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[artsyrobin]

I'm so miserable!! I have chigger bites on my ankles the backs of my legs and a few on my back. I've done the finger nail polish, Benadryl, cortisone lotions ect.

Try putting voporub on the bites, it should help

discovered a trick with your little roo, separate him from any females in sight, that has settled him down quite a bit, and he is getting evening handling - his cage is in the livingroom, so he is getting re-socailized too

 

[miohippus]

I'm so miserable!! I have chigger bites on my ankles the backs of my legs and a few on my back. I've done the finger nail polish, Benadryl, cortisone lotions ect.

chiggerex work good

 

[miohippus]

This lemon blue cochin sweetie had a touch of shrinkwrap. When I peeled the stuck membrane off her, she popped straight up and peeped at me! D'aaawwwwwww!

oh, my how cute is that!!!

 

[miohippus]

I just finished this this morning. It is hand sew of course all ties pretty much have to be. I also made it w/o a pattern. I have made my husbands ties for years and have tried pattern after pattern and they are always complicated at the point, I think to add to the mystique of it all, but I had an idea for a simpler version and really like how it turned out.




The fabric is a faux suede w/ a shiny almost plastisized print

looks awesome!!!

 

[Kassaundra]

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Thank you

 

[Kassaundra]

@miohippus thanks.

@Loriemarler chiggers are evil!!!!

 

[ashtree]

OK, is there a trusted avian vet in the OKC area? I think I may be dealing with bumblefoot, or at least something thats getting bad. The top layer of skin is off the bottom of my sizzles foot in 1 spot. Ive been washing/cleaning/neosporin/wrapping. I don't know if its getting better. It looks yellowish, but less swollen than its been. She's isolated in an area that allows her limited movement and she doesn't seem to mind. Anyone know about how much this might cost? Could it just be a cut that I can heal or is a cut ALWAYS bumble foot? I can't really find the info I need online. I don't see a black spot, it seems like a blister that popped. Any ideas??? Im afraid to try to deal with it myself because Im not sure it is bumble foot. Another question, can I keep doing what Im doing, wait it out a few days and see if its getting better or is this an emergency?

 

[artsyrobin]

OK, is there a trusted avian vet in the OKC area? I think I may be dealing with bumblefoot, or at least something thats getting bad. The top layer of skin is off the bottom of my sizzles foot in 1 spot. Ive been washing/cleaning/neosporin/wrapping. I don't know if its getting better. It looks yellowish, but less swollen than its been. She's isolated in an area that allows her limited movement and she doesn't seem to mind. Anyone know about how much this might cost? Could it just be a cut that I can heal or is a cut ALWAYS bumble foot? I can't really find the info I need online. I don't see a black spot, it seems like a blister that popped. Any ideas??? Im afraid to try to deal with it myself because Im not sure it is bumble foot. Another question, can I keep doing what Im doing, wait it out a few days and see if its getting better or is this an emergency?

Ths is what was recommended by nnbreeder for bumble, it may be worth a try-

Here is about the best info that I have come up with on bumblefoot.

Try the iodine/sugar poultice first, wrapping with the coflex bandage to keep it clean.
Change it daily.
The bacteria doing the dirty work is most often a staphlylococcus bacteria and I've found that Penicillin G procaine (white penicillin) given at a dose of 30 000 I.U., twice a day (once a day in less severe infections) is good at treating bumblefoot.
If there is no change in the swelling after 3 days, then you may have to open the wound up. If you have to, you must wrap it every day until it is more or less healed, or more staph bacteria will get in there and start the whole cycle back up.
This is why I avoid it if possible.
There probably won't be any liquid pus in the foot, but a cheesy pus that works its way into the tendons and ligaments in the foot- be prepared to get as much out as you can, but don't risk damaging the foot.
Flush it out with sterile saline (under pressure- put the saline into a syringe and flush with quite a bit of force). I avoid hydrogen peroxide in open wounds as it stings and can do tissue damage (if used too often... It has it's place, though).
You can flush the wound with a tea colored solution of betadine and water- mostly water with just enough betadine to make the solution the color of strong tea.
Flush this in first (again, in the syringe) then flush it all out again with the saline.
Hopefully the wound comes around with just the Pen G procaine and the iodine/sugar poultice.

 

[bardies]

I'm so miserable!! I have chigger bites on my ankles the backs of my legs and a few on my back. I've done the finger nail polish, Benadryl, cortisone lotions ect.

so sorry to hear! wonder what icy hot would do?

 

[Ksane]

OK, is there a trusted avian vet in the OKC area? I think I may be dealing with bumblefoot, or at least something thats getting bad. The top layer of skin is off the bottom of my sizzles foot in 1 spot. Ive been washing/cleaning/neosporin/wrapping. I don't know if its getting better. It looks yellowish, but less swollen than its been. She's isolated in an area that allows her limited movement and she doesn't seem to mind. Anyone know about how much this might cost? Could it just be a cut that I can heal or is a cut ALWAYS bumble foot? I can't really find the info I need online. I don't see a black spot, it seems like a blister that popped. Any ideas??? Im afraid to try to deal with it myself because Im not sure it is bumble foot. Another question, can I keep doing what Im doing, wait it out a few days and see if its getting better or is this an emergency? 

100% NOT an emergency. If you look at 20 outdoor birds feet you'll probably see 15 bumblefoot in various stages of healing on their own. That's probably an exaggeration but you get the gist. An emergency is....their crop ripped open by a predator, their back skinned to the bone by a rooster...that sort of stuff. There's seldom anything you can do for an emergency short of triple antibiotic and separating them. Which is what you do for a non-emergency also So keep doing what you're doing, wrap it and let it heal. It's not life threatening even if it *is bumblefoot. Look at all the chicken owners on this board alone, does anyone even *know of a bird that died of bumblefoot? Or even lost their foot?
Save your energy, there's bigger things to come
PS And now you've gotten answers at both ends of the extreme