Roomi the quail
Songster
Hello, I didn't think it will come to posting this thread but my quail's feet issue is growing into something serious.
I went to the vet a week ago to treat her vomitting, runny poop, and weight loss. It turned out that she was infested with parasites. I and the vet saw that her footpads were slightly red, but made no big deal of it. I came back with prescribed antibiotics and anti parasites. That's day 1.
On day 3, my quail preferred to sit on the blanket more than usual and stood on the left foot. Her right foot was kind of warm to the touch but both her feet looked worse than day 1, so I rinsed the area with alcohol and applied human antibiotic salve. I repeated this process once a day, for 3 days in a row. The feet looked better and she was walking normal. I changed the bedding(shavings) to disposable animal pad to soften the floor.
Day 6, when I woke up, she was practically dying. She wouldn't open her eyes, won't eat. I forced a few drops of polyaid and hydrated her. I thought it was a heat stroke and put her feet in cold water, and thankfully she went to almost normal in hours, eating and moving fine.
On day 7 I went to the vet and discovered that the underside of her feet were red and almost raw. The vet prescribed an ointment and told me to expect progress within a week but frankly there is nothing to do much otherwise because she is already on antibiotics. It's an overall immune system, rather than just her feet, failing.
Today is day 10 and her feet made no progress although her parasite problem seems to get better. I sprinkled some extra antibiotic powder on her ointment this evening, against my better judgement. I am yet to see how it works.
I heard that treatment of serious cases of bumblefoot does not normally take up to a week. My quail, however, is slowly but definitely growing worse despite treatments. Is there anything I am doing wrong? Am I overdosing her with antibiotics? Should I do something more? The picture was taken yesterday.
P.s. the vet was skeptic on alcohol, soaking, or surgical methods, so I didn't want to go that way but please enlighten me if they are better options.
I went to the vet a week ago to treat her vomitting, runny poop, and weight loss. It turned out that she was infested with parasites. I and the vet saw that her footpads were slightly red, but made no big deal of it. I came back with prescribed antibiotics and anti parasites. That's day 1.
On day 3, my quail preferred to sit on the blanket more than usual and stood on the left foot. Her right foot was kind of warm to the touch but both her feet looked worse than day 1, so I rinsed the area with alcohol and applied human antibiotic salve. I repeated this process once a day, for 3 days in a row. The feet looked better and she was walking normal. I changed the bedding(shavings) to disposable animal pad to soften the floor.
Day 6, when I woke up, she was practically dying. She wouldn't open her eyes, won't eat. I forced a few drops of polyaid and hydrated her. I thought it was a heat stroke and put her feet in cold water, and thankfully she went to almost normal in hours, eating and moving fine.
On day 7 I went to the vet and discovered that the underside of her feet were red and almost raw. The vet prescribed an ointment and told me to expect progress within a week but frankly there is nothing to do much otherwise because she is already on antibiotics. It's an overall immune system, rather than just her feet, failing.
Today is day 10 and her feet made no progress although her parasite problem seems to get better. I sprinkled some extra antibiotic powder on her ointment this evening, against my better judgement. I am yet to see how it works.
I heard that treatment of serious cases of bumblefoot does not normally take up to a week. My quail, however, is slowly but definitely growing worse despite treatments. Is there anything I am doing wrong? Am I overdosing her with antibiotics? Should I do something more? The picture was taken yesterday.
P.s. the vet was skeptic on alcohol, soaking, or surgical methods, so I didn't want to go that way but please enlighten me if they are better options.
