I’ve had ducks for only 4 months but it seems they are prone to foot injuries. My ducks have pine shavings in their house that I add to every day or two before I clean it all out every week and their run consists of aged wood chips from last year. They’re not sharp like fresh ones. I saw one of my boys limping and standing on one foot yesterday so I checked the foot in question this morning and this is what I found:
Along the central toe there seem to be two small bulges, one with a yellowish skin over it and the other with a slightly darker one. I did an epsom foot soak and tried removing the scab/skin but to no avail. I tried slight pressure but no pus came out so I just put on some iodine followed by antibiotic. I also found this on the other foot:
Is this bumblefoot? This isn’t the leg that seemed problematic. But I treated it the same nonetheless and no pus either. Please advise how I should proceed. Thank you!
Along the central toe there seem to be two small bulges, one with a yellowish skin over it and the other with a slightly darker one. I did an epsom foot soak and tried removing the scab/skin but to no avail. I tried slight pressure but no pus came out so I just put on some iodine followed by antibiotic. I also found this on the other foot:
Is this bumblefoot? This isn’t the leg that seemed problematic. But I treated it the same nonetheless and no pus either. Please advise how I should proceed. Thank you!
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