My experience with bumblefoot

[WhiteWyan]

I will check TSC for scalpels. They seem useful. I wonder if I can find tiny ones, or maybe little scooping ones? I need a razor sharp ice cream scooper basically.

I love your idea for tying the vetwrap. I will need to try that next time.
I will post pictures on Tuesday when I soak her foot again and try to scoop out more of the bumble!
Currently she is trying not to put weight on the foot. Poor thing.

 

[WhiteWyan]

This is after the soak I gave her this morning.


These are before soak:

See next post

 

[WhiteWyan]

 

[WhiteWyan]

I only soaked and rebandaged today. Tomorrow I will try to get it all out!

 

[staceyj]

Good job. You can soak again tonight even.

 

[staceyj]

I find that a bathroom wastebasket makes an excellent footsoaker for a chicken!

They can’t seem to get away!

 

[WhiteWyan]

Heres today's progress. Got most of it out with needle and tweezers! Yesterday I just soaked and changed the dressing with more neosporin.
Today we soaked and removed this! Along with a bunch of little chunks. That nodule on the top is where it was exposed and oxidizing on the surface of her foot.

She was shivering quite a bit afterwards. I returned her to the flock and she took a minute to adjust walking. But honestly (maybe it's just me, but...) it seems like she is running around now instead of just sulking and sitting around. I think she feels better already.

I'm going to give it a day to heal and then tomorrow I'm going to soak again and spray with this wound spray again.

 

[WhiteWyan]

Hanging in there!

 

[staceyj]

Oh MAN! You did a GREAT job getting that plug out of there!

 

[WhiteWyan]

Thank you, thank you... *bows*