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It worked for me & that's what I did the 1st time we had bumblefoot. I also found that colorless iodine also worked very well - and can easily be found at any pharmacy/ 1st aid section. Soak with Epsom salt apply colorless iodine make up a gauze pad with: drawing salve (Ichthammol...

If this is in response to mine, I don't worry about eating the eggs or the topical ointments getting on my hands. (I wash up after handling chickens.) If you're talking about the goey puss inside a swollen Bumblefoot, then yes, try to avoid that. I read that's a staph infection & could spread...

If mild case (ie large black area but not deformed & swollen), I've had luck with this: 1. Quick clean to get chunks of excess mud off 2. Soak in Epsom salt for 5-10 min (My birds don't seem to mind if I put the bath in a plastic boot box inside a storage tub. There's only a small amount of...

Mine don't like staying in the foot soak until I discovered a trick. It used to always spill if they tried to fly out. I now put the fluid in a plastic boot box or about a 13x9 pan sized plastic container. That container is placed in a bigger plastic tote. Mine tend not to fuss when inside...

That looks kind of like what I saw on my bird's foot. Hers may have been a little smaller, but like you, I didn't see swelling. The epsom salt soaks & antibiotic ointment worked wonders. One day after a soak, i noticed it was gone. I never picked or messed with it. The scab must have fallen...

I don't think mine was actually bumblefoot. Hers was a small scab on the bottom of foot. Was not noticeably swollen as she walked. I soaked her foot in Epsom salts 1x per day (then applied antibiotic ointment) for almost week. The swelling went down & the scab fell off, so I never got as far...

Bumble Foot? I have a hen that I believe has bumblefoot. There's a slightly fat middle toe (minor swelling) & a black spot on the bottom base of that toe near the center pad - no limping. After reading several pages of treatment, I decided to order the Tricide Neo & vet wrap. In the meantime...