Is this bumble foot?

[Ebony Rose]

I use blu-kote, excellent camouflage to keep nosy flock mates from sticking their nose where it doesn't belong

 

[Urban Waddler]

I use blu-kote, excellent camouflage to keep nosy flock mates from sticking their nose where it doesn't belong

Explain? I thought it was just a liquid bandage type thing...

 

[slordaz]

Explain? I thought it was just a liquid bandage type thing...

it helps so they don't peck at injuries too as long as you don't get the red colored stuff

 

[Ebony Rose]

Blu-Kote is an antiseptic spray that contains a temporary dye to camouflage the color RED, so that birds, who will peck at anything that's red, won't notice an injury.

 

[austroberta]

So, do you think my vet is just wrong about this? She worked for several years with chickens and did treat a variety of ducks, and specializes in exotics and birds. I just don’t know. I want to trust her and believe that the scab being there isn’t necessarily indicative of lasting infection, but there seems near consensus on here that it must be removed. I like my vet, but maybe she’s too book based where y’all have more real experience with this. One of her concerns with removing scab and packing was that adding any kind of unnecessary abrasion to the skin can lead to more infection, and that wrapping can often trap bacteria in, and antibiotics don’t always work. She seemed to think that cutting or tearing at skin was an absolute last resort, and that the practicability of keeping her feet bacteria free while it healed was not so great. I think what you’ve all been doing seems to work, and you know a lot about what you’re talking about. But I’m still torn, as again, I’d like to also trust my vet. ‍

This has been my trepidation too: Making matters worse by introducing more bacteria into an open wound. My duck is active and healthy now and can't stand being away from her duck mates. When I've isolated her before, she gets incredibly stressed, doesn't eat, doesn't drink, etc. That means my only other option it to let her outside, where she'll step in god knows what. Even if I do wrap her feet well (she has bumbles in both feet), there's no way to really keep the wrapping waterproof. I know lots of people do the cutting and have good results, but I really don't have a lot of confidence/knowledge.

What I wonder is why my duck's foot/health has not gone south given the bumbles are still there. I don't see any additional swelling of either the bumbles, her foot, her leg etc. No lameness, etc. I'm wondering at what point I've gone beyond the beyond and have to pull that scab off or else. For the moment, I feel that my duck is doing alright and that I'm hesitant to overturn the apple cart.

Then again, the thought of the infection reaching her bone really scares me.

 

[Cynthia12]

I have a sequence of photos that I took of one of my chickens .. not a duck..but the Same thing is done. ..First..I'm showing what I use...

Soak the foot

I put a towel over the head, calm her down..

This was a pretty big one..

Use the punch, twist into the middle of the scab..try not to go too deep, keep checking to see how far you've gone..

Had to go deep in this one!

Here I'm placing a nice big amount of neo inside the hole.

Putting gauze over it.

Wrapping it..

I like to use tape over the wrap.

All done! Let her stand and get stable..

They go out and act like nothing happened..except a little shake here and there, trying to kick the bandage off.

They will look down at it, have friends come and inspect it, but usually within the hr. they are used to it.

 

[Miss Lydia]

 

[austroberta]

I have a sequence of photos that I took of one of my chickens .. not a duck..but the Same thing is done. ..First..I'm showing what I use...View attachment 1912176 View attachment 1912177 Soak the footView attachment 1912178 I put a towel over the head, calm her down..View attachment 1912179 View attachment 1912180 This was a pretty big one..View attachment 1912181 Use the punch, twist into the middle of the scab..try not to go too deep, keep checking to see how far you've gone..View attachment 1912182 Had to go deep in this one! View attachment 1912183 Here I'm placing a nice big amount of neo inside the hole.View attachment 1912184 View attachment 1912185 Putting gauze over it.View attachment 1912186 Wrapping it..View attachment 1912190 I like to use tape over the wrap.View attachment 1912191 All done! Let her stand and get stable..View attachment 1912192 They go out and act like nothing happened..except a little shake here and there, trying to kick the bandage off. View attachment 1912193 They will look down at it, have friends come and inspect it, but usually within the hr. they are used to it.

Thanks for the post. I have tried wrapping her foot at night, to keep it a bit cleaner, and it always comes off. Wrapping a chicken foot seems a bit easier, as the foot is not webbed. It's easier to tape it all up. The webbing makes things much more difficult. 9 out of 10 times, the wrapping falls off, and this is at night, before I put her to bed, when she has less activity.

 

[Cynthia12]

Thanks for the post. I have tried wrapping her foot at night, to keep it a bit cleaner, and it always comes off. Wrapping a chicken foot seems a bit easier, as the foot is not webbed. It's easier to tape it all up. The webbing makes things much more difficult. 9 out of 10 times, the wrapping falls off, and this is at night, before I put her to bed, when she has less activity.

Yes, I realize that it is! Haven't had to do a ducks foot before. Thought sharing would help with some of it. I wonder if there is something on YouTube. How to wrap a ducks foot. Hmm..

 

[Urban Waddler]

Thanks for the post. I have tried wrapping her foot at night, to keep it a bit cleaner, and it always comes off. Wrapping a chicken foot seems a bit easier, as the foot is not webbed. It's easier to tape it all up. The webbing makes things much more difficult. 9 out of 10 times, the wrapping falls off, and this is at night, before I put her to bed, when she has less activity.

Party fowl and some other places sell closed toe shoes for ducks. They seem effective for others, tho I haven’t tried. Maybe putting them over the bandage?