littlelisa2412
Chirping
- Feb 17, 2017
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I did this with my rooster, he had a scab that indicated bumblefoot and the pad of his foot swelled up quite a bit. I hold him regularly so it couldn't have been too long. anyways when I prepared to take the thing out I noticed nothing was underneath the scab. The typical video showed as soon as you pulled the scab out there was something underneath that could just be popped like a pimple and squeezed out or just kinda attached to the scab when it was pulled but I found nothing underneath the scab but pink flesh of his foot. I learned there is a scab form of bumblefoot, there's also the stringy kind where you open the foot and see a bunch of infected white strings and the kernel kind where there is a pimple kind of kernel inside their foot right under the scab. The scab form you can scrape off the scab on the bottom of their foot until you see the fleshy pink part of their foot underneath, the scab would be essentially the infection and taking it out would "cure" them. Since I took the scab out his foot had to be wrapped every day to keep it from becoming infected again. The swelling is completely gone and his foot looks normal but the scab is still there and he still has to be wrapped and kept clean. I'm with you on wondering when it will go away but all the signs of bumblefoot are gone other than the scab. The scab did turn colors again so I'm wondering if I should pick it off.
Im new to ducks and one came with what I have recently discovered as bumblefoot. I soaked her foot in epsom and pulled the scab off but underneath ks pink health skin, not any kind of pus/kernel material? is that what you are talking about?