Anyone diagnose this?

[colandjulie]

Hi all,

The link below is to our web site which isn't working properly at the moment.

At the bottom of the web page are three links to pictures of my Pekin Bantam's feet.

We noticed she was just sitting around a lot and not moving about, although she was still eating and going in to lay her eggs. When we looked we found her feet to be in this condition.

Any ideas anyone?

http://www.colandjulieday.co.uk

Don't forget the links are at the bottom!

Cheers!

 

[Year of the Rooster]

It looks like they're just dirty and she's lost a couple feathers. But she may have scaley leg mites.

 

[Feathered Wings]

Looks like Scaly Leg Mites have severely damaged the feet.

Thats the worst case of scaly leg i have ever seen how long has the poor thing been like that?
That just makes me sad

 

[Guinea Goonie]

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I believe it MAY be scaly leg mites, but it could also be a frost bite injury that did not get noticed until now.

They feet look necrotic.

 

[Feathered Wings]

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I believe it MAY be scaly leg mites, but it could also be a frost bite injury that did not get noticed until now.

They feet look necrotic.

It just looks so bad and it has to be painful i feel sorry for her

 

[NotTheMomma]

May I suggest soaking the feet in some warm, sudsy water. That will help you better to identify what's going on.

If you can give some updated pictures then, I'll try to help you.

 

[colandjulie]

Surprisingly, they are fairly clean!

We cleaned them when we got her about a week ago as they were in a real state with mud etc.

Was just hoping someone could identify it so we could get some treatment.

Can try and get somne more pictures if that will help?

Cheers.

 

[NotTheMomma]

I would treat them for infection with an antibiotic. Also try putting bag balm, or something similar on the legs to see if it comforts them.


I don't know what that really is other than infection, most likely from living in the muddy area. Could be fungal, could be bacterial. Without a vet visit, hard to tell. If you have access to cream for women with vaginal yeast infections, you can get a tube of that, and apply it to the legs. Monistat is one brand used here, but not familiar with what it's called there.

Meds to treat athetics foot might help if you see no improvement with the antibiotics for a bacterial infection.

In my opinion, you probably have BOTH bacterial and fungal going on. The meds for atheletes foot would treat the fungal aspect, and an antibiotic in the drinking water would treat the bacterial.

Try to keep them in a dry area, and see if they dont' improve then. I would say there will be some permanent damage to the feet, but they will look lots better after treatment!

Please keep us posted as to how they are doing.