HELP - I don’t want her to lose her leg!

[korpse]

Hey everyone!
I quite the stressful situation.
My chicken got frostbite on her feet and so we took her in and began caring for her.
BUT THEN it got gnarly.
I took her to a vet, and they told me the frostbite turned into bumblefoot. On one leg she has a bumblefoot lesion up towards her elbow/knee joint that the vet says has began making circulation to the rest of the leg difficult. The other leg has nothing, but that foot has multiple bumblefoot lesions.


The vet prescribed antibiotics to inject daily and some to put in her water. She’s also having me soak her legs/feet daily in warm epsom salt water for 30 minutes and then wrap her feet and legs with cotton gauze. She told me to wrap the leg lesions loose to make sure we don’t cut off even more circulation to the rest of her leg.
It’s been about 5 days and it looks like her foot is healing, but the leg lesion is concerning me - I’m really scared she’s going to lose that leg. What can I do to make sure she won’t lose her leg??

The pictures are few days old
I feel like the leg lesion is a little bigger now

 

[Egg Snatcher]

Hey everyone!
I quite the stressful situation.
My chicken got frostbite on her feet and so we took her in and began caring for her.
BUT THEN it got gnarly.
I took her to a vet, and they told me the frostbite turned into bumblefoot. On one leg she has a bumblefoot lesion up towards her elbow/knee joint that the vet says has began making circulation to the rest of the leg difficult. The other leg has nothing, but that foot has multiple bumblefoot lesions.


The vet prescribed antibiotics to inject daily and some to put in her water. She’s also having me soak her legs/feet daily in warm epsom salt water for 30 minutes and then wrap her feet and legs with cotton gauze. She told me to wrap the leg lesions loose to make sure we don’t cut off even more circulation to the rest of her leg.
It’s been about 5 days and it looks like her foot is healing, but the leg lesion is concerning me - I’m really scared she’s going to lose that leg. What can I do to make sure she won’t lose her leg??

The pictures are few days old
I feel like the leg lesion is a little bigger now
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The foot is to far gone. It’ll fall off if infection doesn’t kill her.

You see how the the foot and most of the leg is a darker color and more skinny the the rest of her leg. That means the foot and most of the leg is dead.

 

[korpse]

The foot is to far gone. It’ll fall off if infection doesn’t kill her.
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You see how the the foot and most of the leg is a darker color and more skinny the the rest of her leg. That means the foot and most of the leg is dead.

That’s what my fear was I’m kind of hoping for a miracle

 

[korpse]

Just trying to bump this thread back upppp

 

[samanthaoverton]

Maybe petroleum and wrap it loosely? I know they have moist wound healing for humans.. I cut my hand really bad several years ago and didn't get stitches. It healed beautifully. I used petroleum and wrapped it..I'm just spit balling here. I'm no expert ..I'm sorry about your bird

 

[Sally PB]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/matilda-is-going-to-lose-her-feet.1454933/#post-24221957

This thread documents a chicken losing her feet to frostbite. You might find something helpful in it. Good luck!

 

[korpse]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/matilda-is-going-to-lose-her-feet.1454933/#post-24221957

This thread documents a chicken losing her feet to frostbite. You might find something helpful in it. Good luck!

Thank you! I’ll look at it!

 

[korpse]

Maybe petroleum and wrap it loosely? I know they have moist wound healing for humans.. I cut my hand really bad several years ago and didn't get stitches. It healed beautifully. I used petroleum and wrapped it..I'm just spit balling here. I'm no expert ..I'm sorry about your bird

I get nervous using petroleum, I’d be too scared it’d seal the infection in

 

[TheOddOneOut]

I believe her whole leg is gone.

 

[samanthaoverton]

You can always rinse it with a saline solution then take petroleum to it..it will clean it but won't cause pain. Oh and there are recipes to make diy saline solution. Again no expert.

I get nervous using petroleum, I’d be too scared it’d seal the infection in