Queen-Ann limping again, Bumblefoot???

[Wyorp Rock]

That's what I've seen too....tho usually takes more than a few days.

I've had a few small and mild(no gross infection or inflammation) bumbles,
never treated them and they healed up on their own.

I have an older hen that has a small place on one of her toes, I just keep watch on it - it's not bothering her, but where it is, if it eventually needs tending, she would get daily soaks. I would also consider using Tricide Neo if I felt it needed it. I'm not opposed to cutting out infection but tiny places...there's usually a better approach even though it would take longer, imho.

 

[hispoptart]

I have an older hen that has a small place on one of her toes, I just keep watch on it - it's not bothering her, but where it is, if it eventually needs tending, she would get daily soaks. I would also consider using Tricide Neo if I felt it needed it. I'm not opposed to cutting out infection but tiny places...there's usually a better approach even though it would take longer, imho.

Can Tricide Neo be purchased at big box pet stores? I've been reading about it and it sound like it might be the way to go. Thanks

 

[aart]

Can Tricide Neo be purchased at big box pet stores?

I think it's a fish med made to be dissolved in water @Wyorp Rock ?

 

[chickens really]

Hello. All birds develop calloused feet. How high are the Roosts? A high jump for a fat chicken can cause leg soreness. Sprained toes...

 

[hispoptart]

I think it's a fish med made to be dissolved in water @Wyorp Rock ?

Yes it's, I wonder if I can get it at a store rather then order it online.

 

[hispoptart]

Hello. All birds develop calloused feet. How high are the Roosts? A high jump for a fat chicken can cause leg soreness. Sprained toes...

Not high at all. I have one of those little pre-fab coops.

 

[aart]

Yes it's, I wonder if I can get it at a store rather then order it online.

Possible, search out some brand names and call the pet store(that carries fish supplies) and ask.
For now I'd just do a soak and get a better look at what's actually going on there.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Can Tricide Neo be purchased at big box pet stores? I've been reading about it and it sound like it might be the way to go. Thanks

I don't think you will be able to find it in big box stores, if you have a fish store that sells exotics you might find it. I do know that most people order it from this place
https://www.koiacres.com/featured/tricide-neo.html
@dawg53 has used it and there's quite a few other threads where it has worked very well.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/treating-bumblefoot-with-tricide-neo.513183/#post-6526194
http://ouroneacrefarm.com/bumblefoot-treatment-tricideneo/

 

[hispoptart]

I don't think you will be able to find it in big box stores, if you have a fish store that sells exotics you might find it. I do know that most people order it from this place
https://www.koiacres.com/featured/tricide-neo.html
@dawg53 has used it and there's quite a few other threads where it has worked very well.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/treating-bumblefoot-with-tricide-neo.513183/#post-6526194
http://ouroneacrefarm.com/bumblefoot-treatment-tricideneo/

Ok, thank you.

 

[onvirginiasoil]

This is long, but what I have to say about TricideNeo may save you an expensive veterinary visit.

I have a rooster, Finn, whose left foot was so full of infection from bumblefoot and my own failed efforts to cure it that I was scared it was going to become systemic and would kill him. A veterinarian amputated one toe, then dug out diseased tissue at the base of the next toe. I followed the veterinarian's post-surgical protocol to a T. It is the same protocol most people are familiar with: Soak the foot in Epson salts or in dilute providone iodine; dry and apply Neosporin generously; apply a no-stick gauze pad; wrap with Vetwrap; administer an oral antibiotic (I used amoxycillin).

After seven weeks of this post-surgical routine, my rooster's foot still seemed raw as ground meat in the affected area. I bought TricideNeo. I soaked the foot for quite awhile, probably 20 minutes, then wrapped it up. No Neosporin. I left the foot alone for almost a week. When I removed it, all of his wound had healthy tissue covering it!

I bought the small packet of TricideNeo from Koa Acres. It had the best price I could find. I strongly urge people here to bite the bullet and buy the packet. Believe me, you'll end up paying more than the $25 or so that the small packet costs if you buy a lot of supposed substitutes.

I became interested in the company that produced this product, so I went back to Koi Acres for information (and to buy another packet to keep on hand). This is not a creation of Big Pharma. It was created by a research team at the University of Georgia. The university had hoped to interested a pharmaceutical company to produce it, using the team's research, but got turned down (because the companies had inferior competing products, perhaps?). So the university took matters into its own hands.

Molecular Therapeutics is basically a one-product company based on the University of Georgia research. But its main product is for HUMANS. Its website (moleculartpharma.com--do note the "t") creates Silvion (a spray used to heal very serious skin conditions) and Silvaklenz (a cleanser used prior to application of Silvion). These are both prescription-only preparations, but TricideNeo is mentioned on the website as being made using the same research for koi fish with skin ulcers. From the names of the human products, and from the insistence on using distilled water to dilute the powder, I take it that all of them derive from a process of manipulating ionic silver in some way. But I've used good-grade silver preparations myself and never seen results of the sort that my rooster had. And if I ever had a serious skin condition--e.g., shingles, ulcers that won't heal, poison ivy hypersensitivity, or a non healing surgical wound--I will INSIST that the doctor use the Silvion. Look at the website, and look at the before-during-after photos of some really dreadful skin problems.

I had never heard of this company until I got curious. Finn's foot made me a true believer. And I'm grateful that research facilities are able to produce such products without selling out to Big Pharma.