Please Help! Weird yellow mush! (Gross Pics)

[Valhalla Acres]

Can anybody please identify what this is? Last year she had some problems with a build-up of scar tissue however the vet said it would just fall off (which it did and it healed nicely). This year she had the same problem so we assumed the same thing would happen and this is the outcome after three or four weeks waiting for the scar tissue to fall off. She is healthy otherwise. Temperatures are normal (107F). Not too skinny and not too fat. Eats plenty and drinks regularly.

 

[sylviethecochin]

Vent gleet. Wash it off, and maybe take a sample to the vet so you can find out if the infection is fungal or bacterial, so that you can treat it properly. In the meantime, rinse with saline and paint with iodine, or another gentle antiseptic. Depending on how wet she is afterwards, she might enjoy being blow-dried. Keep an eye on it.

 

[Kiki]

Poor thing, it looks like an infection to me.

Is a vet an option?

 

[Valhalla Acres]

We washed her with hot soapy water, iodine and then with a low dose antiseptic. She also got a Tylon shot. She is currently sitting in front of the fireplace.

We have taken her to the vet for this same thing before, it was on her butt and he said that it would just heal and sluff off its self (which it did). So we would like to avoid the vet if possible, based on past information. This case just looks a little worse and was curious if anyone knew what kind of infection this may be. Of course, if a vet is needed we will absolutely take her.

Can vent gleet infect other areas of the body??

 

[sylviethecochin]

We have taken her to the vet for this same thing before, it was on her butt and he said that it would just heal and slough off its self (which it did). So we would like to avoid the vet if possible, based on past information.

Especially since it's recurring, you should find out what sort of infection it is. Fungal infections can't be treated by bactericidal antibiotics, and Tylan only treats gram-positive bacteria, I believe. So if it's a gram-negative bacterial infection, or a fungal infection, you haven't treated it.

This case just looks a little worse and was curious if anyone knew what kind of infection this may be. Of course, if a vet is needed we will absolutely take her.

Nope. Vent gleet is a general term for "goopy infection of the butt." It could be fungal or bacterial, gram positive or gram negative. Without a test, no one knows.
You could call the vet and see if he's got the facilities to test it, or if he can recommend you send a sample somewhere else for testing. Or call around for other vets. I'm not a big fan of the advice of a vet who told you to "just leave it; it'll go away" if it looked like that when you brought her in the first time.

Can vent gleet infect other areas of the body??

It's likely to spread if left untreated, and if her body's using its resources to fight that infection, it'll be more vulnerable to other infections. But no, the infection around her butt is not likely to suddenly infect her neck, for instance.

 

[Valhalla Acres]

Wow, thank you so much @sylviethecochin! That's a lot of good information! We will most definitely take her to the vet as soon as possible! Should we wrap it or leave it to air out a little?

 

[Kiki]

I would not wrap it.

 

[Valhalla Acres]

I would not wrap it.

Cool beans! Thank you all for your help!

 

[Eggcessive]

That is not vent gleet. It is on the side. The earlier vent problem was probably a wound infection as well, but hard to know. It looks like pus from a wound infection. With E.coli everywhere in the coop, it probably needs to be treated with an antibiotic that treats E.coli or other gram negative bacteria. That should come from a vet. I would soak or clean the wound with chlorhexidene (Hibiclens from Walmart,) or Betadine (Equate First Aid Antiseptic) twice a day, then apply plain Neosporin Or Triple Antibiotic Ointment. Is she being wounded by a spur from a rooster, or feather picking?

 

[so lucky]

I couldn't tell what part of the body that is on. Now I see it is on her side. Poor girl!