please advise on bumblefoot stage, first case

[nyra]

Hi everyone

Today I noticed this lump on my hen's foot I believe to be bumblefoot, can someone advise if this needs surgery or if it can be treated topically ? this is my first time having this problem.
Thank you kindly

 

[Kiki]

Can you soak her foot in a bowl of warm water for a while and then pry the scab off?

 

[Kiki]

Get the scab off then squeeze it like a zit and the pus should come out.

 

[nyra]

Can you soak her foot in a bowl of warm water for a while and then pry the scab off?

I will try, desinfect and wrap afterwards or let it be?

 

[Kame]

I will try, desinfect and wrap afterwards or let it be?

Disinfect it and wrap it!!! It'll get infected again if you don't.

 

[nyra]

Disinfect it and wrap it!!! It'll get infected again if you don't.

how often to unwrap and check, thats the part thats confusing to me. I have Vetericyn , should something else be used? thank you, this is a new level of stress

 

[RubelliteRose]

how often to unwrap and check, thats the part thats confusing to me. I have Vetericyn , should something else be used? thank you, this is a new level of stress

I usually unwrap and check every other day, unless it is raining. I also use triple antibiotic without painkiller on a tiny piece of gauze over the hole before wrapping in vet wrap.

 

[Kame]

how often to unwrap and check, thats the part thats confusing to me. I have Vetericyn , should something else be used? thank you, this is a new level of stress

How often you need to check depends what you used to wrap it. Yes use Vetericyn, and I would use Original Neosporin as well.

 

[Kame]

How often you need to check depends what you used to wrap it. Yes use Vetericyn, and I would use Original Neosporin as well.

Here is the method I used. https://www.tillysnest.com/2015/12/non-surgical-bumblefoot-treatment-html/

 

[nyra]

I usually unwrap and check every other day, unless it is raining. I also use triple antibiotic without painkiller on a tiny piece of gauze over the hole before wrapping in vet wrap.

thank you - its supposed to rain a lot tomorrow so I think I will do it now and keep her in a small pen inside the house