Is the best thing to put her to sleep?

[CurlyQuail]

Does she still have signs of bumble foot? Is the vet experienced in poultry?

Yes she has signs of bumblefoot. It comes and goes but right now she has it. I’m not sure if she works with poultry specifically but she’s an avian specialist

 

[FloorCandy]

Yes she has signs of bumblefoot. It comes and goes but right now she has it. I’m not sure if she works with poultry specifically but she’s an avian specialist

The reason I asked, was that I believe with poultry, you need to remove the plug (infection lump the body coated to keep it separate from healthy tissue). If you don’t it will come back. In other pets, like rats and rabbits etc, you don’t need to do that, the body will break it down or shed it with the scab. I’m not completely certain, but I think that’s how it works with poultry.

 

[CurlyQuail]

The reason I asked, was that I believe with poultry, you need to remove the plug (infection lump the body coated to keep it separate from healthy tissue). If you don’t it will come back. In other pets, like rats and rabbits etc, you don’t need to do that, the body will break it down or shed it with the scab. I’m not completely certain, but I think that’s how it works with poultry.

I couldn’t treat it at home the first time it got bad and the vet believed it was attached to her bone so she had minor surgery to get it out. I don’t know if there’s still something left after all that or her deficiency just makes her more likely to pick up bacteria...

 

[FloorCandy]

I couldn’t treat it at home the first time it got bad and the vet believed it was attached to her bone so she had minor surgery to get it out. I don’t know if there’s still something left after all that or her deficiency just makes her more likely to pick up bacteria...

Ah ok, I’m out of ideas then, sorry. My only other suggestion is look for a parrot community and ask if anyone has ideas or can recommend a vet.

 

[CurlyQuail]

Ah ok, I’m out of ideas then, sorry. My only other suggestion is look for a parrot community and ask if anyone has ideas or can recommend a vet.

Thank you, I’ll ask around

 

[FloorCandy]

There’s a store in nj called bird paradise, they have a bird groomer on staff, they make custom food blends for parrots that people buy all over the country, maybe you have somewhere by you like that? I would take my bird to an experienced bird groomer if a vet is not able to help or is not available, a good bird groomer is like a good ferrier (sp?), they can help in tricky instances sometimes.

 

[Quailsducks33]

I couldn’t treat it at home the first time it got bad and the vet believed it was attached to her bone so she had minor surgery to get it out. I don’t know if there’s still something left after all that or her deficiency just makes her more likely to pick up bacteria...

Hi just wanted to ask how your quail is doing? I have a quail with bumblefoot also and could share my experience if you are interested?

 

[CurlyQuail]

Hi just wanted to ask how your quail is doing? I have a quail with bumblefoot also and could share my experience if you are interested?

She’s okay right now, eating/drinking/walking fine. I’d love any and all advice, send it my way!

 

[Quailsducks33]

She’s okay right now, eating/drinking/walking fine. I’d love any and all advice, send it my way!

She’s okay right now, eating/drinking/walking fine. I’d love any and all advice, send it my way!

I am new to poultry and I’ve never dealt with bumble foot before but I have found it to be very nasty and hard to treat.
After doing multiple Epsom salt soaks for weeks, PRID drawing salve, Vetericyn etc I took my quail to the vet. He insisted he could treat her non-surgically, just by using very strong antibiotics.

he put her on a long course and heavy dose of Baytril oral antibiotics & then another course of very strong amoxicillin. During that time she improved just a little bit, but not significantly.
She was still eating, walking and laying eggs. Eventually I was pretty sure that if she didn’t get better soon, it would go into her bones and kill her.
I have attached pictures, you will see that eventually after months, it finally came to a head in 2 places on her foot - looks like the abscesses would ruptured and at that point I decided to surgery was inevitable.
Since this is my first time treating bumble foot, in hindsight had I known I would have done the surgery right away.
You will see from the pictures how swollen her foot got poor thing.

The surgery was very successful, I got out large kernels, small kernels and stringy infection.
she healed up very well and it’s now been six weeks.

Unfortunately I can still feel one more kernel, that I will cut out today. The antibiotics would not have dissolved it, the infection just needed to come out.

 

[CurlyQuail]

I am new to poultry and I’ve never dealt with bumble foot before but I have found it to be very nasty and hard to treat.
After doing multiple Epsom salt soaks for weeks, PRID drawing salve, Vetericyn etc I took my quail to the vet. He insisted he could treat her non-surgically, just by using very strong antibiotics.

he put her on a long course and heavy dose of Baytril oral antibiotics & then another course of very strong amoxicillin. During that time she improved just a little bit, but not significantly.
She was still eating, walking and laying eggs. Eventually I was pretty sure that if she didn’t get better soon, it would go into her bones and kill her.
I have attached pictures, you will see that eventually after months, it finally came to a head in 2 places on her foot - looks like the abscesses would ruptured and at that point I decided to surgery was inevitable.
Since this is my first time treating bumble foot, in hindsight had I known I would have done the surgery right away.
You will see from the pictures how swollen her foot got poor thing.

The surgery was very successful, I got out large kernels, small kernels and stringy infection.
she healed up very well and it’s now been six weeks.

Unfortunately I can still feel one more kernel, that I will cut out today. The antibiotics would not have dissolved it, the infection just needed to come out.

This is pretty much what I’ve been doing. I’ve tried my hand at surgery but it’s just too much and too deep on such a little foot for me to get it myself. My vet is open to surgery (he’s already done it once on her) but it’s expensive to have to pay for it again :/