more Bumblefoot in the flock

[Stoney Meadow Maple]

our other female pekin has a case of Bumblefoot, I am not in question about this one, ill get a picture later, she was not limping, or showing any signs at all of an issue but I got her caught and examined her feet , as well as our drakes, and she has a great big bumble in the pad on her right foot. I will start with the epsom/iodine soak today and I did get the duck booties, this is going to be a tough one because she isn't acting like an issue so she isn't going to take kindly to being isolated, but here we go, they have a large grassy area they live in, their coop is clean and dry with wood shavings as bedding, I clean it regularly and refresh it frequently, where are we going wrong? I have not attempted to catch the runners and examine but as they are small and light I suspect less chance of issue? any thoughts as to prevention? everything I read in terms of preventing involves keeping things clean and not having sharp pointy stuff everywhere I feel like we are already doing that.They meander at their leisure, have ample swimming opportunity which gets water changed at least every other day, and their drinking water is fresh and clean always. they are on nutrina flock raiser (or all flock or whatever) seems like were having a lot of issues with feet and legs, our other female is still sluggish and limping, though her Bumblefoot has cleared up. any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[Isaac 0]

Imagine the core of Bumblefoot like gold, you just have ever, but slowly keep working/mining at it. Surgery, can be more painful, and more stressful to the bird, if you just keep letting the core soak in the ointment for a few days longer, it'll get more loosened up, and you can keep working at it until you get all of it out. It should peal of kind of like a scab.

 

[Isaac 0]

If she were mine, I’d go ahead and try gently removing it with a pair of tweezers and a scalpel, but if it doesn’t peel off very well, yes I would keep soaking until it peels off easier, that way you’re being less invasive about the whole processes. It’s almost like a wart, yes.

 

[Ebony Rose]

Wear gloves, often contains staph. Apply pressure as if it were a blackhead that you were trying to remove, gentle yet firm pressure from the sides/undersides with an upward, outward (desired exit) direction. Poultry pus is not watery like human pus; it's thick, cheesy.
Keep soaking that foot until you can pop the top off easily and then squeeze it, rinse it, squeeze it some more until you get all of that nastiness out of there. Pack it with triple antibiotic (without pain killer, the sort that has the consistency of vaseline), put a teflon non-stick gauze over the wound, and wrap in sports tape to make a little bootie for her. The gauze will get wet when she swims, but the sports tape should be fine. Change the dressing daily and examine for swelling or persistent infection.

 

[Ebony Rose]

You shouldn't need to isolate her, once the surgery is complete, pack it with triple antibiotic (the kind without pain killer in it, has the consistency of vaseline) place some teflon-gauze over the wound and make a bootie with sport's wrap tape (the kind that sticks to itself very well, but won't stick to the skin, available at any sporting goods store for much less than you'll find it at your feed store.) Choose just about any color of sports tape except red for the job, and turn her back out with the flock. The sports tape won't be affected by swimming, but the gauze will get wet. Change the 'boot' daily and inspect the progress of her healing.

 

[YodaBat]

Try this! It works.

 

[Stoney Meadow Maple]

So I think this one really does need surgery, my MIL, the Dr has agreed to do the slicing. This one is the most difficult of the flock and is aptly named Squabbles. She slipped her neoprene shoe tonight. Don’t know how but she did. I put more bacitracin on it and wrapped it up in the boot. Plan to slice tomorrow, hopefully the skin will be softened up some by then.
Note my 2 medical assistants, ever so helpful.

 

[Stoney Meadow Maple]

So after an epsom/iodine soak tonight in the gathering darkness I had a go at the scab with tweezers, I’m sorry it was so dark, I was having a hard time seeing and she is like wrestling a greased pig, truly she’s unbelievable . It felt bigger than it looks here But I didn’t get any filling and there is still more scab there. I put a fresh duck shoe on her and more ointment.
She was showing no problems till I checked, I’m afraid she will be in pain now.

 

[Isaac 0]

The dose for Cephalexin is 35-50mg/kg PO four times daily, or 40-100mg/kg PO every six hours daily.

I will just pick 40mg/kg orally four times a day.

So take one Cephalexin Pill, and crush finely using a mortar and pestle, take the powder and mix in with 10ml of water and mix thoroughly. It won’t dissolve all the way so it's important you shake during the whole process to try to distribute the powder somewhat evenly throughout the liquid.

You will be left with a mixture that contains 50mg of cephalexin per Ml.

She weighs about 3.3kg, so take that multiply by 40 and you have her dose which is 132mg four times a day.

That would mean you’d give her approx, 2.6ml of that liquid four times a day orally.


I’ve heard Cephalexin smells like cat urine so you may administer it when you know she hasn’t eaten for a while to reduce the risk of regurgitation.

 

[Isaac 0]

Eye dropper down the throat?

A 1ml syringe down the side of her throat would likely work better.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/