Bumblefoot- Cures?

[mrskenmore]

Hello Everyone,

I recently noticed my 3 year old hen was limping ever so slightly yesterday afternoon. Turned her over to look at her foot and sure enough... bumblefoot. I soaked her foot in epsom salt with warm water and sprayed it with vetericyn. Her foot is swollen on the bottom and between 1 of her toes. It is warm to the touch. Other than that she is eating, drinking, roosting and laying.

Question is: Is it possible to heal bumblefoot (in the current state of the photo) with baths, disinfecting spray and neosporin and wrapping it up at night? I don't want to pick at the scab and make it worse by opening the area to more infection.. Has anyone ever cured bumblefoot this way?. I feel like she has had it for a few weeks now judging by other photos on the internet.

Any help would be greatly appreciated as my husband is squeamish and can't even discuss the options with me!

 

[Isaac 0]

You need to get the core out.It wont get infected if you spray vetericyn on it daily and wrap it with vet wrap.Soak it in water for a few minutes and just try pulling it out with tweezers.It should come out easily.

 

[mrskenmore]

Thanks for your response! Okay back to the foot spa she goes today!

 

[ChickNanny13]

Wear disposable gloves & sanitize before & after.

I had 2 girls with it, one had on scab on each foot, no limping. I read about removing, the surgery I was not going going to attempt and found a Vet that would IF needed. I was also told to "leave it" as it wasn't a problem, I chose the "easy" way & left it. Kept an eye on both, eventually the one with 2 scabs disappeared The other never limped and was doing fine when they went back to their owner.

 

[mrskenmore]

Can do!

 

[mrskenmore]

Hi All,

Quick update- on Madame Curie (my hen with bumblefoot) soaked her last night for 30 minutes in epsom salt and then sprayed her foot with vetericyn. Then applied neosporin on a cotton ball and wrapped her foot up with vetwrap. She was very good and didn't mind the wrap as much as I thought she would. Fed her a few mealworms and put her to bed. This morning we visited the vet because I really was nervous to go at the scab myself. He removed it for me, cleaned it out (there was no pus and minimal bleeding) and applied silver sulfadiazine. She was wrapped up again and given a ten day supply of Septra antibiotics. I have included pics of her day at the vet (isn't she cute lol) for all to learn from this experience. He said that it was a mild case and I caught it early- all of the epsom soaking, and vetercyn made his job easier and it was starting to look better. I hope I never have to deal with bumblefoot again, but now I feel a little more comfortable treating it on my own.

CAUTION: Photos are a little graphic with the scab removal...

My next question is- does anyone know the egg withdrawal period for Septra?

Thanks!

 

[mrskenmore]

UPDATE:

Just wanted to update the healing process for my hen with bumblefoot. After the vet visit she was on septra for 10 days which she successfully finished on 8.24.17. Since then I keep it wrapped with vetrap and change the bandages every 4 days or so soaking the foot to clean it, adding the silver sulfadiazine after spraying with vetracyn and then wrapping it up again. Overall it is healing nicely, the swelling in between her toes is gone and the new skin looks healthy.

2 days after vet visit 8.17.17:

8.20.17:

9.3.17:

 

[ChickNanny13]

 

[mrskenmore]

Heard back from the good doctor last night that the healing looks good and to keep doing what I am doing with bandages for the next two weeks.

 

[mrskenmore]

9.26.17 Bumblefoot update

My hen is almost all healed about 5 weeks after the first initial discovery of her bumblefoot. I am continuing to keep her foot wrapped until this weekend when I can fully monitor her, but I think it is looking good!

9.26.17