@JanetMarie
Who knows how a chicken picks up Bumblefoot -- could be from a cut on the bottom of the foot, a splinter from a ladder, a little thorn, or holding on too tightly onto the perch at roost? That's why my vet suggested wrapping the perch to cushion it even if the perch was already smooth in case the chicken is irritating the bottom of her feet holding on too tight during roost. Who knows? I just do what I can about what I am able to do and can't do much where the chicken digs or scratches every day. Keeping thorny bushes or prickly weeds out of a chicken's free-range is always helpful. When I work in the yard turning over soil I make sure to pick up any rusty nails, splintered rotted wood, glass or pieces of broken plastic, string, sharp pebbles, etc etc.
During Bumblefoot treatment I choose to keep the chicken indoors/isolated because there's too much mud, debris, dirt, water, to mess up the treatment bandage. With the one foot that has lost the crust I am applying Vitamin E oil capsule to the bottom of the healing skin and using a round makeup pad paper-taped to my Dana's foot. The other foot the crust has not come off yet so that crust is still getting wrapped in the Triple Antibiotic Ointment to keep it moist 24/7. This treatment sounded so bogus to me when I read how owners treated Bumblefoot without surgery but Lo! and Behold! it worked for Dana! Will wonders ever cease? After her 2nd crust comes off I will return to the vet for his final evaluation.
And there is something to the idea that some birds just seem more susceptible to injury or disease beyond our control. As pet owners we don't usually cull these birds but breeders and farmers have no qualms to get rid of these birds in their breeding projects. It's simply not worth their time or effort to deal with sickly birds.
Who knows how a chicken picks up Bumblefoot -- could be from a cut on the bottom of the foot, a splinter from a ladder, a little thorn, or holding on too tightly onto the perch at roost? That's why my vet suggested wrapping the perch to cushion it even if the perch was already smooth in case the chicken is irritating the bottom of her feet holding on too tight during roost. Who knows? I just do what I can about what I am able to do and can't do much where the chicken digs or scratches every day. Keeping thorny bushes or prickly weeds out of a chicken's free-range is always helpful. When I work in the yard turning over soil I make sure to pick up any rusty nails, splintered rotted wood, glass or pieces of broken plastic, string, sharp pebbles, etc etc.
During Bumblefoot treatment I choose to keep the chicken indoors/isolated because there's too much mud, debris, dirt, water, to mess up the treatment bandage. With the one foot that has lost the crust I am applying Vitamin E oil capsule to the bottom of the healing skin and using a round makeup pad paper-taped to my Dana's foot. The other foot the crust has not come off yet so that crust is still getting wrapped in the Triple Antibiotic Ointment to keep it moist 24/7. This treatment sounded so bogus to me when I read how owners treated Bumblefoot without surgery but Lo! and Behold! it worked for Dana! Will wonders ever cease? After her 2nd crust comes off I will return to the vet for his final evaluation.
And there is something to the idea that some birds just seem more susceptible to injury or disease beyond our control. As pet owners we don't usually cull these birds but breeders and farmers have no qualms to get rid of these birds in their breeding projects. It's simply not worth their time or effort to deal with sickly birds.
