Bumblefoot in ducks who do not like to be handled

[TheStooges]

I did keep them outside, yes. I took mine to 2 different vets and neither advised me to keep them in.

Oh good news!! Thank you. They’ll be much happier out there.

 

[KaleIAm]

For my duck, I never got the bumbles out. I treated my duck with baytril (enrofloxacin) for five days. I could have cut it open, but I was worried about making things worse. You will still need to keep an eye on it, but the baytril will kill everything in there. The dosage is 0.05ml per lb of duck.

You can get baytril without a prescription, and the enrofloxacin generic form is cheaper.

https://allbirdproducts.com/products/enrofloxacin-10?variant=15642988904566

I choose mainly to treat with the antibiotics because nothing else was worked well for me. I still do the soaking, to help with the inflammation and help heal. I just don't worry if the scab comes off. It can still come back and be a problem either way.

My vet also gives me antibiotics for bumblefoot. I've never "cut it out," either but my ducks' bumbles were also minor.

 

[Quatie]

My vet also gives me antibiotics for bumblefoot. I've never "cut it out," either but my ducks' bumbles were also minor.

Oh great! They really are seeming so much better and I feel like getting the scabs off would be so invasive. They’re not lifted at all, they’re at skin level. I’ll continue to keep an eye on it and continue treatment. I have been giving them baytril for two days now and will continue

Mine was pretty bad. I had some sharp metal on the property that I didn't realize was there till I ran a magnet on the ground. Here is the link to my thread. You can see what it looked like and all I learned.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/bumblefoot-help-needed.1426329/

 

[KaleIAm]

Mine was pretty bad. I had some sharp metal on the property that I didn't realize was there till I ran a magnet on the ground. Here is the link to my thread. You can see what it looked like and all I learned.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/bumblefoot-help-needed.1426329/

Thanks for the link! That was very interesting!