Bumble Foot no Scab

[canalcolt]

We have a chicken that had the scab for bumble foot. When we soaked, the scab came off and nothing else. I need to lance the area because I'm not getting anything with the tweezers and foot is swollen. Should I cut around the opening in a circle? Cut through with one swipe? Or cut to make an X? All the videos I see the chicken has the scab and the scab is able to be pulled back with stuff being attached to it. Anyone have a video suggestion where the scab is not there, it's just an opening with nasty tissue? Thanks for the help!

 

[picklestheduck]

We have a chicken that had the scab for bumble foot. When we soaked, the scab came off and nothing else. I need to lance the area because I'm not getting anything with the tweezers and foot is swollen. Should I cut around the opening in a circle? Cut through with one swipe? Or cut to make an X? All the videos I see the chicken has the scab and the scab is able to be pulled back with stuff being attached to it. Anyone have a video suggestion where the scab is not there, it's just an opening with nasty tissue? Thanks for the help!

Can you post a picture? Different situations and placements in the foot can call for different procedures and ways to do it.

 

[canalcolt]

Can you post a picture? Different situations and placements in the foot can call for different procedures and ways to do it.

 

[picklestheduck]

Hmm. I unfortunately do not know enough about cutting into the foot to give a ton of advice about how to do that, and you can do whatever you would like, but I would try the not so invasive way a bit longer. I had been hoping others would chime in by now, but I can only give my advice and experience. You could apply neosporin after soaking and pulling out as much crud as possible, and then try to keep in a dryer area. I regret ever cutting into my ducks foot last year when she had bumblefoot, it took a turn for the worst right after that and became a terrible chronic bumble. Is a vet or antibiotics available?