Is this bumble foot?

[Ratajczykstacy]

My ducks free range during the day and are locked up at night. When I let them out yesterday I noticed 1 of them limping. Is this bumble foot? If so what do I do for it? I have no vet around me that treats ducks.

 

[quackiemama]

Do you have any pics?

 

[Ratajczykstacy]

Sorry yes I attached it to the post

 

[quackiemama]

@Miss Lydia has treated bumblefoot and has helped countless others with it as well if that is what it is.

 

[DiYMama540]

That definitely appears to be bumble.

First, soak the foot for a while in Epsom salt water. Small enough container they can't drink the water though.

Then with Xacto knife you can make a small cut around the edge of the plug. The stuff inside is pretty firm and you'll have to get it all out.

Couple videos on YouTube show how to remove it.

 

[happy duck]

Yes it is bumble foot..check out my article to help treat it. I have had bumble foot in all my ducks(one being about as bad as your case) doing the things in this article healed it. Hope all goes well! https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/treating-bumble-foot-in-ducks.74245/

 

[quackiemama]

I thought it looked like it from all the pics I have seen but since I have not personally seen it so I keep my mouth shut.

 

[aart]

Yes it is bumble foot..check out my article to help treat it. I have had bumble foot in all my ducks(one being about as bad as your case) doing the things in this article healed it. Hope all goes well! https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/treating-bumble-foot-in-ducks.74245/

@happy duck Many of the pics there are 'RED X's'...might want to fix those.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I wouldn’t cut until last resort. If you soak long enough you can peel the scab off (by soaking long enough ) I mean several days. Clear iodine can help bring the bumble to the surface too. But once you get the scab off you can get the bumble out with sterile tweezers. It will be thick. Once you get the bumble out pack the hole with triple antibiotic ointment wrap to keep clean check after a couple days to make sure you got all the infection out wrap again till wound is healed over.

 

[Ratajczykstacy]

Where can I get duck shoes?