Hen with bumblefoot. Swollen foot pad with the typical scabbed stone.
I soaked the foot 2x, but the stone would not loosen.
I ended up picking about 65% of it out with tweezers in an attempt to avoid cutting healthy tissue. There was blood.
After, I treated and bandaged the area, without cutting or squeezing anything out of the swollen foot pad.
What will happen now? Should I go back and try to remove the rest of the stone?
Should I address the enlarged foot pad? I'm not sure whether it's puss-filled, swollen, or both.
I soaked the foot 2x, but the stone would not loosen.
I ended up picking about 65% of it out with tweezers in an attempt to avoid cutting healthy tissue. There was blood.
After, I treated and bandaged the area, without cutting or squeezing anything out of the swollen foot pad.
What will happen now? Should I go back and try to remove the rest of the stone?
Should I address the enlarged foot pad? I'm not sure whether it's puss-filled, swollen, or both.