Not sure if my one hen has bumblefoot, please help.

[stcroixusvi]

Here's a great description of the surgery...
http://hencam.com/henblog/2012/08/bumblefoot/

 

[chickngal98]

During the time you are soaking your bird in the solution, give her treats...it seems to calm them down and keeps their mind off of what is going on with their feet soaking in the solution....its great bonding time!!

 

[janinepeters]

Ok, I have a new questions. First a little update. I am still treating Taco for the bumblefoot. I only soaked her feet in the epsom salt until I received the Tricide Neo. The swelling went away after one time in the epsom salt. My husband suggested to still wrap her feet to try and keep her from maybe making it worse or having the scab come off while she is out there with the other chickens. On her right foot the scab is almost gone and the bigger one on her left is getting smaller. Today though when I was wrapping her feet after the soak she was squirming around in the towel and the bigger scab came off. I wrapped gauze and the vet wrap around it and put her back out because we had to be somewhere. I'm not sure what to do now. Do I still soak her feet in the Tricide Neo with the open wound? Do I have to dig around in her foot to get the stuff out or will it come out on it's own?

Sounds like nice progress - I would keep soaking and would not dig around. How many days have you been soaking so far?

 

[Summers]

It has been 7 days with the Tricide Neo. So it will not hurt her to keep soaking with it being open now?

 

[jewel1]

It has been 7 days with the Tricide Neo. So it will not hurt her to keep soaking with it being open now?

I am by no means a chicken foot expert, but I know that my vet currently has me soaking my cat's foot in something similar each night...and it has a big open wound...so it's probably fine.

 

[janinepeters]

It has been 7 days with the Tricide Neo. So it will not hurt her to keep soaking with it being open now?

I've never done it with an open wound, but I've read other threads where it seems people did that, without any problems.