Really bad bumble foot, please help!!

[Farmgirl283420]

Oh goodness I can’t believe i didn’t notice this! She always limps from a previous leg injury so I didn’t think anything of it. Can you please help me? What do I do? This is bumble foot right?

 

[Eggcessive]

Yes it is bumblefoot. To treat it give her a daily soak for 20 minutes in warm Epsom salts water or warm water with a little Dawn, chlorhexidene, or Betadine. After soaking the scab for a couple of times, then try to remove the scab and then try to squeeze out any solid or stringy pus inside. Rinse it with some saline or spray with wound spray, and then apply antibiotic ointment. Place a 2x2 and wrap the foot with 1 inch strips of vet wrap or cohesive wrap. Change the dressing daily or at least every other day with fresh antibiotic ointment and gauze pad. Scroll down this link for a good video on bumblefoot dressings:

https://the-chicken-chick.com/bumblefoot-causes-treatment-warning/

 

[Farmgirl283420]

Yes it is bumblefoot. To treat it give her a daily soak for 20 minutes in warm Epsom salts water or warm water with a little Dawn, chlorhexidene, or Betadine. After soaking the scab for a couple of times, then try to remove the scab and then try to squeeze out any solid or stringy pus inside. Rinse it with some saline or spray with wound spray, and then apply antibiotic ointment. Place a 2x2 and wrap the foot with 1 inch strips of vet wrap or cohesive wrap. Change the dressing daily or at least every other day with fresh antibiotic ointment and gauze pad. Scroll down this link for a good video on bumblefoot dressings:

https://the-chicken-chick.com/bumblefoot-causes-treatment-warning/

Thank you. Soaked it for ten minutes then tried to remove it with tweezers but it started bleeding. We stopped the blood but her back in to soak and tried again. We got some stuff out but then it started bleeding again so we stopped it and put her back in to soak. This is so stressful I feel like we’re not doing to right. That’s all we got out

 

[Farmgirl283420]

Here another picture of the one little thing we pulled out.

 

[Eggcessive]

How long ago did you soak her?

 

[Farmgirl283420]

Now it’s been like at least 30min. We got a lot more out but this thing is like really deep. I also think there’s two. Do we have to get both? At this point it feels like the whole bottom of her foot needs to come off. There’s also a ton of pus..

 

[Farmgirl283420]

Is this gonna be too stressful for her? Thanks for your help.

 

[Farmgirl283420]

Did we get it all?

 

[C Siena]

Hoping your girl is doing okay. Do you feel anything else hard inside?

Others will respond. It seems your doing well so far.

 

[Eggcessive]

If you have squeezed it all out, I would clean and dress it. Change the dressing daily. It will be swollen for a week or so.