Abcess in foot; leave it alone or prick it open?

[Loopeend]

One duck has an abcess on her foot. It is about to pop. She doesn't mind it. Just walks normally.
It's not bumblefoot, I also can't find an entrance point of something, but I suspect she walked into a splinter or something and we noticed too late, and now the abcess has swallowed it.

Due to my proffesion I am used to drain them. Sterile needle, cleaning it sterile afterwards, bandage it. If it opens itselve she might get some dirt in it, making a new abcess all over again.
My partner finds it gross to do, and wants to 'just leave it be, take it's natural course'. Well, it isn't hurting her at this moment..

I'm a bit taken off path now what to do. What would be the best to do. And I also need him to cooperate to hold the duck, and support me, because allthough I'm used to it; it is indeed very gross.
But if a dicission is not made; well, it will pop itselve and it is made for us.

Could/would you help to make a dicission?

 

[casportpony]

Can you post pictures of it?

 

[Loopeend]

Can you post pictures of it?

Unfortunately not. Maybe later when my partner is home I can make one.
It's at the side of the foot, in the skin, not bone or attached too, round, getting bigger and whiter. Like an abcess. It's not red or sore around it. Just a growing round liquid-filled bubble with a good non-infected colour of stuff (not yellow, not green, just white).

 

[Loopeend]

We half-managed to take a picture.
But without cleaning. We already put her on our lap yesterday and a few times day before and didn't like it and ditrusts us now heehee.
But the 'browness' is mud. There is no necroces. It is the same orange colour as the rest of the foot when clean, and turning a bit lighter now due to building up white fluid.

 

[Miss Lydia]

@casportpony

 

[chickens really]

If isn't bothering her then leave it alone.

 

[danceswithronin]

I'd leave it unless she starts to noticeably limp or seems to be in distress. Watch her weight too and make sure she's still eating/drinking normally.

 

[Loopeend]

I'd leave it unless she starts to noticeably limp or seems to be in distress. Watch her weight too and make sure she's still eating/drinking normally.

She is. Happy duck as allways. She lays too soft eggs though; but this can also be because the egg-laying season just started. The eggs also show enough calcium. For the rest just business as usual. Climbs stuff. Runs. Nothing out of the ordinairy and definately uses the foot as usual.

 

[chickens really]

She is. Happy duck as allways. She lays too soft eggs though; but this can also be because the egg-laying season just started. The eggs also show enough calcium. For the rest just business as usual. Climbs stuff. Runs. Nothing out of the ordinairy and definately uses the foot as usual.

Egg laying has nothing to do with her foot..

 

[casportpony]

Unfortunately not. Maybe later when my partner is home I can make one.
It's at the side of the foot, in the skin, not bone or attached too, round, getting bigger and whiter. Like an abcess. It's not red or sore around it. Just a growing round liquid-filled bubble with a good non-infected colour of stuff (not yellow, not green, just white).

Can you post a picture of the fluid? BTW, those are great pictures.