Hello everyone. I have a toeless (frostbite) hen that has recently gotten bumblefoot on both feet. I was dealing with one foot when I found the other. I made a thread (~here~) about the first one, but I've decided to make a new thread for this foot.
Before scab removal
After scab removal
When removing the scab, it didn't all come off in one go like I see happening with other people. When the scab was removed I wasn't sure if it was supposed to look like this or if I didn't get all of it out. I didn't know if that fatty looking stuff that is circled should be removed or not. I made a thread about it but only 2 people replied and they didn't really confidently say whether it looked good or not. When removing the scab some puss came out with a snotty consistency. It did bleed a bit also. Once the whole scab was removed I lightly pushed around the wound to see if anything else would come out, which nothing did. I sprayed Vetericyn on it, put triple antibiotic on it, and wrapped it up. Make note of the weird fatty looking stuff, I will talk about that later.
1 day (after removal)
I'm sorry to say I didn't get a picture, but this day there was a thin white scab over most of the wound. The scab wasn't hard, it was soft.
2 days
This day I noticed a little bit of redness, but after the Epsom salt soak it went away. I figured it was normal redness, since I didn't think redness from lingering infection would just subside like that. The scab has hardened, become more whole, and has turned a darker color as compared to the day before. I again put Vetericyn and triple antibiotic, then wrapped.
3 days
Before soaking-------------------------------------------------------------------------After soaking
I noticed the redness was still there, but again the redness seemed to subside after the soaking. I continued to keep a suspicious eye on it.
5 days
Today the redness was a little deeper and didn't subside like it did with the soaking. I removed the scab, but as you can see I wasn't able to get all of it off on some of the edges as it was pretty attached. As I was removing the scab more of that puss came out, which leads me to believed not all of the infection was removed the first time. I figured that fatty looking stuff that I mentioned before may be something that needed to be removed. I got a lot of that stuff out, it was rather loose though some of it being removed seemed to cause some bleeding, so I'm still not entirely sure if it was a part of the bumblefoot or healthy tissue. Once I got all of the scab and whatnot off as possible, I again squeezed around the wound. This time I squeezed harder, hard enough to cause her some pain. Nothing came out. I put triple antibiotic on the wound (I forgot to put the Vetericyn) and wrapped her wound up.
I have no idea if I'm removing enough infection. I don't want to just go digging around in her foot poking at stuff. I really need some help and advice as to what I'm doing right and wrong. I would compare it to my chicken's other foot I've been caring for, but it wasn't exactly a typical bumblefoot.
Thank you for any help!
Before scab removal
After scab removal
When removing the scab, it didn't all come off in one go like I see happening with other people. When the scab was removed I wasn't sure if it was supposed to look like this or if I didn't get all of it out. I didn't know if that fatty looking stuff that is circled should be removed or not. I made a thread about it but only 2 people replied and they didn't really confidently say whether it looked good or not. When removing the scab some puss came out with a snotty consistency. It did bleed a bit also. Once the whole scab was removed I lightly pushed around the wound to see if anything else would come out, which nothing did. I sprayed Vetericyn on it, put triple antibiotic on it, and wrapped it up. Make note of the weird fatty looking stuff, I will talk about that later.
1 day (after removal)
I'm sorry to say I didn't get a picture, but this day there was a thin white scab over most of the wound. The scab wasn't hard, it was soft.
2 days
This day I noticed a little bit of redness, but after the Epsom salt soak it went away. I figured it was normal redness, since I didn't think redness from lingering infection would just subside like that. The scab has hardened, become more whole, and has turned a darker color as compared to the day before. I again put Vetericyn and triple antibiotic, then wrapped.
3 days
Before soaking-------------------------------------------------------------------------After soaking
I noticed the redness was still there, but again the redness seemed to subside after the soaking. I continued to keep a suspicious eye on it.
5 days
Today the redness was a little deeper and didn't subside like it did with the soaking. I removed the scab, but as you can see I wasn't able to get all of it off on some of the edges as it was pretty attached. As I was removing the scab more of that puss came out, which leads me to believed not all of the infection was removed the first time. I figured that fatty looking stuff that I mentioned before may be something that needed to be removed. I got a lot of that stuff out, it was rather loose though some of it being removed seemed to cause some bleeding, so I'm still not entirely sure if it was a part of the bumblefoot or healthy tissue. Once I got all of the scab and whatnot off as possible, I again squeezed around the wound. This time I squeezed harder, hard enough to cause her some pain. Nothing came out. I put triple antibiotic on the wound (I forgot to put the Vetericyn) and wrapped her wound up.
I have no idea if I'm removing enough infection. I don't want to just go digging around in her foot poking at stuff. I really need some help and advice as to what I'm doing right and wrong. I would compare it to my chicken's other foot I've been caring for, but it wasn't exactly a typical bumblefoot.
Thank you for any help!
