Bumblefoot, New Ideas on Treatment with pictures

[Inmybackyard]

Did you use regular vetericyn or Verteicyn VF ??? Thanks.

 

[Haunted55]

Did you use regular vetericyn or Verteicyn VF ??? Thanks.

I didn't, I just used the colorless iodine.

 

[Inmybackyard]

I am going to try this. Wish me luck.

 

[Haunted55]

I am going to try this. Wish me luck.

Luck...but if you do this, you won't need it. Just remember, if the leg feels warm get the bird onto an antibiotic right away. Staph is a really nasty infection and if it gets to the bones, it's almost impossible to get rid of.

 

[aart]

@Haunted55 what's the diff between colorless and red iodine and why is it important in this application?

 

[Amiga]

Pardon me for answering, but in case Haunted55 is not nearby -

From what I remember, the clear iodine also has ammonia in it. The clear seems to move into the tissue much faster and more than the brown iodine. So the clear enables us to get at the kernel of the infection without cutting.

 

[nightowl223]

I hope this isn't so old no one notices that can answer.

There are multiple types of clear iodine. The type at WalMart and Walgreens, a Humco product, has alcohol and potassium iodine (and other stuff) in it. The type at many health food store places (like here: drclarkstore.com/white-iodine-4-fl-oz/) is only water and potassium iodine. I would really like to know, because I have a young pullet that has what I'm positive is a staph/bumblefoot type infection on the back of her neck, in the top layer of skin.

 

[Haunted55]

I bought mine at Wally World [WalMart], I don't think it matters where you get it, just use it.

 

[Haunted55]

While you are at it, would you put up a picture of the sore? It matters.

 

[nightowl223]

Next time I clean her, I will get some more pictures. Tomorrow would be the day I normally do it.