Duck Bumblefoot - how long?

[Miss Lydia]

Keep Calcium gluconate on hand for egg issues 1 ml usually takes care of problems. oyster shell always available too. During real hot weather it’s normal for them to cut back on laying.

 

[McChics]

I’ll snap a pic of her foot tomorrow morning. The scab is not black but there is like an amber colored scab. She is showing some lethargic behavior. But not limping and falling. The middle toe looks great.

They come running when I have peas and am putting them up for the night. She showed very little interest tonight for the first time.

 

[McChics]

As of this morning here is her spot. I sent an email to the VET for their thoughts. Possibly move her to a different antibiotic or just keep observing her.

 

[jaykayhuff]

As of this morning here is her spot. I sent an email to the VET for their thoughts. Possibly move her to a different antibiotic or just keep observing her.

The side toe looks like bumble forming or right after it has been removed... is that a toe you’ve done surgery on?

 

[McChics]

The side toe looks like bumble forming or right after it has been removed... is that a toe you’ve done surgery on?

Yes. We did it several weeks ago. Didn’t her anything out of this one.

 

[jaykayhuff]

Yes. We did it several weeks ago. Didn’t her anything out of this one.

I’ve seen a few cases on here that did surgery and didn’t get anything but then weeks later another scab formed (some didn’t have scab the first time) and it went a lot smoother with just being able to soak and pull scab off with kernel. I’d let it keep forming into what it needs to and do the soaks or salve or both to draw it to surface.

 

[McChics]

The vet called us back - and called in a different antibiotic that we will start today. She said to go ahead and pull the scab, dig around...then wrap it up and apply LOCAL HONEY to the spot instead of ointment. She also said to use a tea with the Epsom salt treatment. So, will wrangle her back up today - make a new spot to keep her out of the pool and mud while she has a bandage on and do the scab pull...honey for a few days, and when it scabs back over will start letting her back in the yard without the wrap. All while getting her new meds.

 

[jaykayhuff]

The vet called us back - and called in a different antibiotic that we will start today. She said to go ahead and pull the scab, dig around...then wrap it up and apply LOCAL HONEY to the spot instead of ointment. She also said to use a tea with the Epsom salt treatment. So, will wrangle her back up today - make a new spot to keep her out of the pool and mud while she has a bandage on and do the scab pull...honey for a few days, and when it scabs back over will start letting her back in the yard without the wrap. All while getting her new meds.

Does your duck play dead while you work on it???

 

[McChics]

Does your duck play dead while you work on it???

She’s pretty well behaved during the process so far. But I’ve seen she is getting wise to the tall two legged beasts that both feed her and make her sit still during meds and Bumblefoot digging.

 

[McChics]

Soaked and the cut her open tonight. Was unable to get any hard kernels out of the spot. Just cut the scab, treated it and wrapped her up with antibiotic ointment. Don’t want to do the honey for fear of ants getting to her. Built a new isolation pen for her in my shop and set up an isolation area on the porch so she can see her sisters but can’t get into the mud and water for a few days.

my son took video. We will edit it all and hopefully post a full start to finish of this soon.