Hoooo boy. Vet says the leg is paralyzed bc something in her kidney area is pressing down on the sciatic nerve and restricting function. The vet gave us two options. She said we can spend 600 dollars to hospitalize her overnight and the get checked out by a specialist who will tell us what’s...
She can move the foot, just not much. I’m splinting it later tonight to stabilize her and get her used to walking normally and not on her hocks. She can definitely move, but she prefers to just sit. She can get to food when she needs to so I’m not super concerned except that she’s at the...
Ok I think I’ve figured it out. The bandages don’t inhibit her walking, because when I took them off today she still put no weight on that foot. She keeps walking on her hock joint and it looks like the scales are worn off on that area but not the other. It’s very tender and I think she might...
Dude I just got back from a trip and my mom was treating her like this. She said she was limping, yes she laid an egg two days ago, not yesterday, we’ll see about today. She had bumble foot on both feet apparently?? But after soaking she could scratch one scab off. Her foot is pretty healed...
I have a chicken who has had bumble foot for a few days. Yesterday we went in and removed the top scab and today when we went to check it had not drained so we went in and removed the rest of the scab. There was no plug under the scab which makes me nervous, we bandaged her up and put her out...