Enten4life
Songster
Hey everyone. First off, I really only ended up on these forums googling questions, but after being signed up for a short while I must say that this community is one of the most empathetic, caring, helpful groups I've ever been a part of. The knowledge and wisdom on here is wonderful. And everyone seems to be genuinely kind. So Thank you all.
Now onto my hopefully not standard bumblefoot post. the duck you see in my avatar is my sweet, precious Norbie. I incubated her, hatcher her, and raised her as my own. But now some background because the guilt I feel is real. Because she was the only egg that hatched in the clutch I had, she had to spend time at a friends house that had ducks because, frankly, her living in the house wasn't the best thing for her (or us). The chickens we have just didn't accept her so I knew we couldn't integrate. Worst of all, California had a band on getting her a sister or two. Several months later, she was able to come home and she has two duck sisters (and 5 chicken sisters). I noticed the classic bumblefoot lesions not long after she was back, but no major swelling and no changes in behavior. My friend lost her husband (he cleaned the pond)and so I know the pond they have was pretty filthy (visited her 3x a month) so maybe that's where it came from? My concern is that it's been SO long that the plugs will NOT soften and come out, and if they DO, it will be very difficult to warp her little foot. she did NOT appreciate my attempt to do so as practice. So I guess my question really boils down to this:
TL;DR: My duck has at least 5 or 6 lesions of bumblefoot, but no active infection (just a mass with a cap). Vet said that it's not really possible to do anything w/o a surgical procedure because no amount of soaking has done a darn thing yet and it's very difficult to wrap a webbed foot. She's not in pain (seemingly), and waddles and gukgukguks like she always has and I have anti-biotics (to be sure) and an anti-inflammatory. BUT -- Is this something that she can live with if it doesn't get infected again, or does this need to be treated with removal? Thank you all (I can probably get some pics later if that is needed).
Now onto my hopefully not standard bumblefoot post. the duck you see in my avatar is my sweet, precious Norbie. I incubated her, hatcher her, and raised her as my own. But now some background because the guilt I feel is real. Because she was the only egg that hatched in the clutch I had, she had to spend time at a friends house that had ducks because, frankly, her living in the house wasn't the best thing for her (or us). The chickens we have just didn't accept her so I knew we couldn't integrate. Worst of all, California had a band on getting her a sister or two. Several months later, she was able to come home and she has two duck sisters (and 5 chicken sisters). I noticed the classic bumblefoot lesions not long after she was back, but no major swelling and no changes in behavior. My friend lost her husband (he cleaned the pond)and so I know the pond they have was pretty filthy (visited her 3x a month) so maybe that's where it came from? My concern is that it's been SO long that the plugs will NOT soften and come out, and if they DO, it will be very difficult to warp her little foot. she did NOT appreciate my attempt to do so as practice. So I guess my question really boils down to this:
TL;DR: My duck has at least 5 or 6 lesions of bumblefoot, but no active infection (just a mass with a cap). Vet said that it's not really possible to do anything w/o a surgical procedure because no amount of soaking has done a darn thing yet and it's very difficult to wrap a webbed foot. She's not in pain (seemingly), and waddles and gukgukguks like she always has and I have anti-biotics (to be sure) and an anti-inflammatory. BUT -- Is this something that she can live with if it doesn't get infected again, or does this need to be treated with removal? Thank you all (I can probably get some pics later if that is needed).
I have 1" vetwrap, wound dressings, gauze, basically most first aid stuff on hand. Thank you.
