight so at least she on the start to recovery.

[mickmck 716]

well applied new skin today she doesnt seem that bothered,shes more bothered about being out hunting ive upped her food as its going to be cold tonight so at least she on the start to recovery.

 

 

thats the way mate , plenty coats of new skin every day ,she be back at it before you know it atb mick

[ozzieowl 53]

well applied new skin today she doesnt seem that bothered,shes more bothered about being out hunting ive upped her food as its going to be cold tonight so at least she on the start to recovery.

 

 

thats the way mate , plenty coats of new skin every day ,she be back at it before you know it atb mick cheers mate i will keep at it till shes ready.

[ozzieowl 53]

well yesterday i araldited both her nails and they look the tops saw today had her flying just for a bit of excersice she loves it she should be back in action next week after i give her another coat of araldite,cheers john.

[Guest bullterrier]

well yesterday i araldited both her nails and they look the tops saw today had her flying just for a bit of excersice she loves it she should be back in action next week after i give her another coat of araldite,cheers john.

 

 

glad shes on the mend mate. ..john

[ozzieowl 53]

this is her the day before it happened