Chronic foot infection- trying to avoid second surgery

[alinas2010]

Sorry- I meant the other side of the same foot. But, I'm impressed with the sugardine healing the abscess. Thank you so much- I will keep you posted, I feel like the stress is going through the anesthesia and hopefully the debridement isn't too much.

Good luck with surgery today

 

[muscovylove]

Hey there, so her surgery went fine but the vet believes the infection is in the joint. She had a very frank discussion with me- she believes the infection will come back. 2 major restrictions are cost for a bacterial test to know exactly what bacteria is in her foot- it's $600!!! The other is restrictions on antibiotics since she is a chicken vs a pigeon or parrot. I did connect with someone who has had a lot of experience with bumblefoot and they recommended adding Baytril to the clavamox routine she'll be on, hitting gram positive and gram negative bacteria. I was able to order some and it will arrive Monday.
I'm totally maxed out money wise with her unfortunately. There is another $1000 procedure where they inject antibiotics directly into her joint, but there is no guarantee with that either.
Does anyone have experience with amputation of a foot? I know that sounds horrible. The vet clinic will absolutely not entertain it. They believe it cuts the quality of life down way too much and they don't do well with prosthetics.
Does anyone have experience using essential oils/herbs/vitamins/nutrition etc to help support healing from infections? I'm going to throw all the spaghetti on the wall for her as long as I can. She's a sweet girl and a real trooper.
Thank you everyone for reading updates and replying- I really really appreciate it.