Is this bumblefoot?

Bunnybryn

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Is this bumblefoot? Poor Barney is limping. If so how do I treat it?

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Yes, I soak the feet in a warm epsom salt bath for 10 min and then use blunt tweezers to remove the plug. Then I dab on Vetericyn or iodine and let it dry. After that I apply Neosporin (without pain killer) and wrap with a bit of vetwrap adhesive bandage. I mostly follow the instructions here: https://www.tillysnest.com/2015/12/non-surgical-bumblefoot-treatment-html/ but do not isolate. We tried to keep our first girl in, but she and the rest of the flock screamed until we brought her back. We do keep an eye on them to make sure no one bothers the bandage.
Hope Barney feels better soon :)
 
Yes, I soak the feet in a warm epsom salt bath for 10 min and then use blunt tweezers to remove the plug. Then I dab on Vetericyn or iodine and let it dry. After that I apply Neosporin (without pain killer) and wrap with a bit of vetwrap adhesive bandage. I mostly follow the instructions here: https://www.tillysnest.com/2015/12/non-surgical-bumblefoot-treatment-html/ but do not isolate. We tried to keep our first girl in, but she and the rest of the flock screamed until we brought her back. We do keep an eye on them to make sure no one bothers the bandage.
Hope Barney feels better soon :)
Thank you so much!! 😊🐔
 
We regularly (every few weeks) check for bumblefoot because we have one girl who has had it a couple of times. Most of the others have never had it, so I have no idea what Hazel is doing that the others aren't :idunno.
His scab is pretty small, so it should heal fairly quickly once you treat it :)
 

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