Bumblefoot?

[PearlTheDuck]

Woke up this morning to my duck Maggie limping, checked her foot and found this huge lump, I'm sure it's bumble but just wanted to see what y'all thought. I soaked her in warm Epsom salt water for 30 minutes then sprayed it with vetericyn and wrapped it up this morning and I'm soaking her again right now, except I'm going to spray Microcyn poultry care on it, someone told me it works better than vetericyn so I went and bought it today. I feel horrible for her, she doesn't want to put any pressure on it, even when I soak her she tries to stand on one leg.

 

[Ravynscroft]

Yep, looks like it... not classic, but still bumble... clear iodine helps a lot better than anything else for bumblefoot...

 

[PearlTheDuck]

So I've looked everywhere in my town and i haven't been able to find the clear iodine (I'm just going to order some) but the spray I've got has been working, this morning while i was soaking her the scab fell off, i just sprayed stuff on her and wrapped it up. Do i need to try to get anything out of her foot? Is the spray the only thing i should be putting on it?

 

[Miss Lydia]

What did you see? Pus in poultry is thick and yellowish so you may have to take some sterile tweezer and pull the plug out or it may just be a hole with nothing in it I have seen both. You can pack it with antibiotic ointment or spray? Just keep as clean as possible till hole is filled in and healed.

 

[PearlTheDuck]

What did you see? Pus in poultry is thick and yellowish so you may have to take some sterile tweezer and pull the plug out or it may just be a hole with nothing in it I have seen both. You can pack it with antibiotic ointment or spray? Just keep as clean as possible till hole is filled in and healed.

I'm soaking her right now, and I'm guessing all that on her foot needs to come out

 

[PearlTheDuck]

Well, turns out that it is just skin hanging there, so if there was pus I guess it came off with the scab and I think it drained on its own throughout the day

 

[Ravynscroft]

Do you have a pic after it came off? Pus isn't liquid in poultry, usually...

 

[PearlTheDuck]

Do you have a pic after it came off? Pus isn't liquid in poultry, usually...

That picture above is after the scab came off

 

[Ravynscroft]

That picture above is after the scab came off

That needs to be removed... redness on the side is an indicator of irritation/infection... and that is the plug...

 

[PearlTheDuck]

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That needs to be removed... redness on the side is an indicator of irritation/infection... and that is the plug...

Thats what i thought it was too, I soaked her for 30 minutes and went to remove it and it is actually skin, I'll take a better picture in the morning