Bumblefoot- what happened?

[Eckielady]

Our rooster has a very swollen leg with a pretty big Bumblefoot on the bottom. We watched a bunch of videos and tried to fix it tonight. It didn’t go well and we don’t know what to do. We tried the “soak in epsom and just pop it out” method but that only got the scab off. So we went to the “give it a little cut and it will pop out” method we saw on a few videos. Our rooster bled and bled and bled. It looks like a massacre in here and we couldn’t get much to pop out. What do we do? We’ve got the foot wrapped right now but I’m beyond stressed thinking we’ve really hurt him. No core type piece popped out but some gunk did come out. I’ll post a pic of what it looked like right after the scab came off.

Please help!! We’ve got some water in with him with electrolytes and Nutra-Drench.

 

[pennyJo1960]

They bleed allot did you get cheese type goop out and do you have neosporin triple antibiotic no pain killer ?

 

[pennyJo1960]

I do not think you did anything wrong okay

 

[pennyJo1960]

Stuff it with neosporin or triple antibiotic then bandage do that once a day if possible about a week so you have done all right so far

 

[Eckielady]

So do we just keep digging every day? I don’t think we got it all but nothing was moving in there and the amount of blood was insane. All of these stupid YouTube videos showed little to no blood.

 

[Duckfarmer1]

That happened to us once once...I was a wreck...I thought I cut a healthy duck for no reason..well..after like three days of rewrapping and care..I couldn’t tell him from his brother..he was fine! Hopefully you got it all...tomorrow when you redress it..look for the base of the infection and you may have to did a bit more...you can do it..you are helping him..

 

[pennyJo1960]

Well that is u tube probably no more digging watch to see if the swelling goes down now just keep triple antibiotic in it now

 

[Eckielady]

We didn’t get Neosporin back on it because it was bleeding so bad It wouldn’t have stayed. Will he be okay until morning and we can check and put it on again? We had some on earlier.

 

[Ebony Rose]

Cheesy goop is the infection and it needs to come out. You should wear waterproof gloves while working on his feet, as bumblefoot is a staph infection, and can be transferred to humans. Daily soak in very warm (comfortable on inside of your wrist when submerged) water for about 20 minutes with epsom salts added if you have them, and popping the scab off daily and giving the wound a firm squeeze (like you would a blackhead) until you're convinced that there's simply no more "cheese" in there. Triple antibiotic ointment (without pain reliever in it as the "caine" type of pain relief that humans enjoy can kill your bird) in and on the wound. I personally do not cover the wound, but if you decide to cover it, that 'sports tape' at the pharmacy or sporting goods store is an excellent option to make him a little "bootie" as it sticks to itself very well, but won't 'glue' itself to your birds skin and cause additional injury or pain when removing it. One BABY aspirin (81mg) popped into the back of his mouth twice daily for pain. Head and foot wounds bleed like crazy on chickens. Styptic pencil or styptic powder (men's shaving supplies at pharmacy or some feed stores) will stop the bleeding quickly. Hang in there, you're definitely on the right track.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Yes he will be good till morning you are doing super remember that please