Hi,
Does anyone have experience with bumblefoot that you didn't discover until later (than you would have liked)? Our hen is 4.5 yrs old, otherwise healthy, with an abscess on bottom (and top) of her foot that we only noticed a few weeks ago when she started limping. We tried home treatment for a few weeks - removing the scab/plug and trying to clean out wound (the loose cottage cheese-y stuff) but there wasn't a clear removal / open cavern when we cut away the top scab. It was more like solid yellow stuff (which even the vet (saw vet yesterday) couldn't say for sure if it was "kernel" or damaged (possibly necrotic) tissue). We treated with epsom salt soaks, alternating between iodine and chlorine dioxide to clean, and bandaging with neosporin. Seemed to be getting better - she stopped limping pretty quickly (and otherwise seemed normal - appetite, roaming) - but a few weeks later now and she's clearly in pain when standing and a bit unsteady. We took her to vet yesterday to get antibiotics. Vet examined but didn't do anything to the wound. She noted swelling - subtle - in her leg, suggesting the infection might have already spread - be in her bones. She suggested an anti-inflammatory injection which we rejected bc suppressing symptoms often does not help healing in the long run, even if it helps comfort in the short term. So we are giving her the antibiotic and continuing soaking and treating her foot - and giving her treats and hoping the antibiotic can turn it around. Anyone have experience with bumblefoot when it reaches a later stage? Prognosis?
You can see the pink swelling - and also another bumblefoot plug by her other toe.
Thanks,
Courtney
Does anyone have experience with bumblefoot that you didn't discover until later (than you would have liked)? Our hen is 4.5 yrs old, otherwise healthy, with an abscess on bottom (and top) of her foot that we only noticed a few weeks ago when she started limping. We tried home treatment for a few weeks - removing the scab/plug and trying to clean out wound (the loose cottage cheese-y stuff) but there wasn't a clear removal / open cavern when we cut away the top scab. It was more like solid yellow stuff (which even the vet (saw vet yesterday) couldn't say for sure if it was "kernel" or damaged (possibly necrotic) tissue). We treated with epsom salt soaks, alternating between iodine and chlorine dioxide to clean, and bandaging with neosporin. Seemed to be getting better - she stopped limping pretty quickly (and otherwise seemed normal - appetite, roaming) - but a few weeks later now and she's clearly in pain when standing and a bit unsteady. We took her to vet yesterday to get antibiotics. Vet examined but didn't do anything to the wound. She noted swelling - subtle - in her leg, suggesting the infection might have already spread - be in her bones. She suggested an anti-inflammatory injection which we rejected bc suppressing symptoms often does not help healing in the long run, even if it helps comfort in the short term. So we are giving her the antibiotic and continuing soaking and treating her foot - and giving her treats and hoping the antibiotic can turn it around. Anyone have experience with bumblefoot when it reaches a later stage? Prognosis?
You can see the pink swelling - and also another bumblefoot plug by her other toe.
Thanks,
Courtney
. I didn't do anything about it(I didn't know what to do) and I eventually culled her.
