Cochin Cross Roo Limping Badly

[frankie088]

Just noticed our young roo limping -- they free range during the day and go into the coop at night but he's been fine up until today. All day he stayed close to the house instead of going into the woods with the others. We can't see any evidence of bumble foot though we did soak him for about 20 mins in an epsom salts bath anyway, just in case. Afterwards, we inspected for cuts, scabs, etc, and really can't see anything obvious -- of course, we're not accustomed to inspecting his feet so I'm not sure we'd know if there was anything out of the ordinary. Gave him 3 cc of colloidal silver just now so if there is infection, it should help him fight it off. We're going to keep him in a small cage to limit his movement to see if that helps too. Any other advice for us??

 

[dawg53]

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Bumblefoot is usually located on the bottom of their feet as a dark in color circular scab. Mostly likely he has jumped down from a high roost or something and sprained or pulled something in his leg...there may or may not be swelling involved. Rest and relaxation is best, limiting his movements and putting him in a cage is a good idea, giving time for the injury to heal properly. Make sure he has food and water. Sometimes these types of injuries can take a few days to heal or months to heal. Sometimes they never heal depending on the severity, but they manage to hobble around on one leg and pretty much live out normal lives. If you wish, you can buy vitamin B complex tablets at a pharmacy and crush a tablet into powder and sprinkle the powder into his feed...it may help to speed up the healing process. If he starts stressing out in the cage, provide him a scrambled egg mixed with plain yogurt or buttermilk. The scrambled egg for extra protein to keep his strength up and the yogurt or buttermilk as probiotics to help his immune system. Good luck.

 

[frankie088]

Thanks so much for the advice -- so far he's not stressing in the cage so we're just going to keep trying to give him as much time immobilized as possible to allow him to heal. My daughter just wishes he'd stop crowing because he's in HER room! Will make a note of other remedies in case we need them. Thanks so much!!!