HELP! Blood on foot

[coturnixxx8]

Hi, My fattest coturnix hen has large swellings under her feet and one of her foot's swelling is dripping blood. My 4 other quails doesn't seem to have that problem. They have ½-½" hardware cloth on two thirds of their enclosure and hard floor with pine shavings on one thirds of their enclosure. I have noticed that she is the one that always preferred to stay on the floored section with the pine shavings. I had them for a week now and before that, their previous owner didn't use hardware cloth floor. I didn't notice any blood the day before and I am very afraid that the bleeding foot will get infected. I have put in a piece of anti-slip plastic sheet on top of the hardware cloth section so her feet can be less irritated from the wired floor. I don't know if it's the hardware cloth that caused the bleeding in the first place. What should I do to treat the bleeding foot?

 

[CrazyChickenDude]

Do you think she stepped on anything sharp, like glass, a nail, etc? You might want to keep her inside on clean bedding with food and water so the wound doesn't get infected. If it gets bad, you might want to take her to the vet.

 

[The Phantom]

Do you have a picture? Bumble foot?

 

[coturnixxx8]

this is her feet at different angles.

 

[The Phantom]

Looks like she may have scratched it a little. I would clean it up and keep her out of dirty areas for a couple of days.

 

[coturnixxx8]

should I separate her from the other? I have another cage with flat floors.

 

[The Phantom]

should I separate her from the other? I have another cage with flat floors.

Good idea

 

[CrazyChickenDude]

Okay I have her in a separate flat bottom cage with clean pine shavings, food, water. Does the feet look bad enough that I should clean it or do anything to it? Thanks

Maybe wrap it up in a bandage. Make it so it breathes and not too tight. This will keep blood flowing in her foot and keep it cleaner! Also, the industrial cloth can be irritating to birds with sensitive feet, and need to get used to it by "levelling up" on rough surfaces. Like when it's spring and your feet are sensitive to rough ground, it takes getting used to it.

 

[danceswithronin]

Looks like bumblefoot to me. To prevent it you've got to give the birds places to get off the wire (sounds like you have) and also keep what wire/hardware cloth you have in the enclosure very clean by disinfecting it.

For this one, I'd keep it on soft bedding for awhile until the feet heal, soak the feet in Epsom salt baths, and rub some Neosporin without painkiller into the feet until it is absorbed. I'd do that every day and keep a special eye on that quail to make sure it doesn't develop septicemia.

 

[Erkenstein]

Also watch that other quail don't get interested in the wound and start pecking.