Exhausted from caring for bumblefoot

[Whitsr]

Photo 1 - Ducks foot today
Photo 2 - after soak, scab rubbed off but still swollen. Healthy tissue underneath. No infection present. Is this going to go down? It has looked good before but healed over dark and protruding like image one.

Photo 2 & 3 - not sure what the deal is with these. They were healing normal color. Photo 4 is two days earlier. Do I need to remove the scabs yet again? I think there's healthy tissue underneath

 

[ruthhope]

Personally, I would leave these dry bumbles now to heal. Your duck may limp for a short time, but should get back to normal gait as they heal.

I feel your pain and exhaustion and I am sure your duck has had enough, too. I have a pekin with a dry bumble this spring. Limping, dark localized swelling under foot, no joint or bone tenderness and no infection coming out with epsom salt soaks and incising the lump. My boy was very distressed by the soaks and squeezing the lumps. So I let him be. He continued to limp for quite a few weeks, and always stood on one leg with the other pulled up. I checked him frequently to be sure he wasnt getting an abscess with pus in it and that his bones and joints were OK. He gradually stopped standing on one leg and for the last month has not been limping. I think we only need to intervene when there is pus in the lump that can be excised.

Just keep a close eye on your duck's feet to be sure that the bumble isnt getting worse

 

[Whitsr]

Personally, I would leave these dry bumbles now to heal. Your duck may limp for a short time, but should get back to normal gait as they heal.

I feel your pain and exhaustion and I am sure your duck has had enough, too. I have a pekin with a dry bumble this spring. Limping, dark localized swelling under foot, no joint or bone tenderness and no infection coming out with epsom salt soaks and incising the lump. My boy was very distressed by the soaks and squeezing the lumps. So I let him be. He continued to limp for quite a few weeks, and always stood on one leg with the other pulled up. I checked him frequently to be sure he wasnt getting an abscess with pus in it and that his bones and joints were OK. He gradually stopped standing on one leg and for the last month has not been limping. I think we only need to intervene when there is pus in the lump that can be excised.

Just keep a close eye on your duck's feet to be sure that the bumble isnt getting worse

Thanks for sharing!!

 

[McChooky]

Bumblefoot is a staph infection and can spread to other tissue underneath the skin even bone.Sometimes they need to be treated in wire cages off the ground so the wound stays dry and clean .
I wrapped my chickens feet a month after removing the core and it never came back.Unless the hole is healed over and the skin is pink the staph infection isn't gone.Reapply bandages every 3 days until the abscess is healed

 

[McChooky]

Photo 1 - Ducks foot today
Photo 2 - after soak, scab rubbed off but still swollen. Healthy tissue underneath. No infection present. Is this going to go down? It has looked good before but healed over dark and protruding like image one.

Photo 2 & 3 - not sure what the deal is with these. They were healing normal color. Photo 4 is two days earlier. Do I need to remove the scabs yet again? I think there's healthy tissue underneath

Soaking their feet and taking another photo might help to determine if its healing properly.It should be bandaged after removing the core to keep it clean and aid healing