My Pekin suddenly has a walking problem at 2 months old

[Christine 317]

I have a hen Pekin that all of a sudden had a limp, I took her to the vet after ruling out bumblefoot splayed leg and many at home treatments anyways the vet said slipped tendon and advised putting her down I then asked for x rays and it was not a slipped tendon so I took her home with some antibiotics and pain medication to be given to her as soon as I got home well after about 10 days of antibiotics out of twenty the vet suggests no change i had already started her on antibiotics before the vet which some swelling had went down so I started her back on the antibiotics I had her on she swims jumps out of the pool on her own eats well but still has a limp and up at the top of her leg and down is swollen still some days worse then others oh the vet said she had some kind of infection in her bone never stating exactly what is was but I can tell you this has not spread to the rest of her body she is happy doesn't cry and this happened when she was about 2 months old she is now 4 months old, my question is can I put her leg in a cast or does anyone have any answers to this problem, I am thinking of have her leg amputated at the very beginning of her leg what can I do .
Thank you to anyone that can help me in this situation we love baby and just want her happy.

 

[Ratchnick]

First off, once you start antibiotics you have to finish the full course or you can create antibiotic resistant bacteria.

Second, if your duck is still walking around and happy don't cut off its leg that won't help anyone.

 

[MotherOfDuckens]

Did the vet say she had infection in her bone after taking a look at the xray? If the bone is infected, it can show up on the xray but that does not necessarily tell the vet what kind of infection it is. There are antibiotics that are more targeted toward bone infections, and that could be what your vet prescribed. If that is the case, they would likely have been more effective than the ones you were giving her previously, so counting the time she was on the first antibiotic may not have been a good indicator. Additionally, bone infections can take a very long time to clear up even with the right antibiotic.

 

[Isaac 0]

If it hasn't been performed already, I suggest asking your vet about "fine-needle aspiration", and have it sent in for culture, and sensitivity, and cytological examination. The test itself is valuable for determining what exactly is going on in the leg - whether it be granulomas, bacteria, etc.