Bumble Foot! Help!

[CherpNPeep]

You can wrap him in a towel. I have wrapped mine in flex tape in the past to keep them from flapping and going crazy.
There are a ton of threads on here on how to treat bumblefoot. I know it will be difficult, but if you can get us some pictures of his foot and the bumble it would help alot in giving advice on treatment.

HI Cuyuga Mama! Do you think if I wrap a wet pad of Epsom salt onto my muscovies foot and change it each day, would it be effective?

 

[Cayuga momma]

HI Cuyuga Mama! Do you think if I wrap a wet pad of Epsom salt onto my muscovies foot and change it each day, would it be effective?

I'm not sure. You could try the making the donut ring that people have used to work the bumble to the surface of the foot.
Here is an article on treatment for bumblefoot that may help
Bumblefoot treatment. | BackYard Chickens
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/bumblefoot-treatment.72887/

 

[DuckyDonna]

@Miss Lydia always has helpful information!

 

[CherpNPeep]

@Miss Lydia always has helpful information!

That's very true. I'll see what her thoughts are on how curing bumblefoot.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I'll just share what has worked for me. One a chicken hen the other my little Runner. I soaked the foot in warm Epsom salt water and after applied clear iodine over the bumble I keep soaking and applying until I can easily peel up the scab with my finger nail some times it takes 3 days sometimes longer but I make sure the scab will easily come off. With my hen I got the scab off and used a pair of sterile tweezers to pull out the bumble because pus in poultry is thick . Then I pack the hole with triple antibiotic wrap and wait a few days remove the bandage and check to make sure there is no more bumble this time I spray with veterycin and wrap till healed. With my Runner I did the same thing but when I peeled the scab off there wasn't anything there? I have had this happen with a few of my chickens too. So not sure if the clear iodine helps to absorb the bumble or what but that one I just sprayed and let her go back with her flock. I don't know how bad yours is can you get some really good pics?

 

[CherpNPeep]

I'll just share what has worked for me. One a chicken hen the other my little Runner. I soaked the foot in warm Epsom salt water and after applied clear iodine over the bumble I keep soaking and applying until I can easily peel up the scab with my finger nail some times it takes 3 days sometimes longer but I make sure the scab will easily come off. With my hen I got the scab off and used a pair of sterile tweezers to pull out the bumble because pus in poultry is thick . Then I pack the hole with triple antibiotic wrap and wait a few days remove the bandage and check to make sure there is no more bumble this time I spray with veterycin and wrap till healed. With my Runner I did the same thing but when I peeled the scab off there wasn't anything there? I have had this happen with a few of my chickens too. So not sure if the clear iodine helps to absorb the bumble or what but that one I just sprayed and let her go back with her flock. I don't know how bad yours is can you get some really good pics?

I can't get any pics because when I hold him down, he makes this terrible huffing like he's in pain? and frankly, he's quite large. The bumble seems to be a 1.5 inch ball? I can't get any supplies today but I know there is epsom salt however I couldn't find any veterycin.. Most of the supplies are in the USA..

 

[Miss Lydia]

Sorry I forgot you were in Canada. What can you get? can you get triple antibiotic ointment? Or some kind of antibiotic ointment? I'd wrap him in a towel to work on him. A large towel My Muscovy drake is large too and if I have to do anything to him he gets wrapped in a towel keeps his wings from flapping and makes him easier to handle. You can get Epson salt right?

 

[CherpNPeep]

Sorry I forgot you were in Canada. What can you get? can you get triple antibiotic ointment? Or some kind of antibiotic ointment? I'd wrap him in a towel to work on him. A large towel My Muscovy drake is large too and if I have to do anything to him he gets wrapped in a towel keeps his wings from flapping and makes him easier to handle. You can get Epson salt right?

I can get the salt. There are alot of antibiotic ointments so I can get those too.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Vet wrap and the pads that don't stick ?

 

[CherpNPeep]

Vet wrap and the pads that don't stick ?

There are lots of those in Walmart. I will go there tomorrow most likely. Hopefully, my parents are not booked. Also, Iwas looking at other threads and I saw people putting pads into baby socks and slipping it into their duck's legs? Does that work also?