A wee update.
He is still in a small pen during the day and in a plastic box in kitchen at night.
He is spending more and more time stood up. His hock is now just slightly swollen with no heat.
He’s walking with a limp, but no longer walks with hock on floor and limp is getting less...
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I took him back to the Vet this morning. Got a much younger vet who seemed more familiar with Bumblefoot and how tricky it can be.
She’s not for giving up on him yet.
We have another week of antibiotics and Loxicom.
I have come to a compromise with him. He sleeps in kitchen at...
Update
We kept going with soaks and 2 days ago when I lifted him out sink I noticed a difference in appearance of lump. It was white and squishy and quite tall, rather than dark, hard and flat. I took my scalpel to it and with hardly any effort a round scab with a hole in the middle came away...
Thanks for your replies.
We’ll keep going with drugs and soaks....
He’s normally sat on a towel in my kitchen watching the others potter about through the patio windows.
He’s been relocated while a prospective buyer comes to view my house...as crapping up the kitchen units is an art he’s...
we’ve opened and flushed the bump near my thumb 3 times. Used Epsom salts and poultices but nothing comes other than a bit of blood, it’s got smaller and more squishy but not gone...
I’m in UK, vet has him on Synulox which is amoxicillin together with clavulanic acid.
Should I keep digging...
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I have a lame drake.
He’s been down for two weeks.
Eating, drinking, preening and chatting but slides about on belly.
His whole leg was hot and swollen, so Vet gave me antibiotics. The swelling and heat is away from foot to below joint BUT joint is still very swollen and hot. We’re on...