Sparrow-Song
Chirping
- Aug 6, 2022
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I've just been posting lately about Mycoplasma and issues related to that, so of course I found out a bit ago that many of my ladies have bumblefoot. (The reasons are environmental and I'm working to rectify them but it's pretty costly so it won't be easy. Got one of them down but there are two more to work on, one of which may not be possible.) The most severe case was, of course, my favorite hen.
Her foot was swollen a while ago, but I tried a surgery on her using a non-soak method, and it went badly and she ended up traumatized. I was reluctant to treat after that, and it led to a progression. I'm now worried it's in her bloodstream. I was able to successfully treat another hen recently, so I'm feeling more confident and able to do the surgery on her tonight, but I know if its in their blood it seems like that's it for them. Is there any way to fix that if it is the case? I've put Tylan in her coop as I suspect the mycoplasma is probably making her immune system weaker, but she's been losing feathers and I've seen her breathing getting worse. She's about 3 years old, an olive egger which makes it hard to see if her foot is irritated as it's gray. She still seems to be a healthy weight, she's not laying and she's spending a lot of time on the roost even when she has access to the outdoors to free range.
If anyone knows of a way to treat the bumblefoot once it's gotten that far, I'd be so grateful. She is the only one of my hens left (after lots of predator attacks) who will let me pick her up; after this I doubt she'll allow me to anymore, given how scared she is of the treatment, but I'd just like her to live.
Her foot was swollen a while ago, but I tried a surgery on her using a non-soak method, and it went badly and she ended up traumatized. I was reluctant to treat after that, and it led to a progression. I'm now worried it's in her bloodstream. I was able to successfully treat another hen recently, so I'm feeling more confident and able to do the surgery on her tonight, but I know if its in their blood it seems like that's it for them. Is there any way to fix that if it is the case? I've put Tylan in her coop as I suspect the mycoplasma is probably making her immune system weaker, but she's been losing feathers and I've seen her breathing getting worse. She's about 3 years old, an olive egger which makes it hard to see if her foot is irritated as it's gray. She still seems to be a healthy weight, she's not laying and she's spending a lot of time on the roost even when she has access to the outdoors to free range.
If anyone knows of a way to treat the bumblefoot once it's gotten that far, I'd be so grateful. She is the only one of my hens left (after lots of predator attacks) who will let me pick her up; after this I doubt she'll allow me to anymore, given how scared she is of the treatment, but I'd just like her to live.
