Ratchnick
Crowing
I have had bumble much worse then that about a dozen times throughout my flock and cleared it up with vetracin. I will tell you how i use it and you do what you want with it. This works for me but other ppl think its wrong (but if they tried It maybe they wouldn't) If you dissagree with me i dont want to hear about it.
With the advise of my vet friend i stoped bandaging. For the short version skip to the last paragraph. The problem with a bandage is unless you put the duck in a hospital cage the bandage will get wet and dirty almost immediately. A soiled wet bandage is a great environment for bumble (bacteria) to thrive.
Now with one duck you could move the duck to a hospital cage and do the traditional wrap, and that has worked for me. But the duck will desperately want to be with the flock and that stress is not great, plus if the duck is away from the flock long enough you will have to deal with reintegration drama. Lastly and i feel the biggest problem with bandaging is it take a large amount of time, effort and money. This means that i am likely to not change the bandage as often as needed to keep clean, minimum once daily (probably hourly if the duck is out with the flock). With the bandageless method my ducks actualy get more treatments and, shocker, as a result heal faster.
For the initial treatment i grab the duck and asses the foot, if there is a big giant scab, usualy on the heel and i palpate and it feels off, usualy hard ( the swolen part of the heel not the scab itself feels hard) i will usualy come back later after the duck has been swimming or soak it myself, then pull the wet scab and extract the core if there is one. If no giant scab (as your original pictures show) then i skip that step and spray the foot with vetracin. An old toothbrush works well to work it in, hold the duck for 5 minuets to let the antiseptic work then let her go, you can do that daily but i have seen good progress with only 3x a week.
With the advise of my vet friend i stoped bandaging. For the short version skip to the last paragraph. The problem with a bandage is unless you put the duck in a hospital cage the bandage will get wet and dirty almost immediately. A soiled wet bandage is a great environment for bumble (bacteria) to thrive.
Now with one duck you could move the duck to a hospital cage and do the traditional wrap, and that has worked for me. But the duck will desperately want to be with the flock and that stress is not great, plus if the duck is away from the flock long enough you will have to deal with reintegration drama. Lastly and i feel the biggest problem with bandaging is it take a large amount of time, effort and money. This means that i am likely to not change the bandage as often as needed to keep clean, minimum once daily (probably hourly if the duck is out with the flock). With the bandageless method my ducks actualy get more treatments and, shocker, as a result heal faster.
For the initial treatment i grab the duck and asses the foot, if there is a big giant scab, usualy on the heel and i palpate and it feels off, usualy hard ( the swolen part of the heel not the scab itself feels hard) i will usualy come back later after the duck has been swimming or soak it myself, then pull the wet scab and extract the core if there is one. If no giant scab (as your original pictures show) then i skip that step and spray the foot with vetracin. An old toothbrush works well to work it in, hold the duck for 5 minuets to let the antiseptic work then let her go, you can do that daily but i have seen good progress with only 3x a week.
.. thankfully though she does not limping or wabbling. She is eating and drinking normally.
.. just to make sure though these are the areas I should focus right?
