Foot infection

[ruby13326]

I bought this chicken like this, long story but I have a big heart and since I have cured bumblefoot in the past thought I could cure this. I tried the bumblefoot thing sans antibiotic, soaking in chlorahexadine, bagbalm, wrap. It wasn't working. I brought her to the vet, (a new vet, my old vet retired) who put her on an antibiotic and silvadene cream with instructions to debrid the wound as best I could so the silvadene cream could get to the tissue. Well, that didn't work and her feet got worse and swelled up with yellow pus. She switched antibiotics and we stopped the debridement and went to blue kote, that wasn't working. The vet told me the only way to really know what antibiotic would work would be to stop the antibiotic for 5 days, then get a culture. So I did and by the 5th day her feet are really swollen and smell and are warm to touch. My old vet had given me baytril to use to cure my bumblefoot and even though it was expired I have started using that, washing her feet each day, blue kot and bag balm and wrap. Day 6 we are maintaining, not getting worse, not really better. She is a lovely bird, I think a black austrolop, and still has spirit and is eating well. One other odd point, she has infection on the left side of her face, she gets scabs hear her eye, nose and ear. I pulled a scab from her nostril and it had yellow pus on it. The scabs are brown and crusty. She is also anemic, her face is very pale as is her comb. the culture shold come back this week. I just needed to post this because I thought there was someone else out there who has gone through this. She does not have chicken POX. She cannot walk really, uses her wings to help push her along. Any ideas would be helpful. She gets a probiotic in her water, and yogurt, spinnach( iron), strawberries, tomatoes, softened catfood for protein and beans. she has a companion chicken and both are living in the house. Any ideas would be helpful. Thanks.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

@Eggcessive @Wyorp Rock @azygous

 

[azygous]

I'm very glad you are having a vet see this hen. I can only guess, but it may be this began with scaly leg mites and progressed to a staph infection. Staphylococcus aureus is usually easily treated, but left untreated, it can become a systemic infection, and it can even lead to death if the bacteria infects her organs.

It would need to be treated aggressively, but let's wait until the culture comes back. Knowing what bacteria is eating at her tissues will inform what antibiotic is best to tackle it.

 

[ruby13326]

I'm very glad you are having a vet see this hen. I can only guess, but it may be this began with scaly leg mites and progressed to a staph infection. Staphylococcus aureus is usually easily treated, but left untreated, it can become a systemic infection, and it can even lead to death if the bacteria infects her organs.

It would need to be treated aggressively, but let's wait until the culture comes back. Knowing what bacteria is eating at her tissues will inform what antibiotic is best to tackle it.

Thanks, it's been two months treating her, I am getting pretty frustrated. I feel bad for her mostly but as long as she continues to eat and is perky I'll keep going

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Can you post some photos of her and her face and ears too?

How long has it been like this?
What's your temperatures?

Do you have photos of what the legs/feet looked like initially before you started treatments?

Does she have any lice/mites? Have you treated for lice/mites with something like Ivermectin?

 

[Auntiejessi3]

You're doing great! She's lucky to have you!

 

[ruby13326]

Can you post some photos of her and her face and ears too?

How long has it been like this?
What's your temperatures?

Do you have photos of what the legs/feet looked like initially before you started treatments?

Does she have any lice/mites? Have you treated for lice/mites with something like Ivermectin?

The picture above is what her feet looked like before treatment, this is what it looks like now. I didn't post the after because it just a lot more swollen and purple from the blu kote. There were some mites, not an infestation and some of the chickens she came with have scaly mites on their legs. I haven't seen any lice. I don't know what you mean by tempuratures, I have never taken a chicken's tempurature if that is what you mean. I'll go get some photos of her head. Thanks for posting.

 

[ruby13326]

You're doing great! She's lucky to have you!

Thanks, not sure, I think I'm finally loosing her.

 

[ruby13326]

The picture above is what her feet looked like before treatment, this is what it looks like now. I didn't post the after because it just a lot more swollen and purple from the blu kote. There were some mites, not an infestation and some of the chickens she came with have scaly mites on their legs. I haven't seen any lice. I don't know what you mean by tempuratures, I have never taken a chicken's tempurature if that is what you mean. I'll go get some photos of her head. Thanks for posting. She has a brown crusty lump behind her ear and another behind her eye. I also had picked some yellowish material from her nostril a week earlier, that also was sent as a sample for culture.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

Has the vet gotten back to you?