Bumblefoot Question (Photos)

[Isaac 0]

I tried the vet wrap contraption, and she slid right out of it any other way to bandage it? Can I apply an actual bandage or gauze with vet/athletic tape? I tried the YouTube methods I’ve seen and she’s so squirmy, she slides right out. I don’t want it to hurt her when I pull it off, but I don’t know how else to get it to stick to her. Especially when they run through the sprinklers or get into any kind of water or wet ground.

Have you read this?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/wrapping-feet.1255043/

 

[AzDuck]

Have you read this?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/wrapping-feet.1255043/

I just read the thread. I will try again in a few days when my husband is back to help hold, as I’ve found it’s nearly impossible on my own haha. He is a fireman so his shifts have him away for quite awhile, but he will be back on Friday. We are determined to make this wrap work!
Thank you again!!

 

[Isaac 0]

I just read the thread. I will try again in a few days when my husband is back to help hold, as I’ve found it’s nearly impossible on my own haha. He is a fireman so his shifts have him away for quite awhile, but he will be back on Friday. We are determined to make this wrap work!
Thank you again!!

Best of luck with it, make sure to keep us posted!

 

[KaleIAm]

I just read the thread. I will try again in a few days when my husband is back to help hold, as I’ve found it’s nearly impossible on my own haha. He is a fireman so his shifts have him away for quite awhile, but he will be back on Friday. We are determined to make this wrap work!
Thank you again!!

I can not wrap my ducks feet to save my life. That's why I bought duck boots. I also found that when my duck drinks the water slides down her body and into the boots, making her feet wet and pruney. So I only had her wear boots overnight when they have no water. During the day I let her go "barefoot," and she still healed up. I don't know if that's the best way to go about it.

 

[KaleIAm]

I’d love to see! We definitely need to figure out a siphoning method due to how often we change the water. Thank you

Here is our pool. It is on a pallet. My partner drilled a hole in the bottom and installed a drainage hose for me that pipes the water about 10 or 15 feet away from the aviary. If you are interested in building something like this I'll get him to explain how he did it and what tools he used. I've been using it for over 4 years now. It doesn't leak and it works so well!!

 

[AzDuck]

I can not wrap my ducks feet to save my life. That's why I bought duck boots. I also found that when my duck drinks the water slides down her body and into the boots, making her feet wet and pruney. So I only had her wear boots overnight when they have no water. During the day I let her go "barefoot," and she still healed up. I don't know if that's the best way to go about it.

I’m sorry to hear that! But also happy to hear that it still cleared up. I have been moving my babies our to our backyard every day now to give them a shot at healing up naturally (it’s all soft grass). Hopefully the little ones that just have cracks can heal on their own.

I’m hoping maybe I caught it soon enough that I have a shot at getting a handle on it. I am unable to do daily treatments on my own, and my husband is a fireman and works 48-72hr shift so I’ve got to use him while I have him here lol! I’ve just been trying to keep their pool water and the grass as clean as I can.

 

[AzDuck]

Here is our pool. It is on a pallet. My partner drilled a hole in the bottom and installed a drainage hose for me that pipes the water about 10 or 15 feet away from the aviary. If you are interested in building something like this I'll get him to explain how he did it and what tools he used. I've been using it for over 4 years now. It doesn't leak and it works so well!!

That looks awesome!! I will have to show it to my husband when he gets home. He may just have another project on his hands. I never thought of using pallets. Do you get snow? If so, how do they hold up?

 

[KaleIAm]

That looks awesome!! I will have to show it to my husband when he gets home. He may just have another project on his hands. I never thought of using pallets. Do you get snow? If so, how do they hold up?

We get very little snow. Last year we got a foot and it stuck around for 2 weeks. We were very surprised and people didn't go to work. Lol. It did hold up perfectly though!

Really, you could use anything safe and effective to raise the pool up a few inches so the drainage pipe can come out the bottom. I think we just had a pallet handy.

You can see in the photo that the pool came with a drain in the side, near the bottom. But it couldn't fully drain. Maybe that's not a problem when it is used for horses to drink from. But when my ducks poop in it all day it is a problem!

 

[AzDuck]

We get very little snow. Last year we got a foot and it stuck around for 2 weeks. We were very surprised and people didn't go to work. Lol. It did hold up perfectly though!

Really, you could use anything safe and effective to raise the pool up a few inches so the drainage pipe can come out the bottom. I think we just had a pallet handy.

You can see in the photo that the pool came with a drain in the side, near the bottom. But it couldn't fully drain. Maybe that's not a problem when it is used for horses to drink from. But when my ducks poop in it all day it is a problem!

Wow! Two weeks is awhile for snow to stick around!! We get a decent amount of snow for being in Arizona, but our weather is so wishy washy that it usually melts off in a few days.
We have quite a few pallets and left over 2x4’s from building our coop/run earlier this year.
And I’m surprised you even found a tank with a drain!! We can’t seem to find one...only the kind we have to drill into and find the correct attachment. We have plenty of tanks for our horses, maybe we should use one of those!

 

[AzDuck]

I know... It was really nice to have the rocks. We had this fabulous drainage system with pea gravel and river rock. It was so clean!!

They just said it was too hard for their feet to stand on. That wild ducks don't spend nearly the same time on their feet, and when they do they are on grass or dirt. I was sure it wasn't going to solve the issue, but I figured since I was spending thousands of dollars at the vet I should do what they told me.

Do you use wood chips in their coop?

I meant to ask you something! I hope that’s okay.

I just put new large flake pine shavings in their actual run for the time being while we decide what type of ground cover to use for the winter. I know the shavings are a poor permanent option because they’ll just get soaked, but it was an impulse lol.

Why did you ask if I had the shavings in the coop? Did your vet say that’s okay? I had so many that I ended up filling their coop with it too. It seems really