How long before he can walk.

[Lilytoes]

My rooster had bumble foot in both feet. One wasn't bad but the other was rather big and deep. We had to take more than I wanted to to get it all out. The really bad foot is being very slow to heal. How long should it take for him to recover. I'm worried that I messed up. Please help, I need to know what I need to do to help him walk again. I've been using neosporin with the bandage and of course the other foot seems to be doing fine. But that foot wasn't that bad. He really couldn't walk to start with, because of the bumble foot. He could barely keep his balance. I feel so bad, I think when we built the coop we put the perch to high for such a heavy bird. We're going to make a ladder as soon as possible for his daughter and him. Their both buffs. I'm at a loss I've had chickens for at least 6 years, but I've never had this kind of problem. I used the guide lines on this site for the surgery. I at the time thought everything went o.k.. I love my rooster and I can't cull him. My chickens are my pets. Please, please HELP!

 

[TwoCrows]

After you do bumblefoot surgery, you need to to daily inspections of the foot. If the following day the scab looks red, like blood red, then you can leave it alone, apply some neosporin and rebandage. IF there is pus at the surface of the wound, then you will need to go into the foot again.

The foot MUST be check daily and drained daily if needed. It MUST be kept bandaged every day until the scab falls off. I have found that using Lincomycin, an antibiotic as a topical thing directly into the wound and then packing the wound with Preparation H works really well. The Lincomycin kills bacteria on contact and being liquid, gets into all the places you can not. The Prep H bridals up all the pus and bad tissue and reduces swelling.

Make sure you are getting as much of it as you can out. Many times there is a "core" in the foot somewhere, the base of all the infection. Many times all you get is liquid pus. If you get it out the first time, the next day the scab will look red. If you missed infection, you will get pus the next day. Just do the best you can. Just inspect it everyday, do surgeries if needed and keep it bandaged. It can take months to completely heal.

If he is really limping badly, you can give him a half of a baby asprin tonight and the other half tomorrow morning. That will help with the pain and swelling.

 

[Lilytoes]

Thank you for replying. He as of now can't walk. He just lays on his side and goes in circles on the ground. The left foot is the really bad one and it looked rather black to me the day after surgery. He can put his weight on his right foot o.k.., just not the left. He does feel like he has a temp. I've already gave him a baby aspirin. I'm just scared I don't want to loose him.

 

[TwoCrows]

You might want to take this bird to the vet for a look see. Can you upload any pics of his legs and feet?