Rooster Gout Topical Cream?

[EdnaAndEdith]

I dont give my 6 year old rooster aspirin for the long haul, only in very cold temps when it's really rough for him to walk. I keep his roost low inside the coop so it's easier for him to perch.
After 2 or 3 days when it warms up (I live in Florida) after a cold snap, I stop the aspirin. Sometimes I soak his feet in a container of warm water and that helps.

Once birds get gout, they've got it for the rest of their lives, there's nothing more that you can do. The way I see it, as long as he is eating, drinking, and acting like a rooster should ie; crowing his head off in the mornings or gets in a crowing contest with another rooster, treading a hen etc...he's acting normal and he's good to go.

Most vets dont know anything about chickens. Save yourself some money. Good luck with Walter.

Thank you for your help! Good information here. I appreciate it very much.

I’ve used a product called Adequan on my two dogs and one cat to wonderful effect with arthritis pain. I looked it up and it seems to be safe for use with birds too. I think I’ll try that and see if it helps him at all by reducing some inflammation. Has anyone else tried this ?

 

[dawg53]

Thank you for your help! Good information here. I appreciate it very much.

I’ve used a product called Adequan on my two dogs and one cat to wonderful effect with arthritis pain. I looked it up and it seems to be safe for use with birds too. I think I’ll try that and see if it helps him at all by reducing some inflammation. Has anyone else tried this ?

If you plan on treating Walter with Adequan, and after 4 or 5 days treatment, if you see marked improvement, please let me know. Thanks.

 

[EdnaAndEdith]

Just thought I would give an update. I have been doing adequan 0.1mg/kg sc weekly (Walter has had two doses) and we have been doing two tart cherry capsules dissolved in water every other day. And we have been alternating the pain relief green goo ointment and the poultry first aid ointment on his feet every other day.

While there isn’t marked improvement yet I can say that he is walking much more quickly than he had been and seems a bit more alert. I’m not sure that it is helping with actually resolving the problem but I believe it is giving him some pain relief. I have a 7 year old hen that has been slowing down lately and I’m thinking I might try to adequan with her too. I know with my dogs, one dog reacted very quickly and dramatically to the adequan and the other took until the end of the first bottle before we saw huge improvement. I do feel it is worth continuing as a trial.

Here’s Walter’s feet today. I’m not sure if there is a visual difference or not, honestly.

 

[EdnaAndEdith]

I will have to try to get a picture tomorrow but last night when my husband and I were doing Walter’s injection, he seemed extra painful. When I looked at his hocks they seem to be kind of pillow like (almost like a pressure sore is forming). By itself this would not seem that odd since he is spending so much time leaning back off his feet. But I also noticed that the skin just above the line where his feathers start is turning into what looks like bright red hamburger. You can see what must have been the beginning of it in one of my original photos. It’s on both sides and VERY painful to the touch. I don’t see parasites, he hasn’t been injured. I don’t understand what could cause it. Any ideas?

 

[EdnaAndEdith]

Here are some pictures of his redness. He is very painful around his hocks. Although I do think the adequan helps some with his pain, he still jerks like crazy and gets stressed when I look at these areas.

 

[dawg53]

Yes, it must be painful around his hocks. Is it possible he might be roosting on his hocks when he goes to sleep at night, or maybe rubbing them on the roost somehow?
Have you noticed how he sleeps at night?

 

[EdnaAndEdith]

He sleeps on the ground in the pine shavings. He does sit back on his hocks a lot.

 

[Gigi1983]

Hi there! I have them same thing going on with my 5.5 year old ex-battery girl. Gout on both feet and sores on the back of one of her hocks. Her feet are much worse than your rooster's. She also has feather follicle cysts all over her legs. I'm treating her with a full-spectrum CBD salve and so far have has more success with it than the topical ointment given by vet. If you get some barberry bark from a health shop and boil then simmer it and strain out the bark and give him the juice, this is an unbelievable kidney and liver tonic that will flush out the toxicity causing the gout. I haven't given it to my girl yet as I'm trying to get some recommendations on the correct dosage for hens. In people this will clear acute jaundice in 3-5 days, it is unbelievable. When I get the dose I can let you know how much to give him. How is he doing now, is he still with you?

 

[Gigi1983]

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[Gigi1983]

Hi there! I have them same thing going on with my 5.5 year old ex-battery girl. Gout on both feet and sores on the back of one of her hocks. Her feet are much worse than your rooster's. She also has feather follicle cysts all over her legs. I'm treating her with a full-spectrum CBD salve and so far have has more success with it than the topical ointment given by vet. If you get some barberry bark from a health shop and boil then simmer it and strain out the bark and give him the juice, this is an unbelievable kidney and liver tonic that will flush out the toxicity causing the gout. I haven't given it to my girl yet as I'm trying to get some recommendations on the correct dosage for hens. In people this will clear acute jaundice in 3-5 days, it is unbelievable. When I get the dose I can let you know how much to give him. How is he doing now, is he still with you?

Ok guys update in case any one who has a hen with a gout issue is reading this. Don't give them the barberry bark juice. I gave my girl 0.5 ml, a tiny amount and she had a fit. Didn't know what specifically had caused the fit so waited 5 days and gave her another dose thinking it was likely something else that caused it and yep she had another fit. So don't give them this. Currently trying moringa powder. Tried and tested on chickens for gout. 0.5 grams 3 times daily.