HELP!!! What is this??

[Eggcessive]

Just to clarify, I should NOT do bumblefoot surgery? I have no problems doing that as I have before in the past.

I would soak them, clean them up, and treat them with the sugardine or antibiotic ointment at first. Use your own judgement on surgery. It may be necessary, but if there is infection in the joint, the antibiotics will hopefully help. I will tag @coach723 for any opinion on surgery.

 

[coach723]

I would do as @Eggcessive has described first. See if the swelling comes down, and if it starts to look better. As swollen as it is, I would do the soaks, topical treatments and the oral antibiotics. I have had very good results with sugardine on some bad bumblefoot cases, but it may be hard to get it to stay on that foot since the swelling is kind of all over. I would try the ointment first, be liberal with it and work it into any openings in the skin. Reapply as needed. Give it a few days of that, if possible, and see how things are looking. If it starts looking much worse, then you can reassess. I would not be surprised if a lot of that crusty stuff on the bottom comes off with repeated soakings and cleanings, I wouldn't force it, but if it comes off then that is probably a good thing.

 

[daisyag13]

I would do as @Eggcessive has described first. See if the swelling comes down, and if it starts to look better. As swollen as it is, I would do the soaks, topical treatments and the oral antibiotics. I have had very good results with sugardine on some bad bumblefoot cases, but it may be hard to get it to stay on that foot since the swelling is kind of all over. I would try the ointment first, be liberal with it and work it into any openings in the skin. Reapply as needed. Give it a few days of that, if possible, and see how things are looking. If it starts looking much worse, then you can reassess. I would not be surprised if a lot of that crusty stuff on the bottom comes off with repeated soakings and cleanings, I wouldn't force it, but if it comes off then that is probably a good thing.

Ok thank you both for your help! We soaked her for about 30 mins this time as I was getting the dog crate cleaned and ready for her. I basically just threw the book at her. Soaked in soapy water with a little betadine and chlorohexidine as well as epsom salts. Her foot smells something awful! It did seem to look better after her soak though, and as you said, looks like some of the scab/skin will peel off on its own from the bottom of her foot. Sprayed with chlorohexadine solution, betadine, covered in neosporin, and did the sugardine paste too. Bandaged it all up, gave her the oral antibiotics, and we'll see how she looks in a couple of days.
What's crazy is that even though it looks so bad, she was walking completely fine on it in the coop yesterday before we treated her! She's a little more tender on it now that we've soaked and sprayed it.