bumblefoot treatment for 3 yo hen Please help.

[SpideyCents]

There is this stuff called vetericyn...available in pet stores and amazon. They have vet formula called VF that is the best but they are all great products! Read reviews on amazon. The have canine feline and general animal formulas. It comes in wound spray, eye gel, & ear spray. Read the reviews on Amazon....this stuff heals everything and anything. I even use it for myself...they will be coming out with a human formula soon but I am sure it will cost more per FDA costs. I would use the wound spray several times a day for the infectious and healing part. This stuff kills everything bad !!! even mers Good Luck!!!

 

[7hensandaroo]

Thank you everyone.
My hen had no swelling on the top of her foot. It looked perfectly normal. All the swelling was on the middle pad all at the bottom not quite the size of a bite size "snicker bar" (couldn't think of a better comparison) maybe a tad smaller than that but very hard, not squishy at all. Nothing came out but blood and of course that black scab. I saw white strings, but all looked healthy to me.

Is it best just to give her a few days and feed her and hydrate her. She doesn't seem to want to drink. I will use a syringe for that with electrolyes. or should I go back and make a perpindicular incision and see if stuff comes out?

THanks again.

Ohhh... I used a 28 guage 1/2 inch needle Do you think this was long enough to get into the muscle for the penicillin? I went directly into the breast

 

[Blue CopperHen]

No, i would wait. If there isnt any swelling on top and you dug as much as you did, i would wait and continue with follow up care. I saw improvement in my hen in a week. I ditto the Vetrocyn. Its pretty awesome stuff.

 

[7hensandaroo]

She actually looks pretty good this morning. She was actually standing on the leg. I will change dressing tonight,assess, and give it a couple days if she continues to improve.

I did all the work out in our garage and we disinfected all the tools in alcohol to make it as "sterile" as possible.Then sprayed area with Hydrogen peroxide.

 

[Janet Pesaturo]

The white strings are her tendons. You said in 1st post you thought she was dehydrated. Bleeding will only exacerbate that, so I would focus now on hydration.

For future reference, if there is no swelling on the top of the foot, and if it looks like classic bumblefoot, I have had excellent results with soaking in TricideNeo dissolved in distilled water for 5 minutes a day for several days or longer, depending on the size of the abscess. This is a painless and easy treatment for the bird. I used this for the 3 cases I've had, and all 3 recovered completely without recurrence. The easiest one took just a few days to totally clear, and the worst one took 3 weeks. Now I keep TricideNeo powder on hand, and check any bird that appears to be limping even slightly. The earlier you catch it, the easier it is to treat.

 

[7hensandaroo]

Thank you Janet.
Where do I find Tricideneo?

I will obviously have to let it heal first, then soak? or can Tricideneo be used on an open wound?
I will focus on hydration in the time being.

Thanks.

 

[Janet Pesaturo]

TricideNeo is used for staph ulcers on koi fish, so you buy where koi pond supplies are sold. For example:
http://www.koiacres.com/koi-acres-products/tricide-neo.html

I have not used it on an open wound because I have never done bumblefoot surgery, but since it is used on open ulcers on koi fish, it might be okay on a chicken's open wound. Since you did do the surgery, I think I would wait to see what it looks like. It is an antibiotic that comes as a powder, you mix with DISTILLED water, and the solution is good for a week. It comes in a packet that makes 1 gallon, but I use 1/4 of the powder and mix 1 quart at a time. A quart lasts for about a week, if you use a little each day to soak thefoot. Discard what you used after each soak. Keep the unused powder in its packet and close it tightly. It's expensive but it stretches, and it worked so well for me and so easy and painless that I keep it on hand.

Your chicken has been through a lot, so I would probably wait a bit and see what the foot looks like before soaking. Keep her calm and comfortable and make sure she drinks a lot.

 

[7hensandaroo]

We changed the dressing for the first time tonight. She has had her third dose of injected penicillin. Her comb is still limp with dark red edges in the posterior part.

The second picture shows how raised her pad is but feels firm, no squishyness at all. I think the gray color are the ends of the tendons that got cut, but I'm not sure if the gray color is normal.
Please help with any advice.
She acts perky, eating good but not drinking much. She is putting weight on the effected foot better than before the surgery.

 

[Janet Pesaturo]

Can she move her toes? If so, I don't think you cut the tendons. Tendons connect muscle to bone, so that muscle contraction results in flexion at the joints. I cannot comment on the appearance of the foot now, since I have not done bumblefoot surgery, but if you open her up again, be very careful to avoid cutting tendons.

 

[7hensandaroo]

She can move her toes just fine.
I just don't know what the gray color is.
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