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Hello everyone, my bbb turkey is almost 9 weeks old. It has been very healthy and happy. We are about to transition the turkey and chicks outside with our other chickens but at the moment they are still in a very large tent/play run inside. We use puppy pads to line the bottom so we can clean it out 3 or more times a day to keep is sanitary. I also soak/wash it (and the chicks) feet in warm water and Epsom salts each day to keep them clean and i let them out to run around and observe them.
I was out of town over the weekend and my bf was taking care of them. When I returned I was cleaning the brooder and going to socialize with them. I picked up the turkey and rinsed off it's feet and took it out of the epsom salt soak and it started picking up it's left foot looking at the bottom and kinda picking at it with its beak like something was bothering it. When I put it down it started limping around as if it was experiencing pain in that foot. It's legs/feet are both oriented the correct way so i do not think it is perosis. I had not been home to observe them in several days but my bf says he did not notice it doing this while I was away...but the turkey walks kinda clumsily so maybe he did not notice.
The foot (sort of the webbing between toes and just above- directly above the pad but on the top of the foot) was slightly swollen, just a little bigger than the other foot...i dont think it feels warmer than the other foot...the top of the foot looks a bit off color- maybe bruised? I checked on it in the morning and again soaked it's feet and applied Vetericyn on the top and bottom. I Inspected the bottom of it's foot and I did not see any blister or discoloration or shiny pink areas or any cuts or anything weird. I thought maybe it's toenails were too long- i tried to trim them but the first one i cut bled and it freaked me out so i stopped.
It seemed better yesterday evening and was walking around seemingly normal, but when I got up this morning to soak it's feet it once again acted like something was bothering it's foot and was back to limping. I thought maybe the epsom salts were getting in a small cut or something and stinging? The weird thing is when it walks it often steps with that foot first and then hobbles. It can still walk decently, it just limps a bit. My bf said it did jump a few feet earlier in the day that I first observed it limping...maybe it just bruised it's foot thus the swelling? Hoping it just gets back to normal.
Do you think it could be bumblefoot or has anyone else experienced a foot injury in a turkey that was not bumblefoot nor gout/arthritis? I am just worried about it having comprised ability to get exercise, especially since it is a bb. I also don't want to overlook any signs of infection. It is still eating and drinking and doesn't seem sick, but it has been laying down more since I think it hurts it to walk and seems a bit less chipper. Any advice would be much appreciated to know what to look out for. Thank you.
Here is two pictures...excuse the poop on the bad foot (i was hesitant to give it another epsom salt bath since it seemed to bother her earlier)...in the front-on photo the swollen foot is shown on right.
I was out of town over the weekend and my bf was taking care of them. When I returned I was cleaning the brooder and going to socialize with them. I picked up the turkey and rinsed off it's feet and took it out of the epsom salt soak and it started picking up it's left foot looking at the bottom and kinda picking at it with its beak like something was bothering it. When I put it down it started limping around as if it was experiencing pain in that foot. It's legs/feet are both oriented the correct way so i do not think it is perosis. I had not been home to observe them in several days but my bf says he did not notice it doing this while I was away...but the turkey walks kinda clumsily so maybe he did not notice.
The foot (sort of the webbing between toes and just above- directly above the pad but on the top of the foot) was slightly swollen, just a little bigger than the other foot...i dont think it feels warmer than the other foot...the top of the foot looks a bit off color- maybe bruised? I checked on it in the morning and again soaked it's feet and applied Vetericyn on the top and bottom. I Inspected the bottom of it's foot and I did not see any blister or discoloration or shiny pink areas or any cuts or anything weird. I thought maybe it's toenails were too long- i tried to trim them but the first one i cut bled and it freaked me out so i stopped.
It seemed better yesterday evening and was walking around seemingly normal, but when I got up this morning to soak it's feet it once again acted like something was bothering it's foot and was back to limping. I thought maybe the epsom salts were getting in a small cut or something and stinging? The weird thing is when it walks it often steps with that foot first and then hobbles. It can still walk decently, it just limps a bit. My bf said it did jump a few feet earlier in the day that I first observed it limping...maybe it just bruised it's foot thus the swelling? Hoping it just gets back to normal.
Do you think it could be bumblefoot or has anyone else experienced a foot injury in a turkey that was not bumblefoot nor gout/arthritis? I am just worried about it having comprised ability to get exercise, especially since it is a bb. I also don't want to overlook any signs of infection. It is still eating and drinking and doesn't seem sick, but it has been laying down more since I think it hurts it to walk and seems a bit less chipper. Any advice would be much appreciated to know what to look out for. Thank you.
Here is two pictures...excuse the poop on the bad foot (i was hesitant to give it another epsom salt bath since it seemed to bother her earlier)...in the front-on photo the swollen foot is shown on right.
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