She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

[meganhundley]

The more eggstream the better! Nothing that comes in contact with her should come into contact with Anyone in your flock. That means changing clothes, espcially shoes, wearing gloves, always fresh and new... Any cleaning utensils must be bleached sterile... I could go on and on... Basically Everything had to be kept sep and sterilized before changing over. She has walked around on your coop floor? :/ im so so sorry bae

It was a nightmare, i looked up the pics, if you dont wanna see a critter in pain scroll fast

That was gone down! After a fews days of treatment...

Here is the day i couldnt stand it anymore, she just cried and cried... Walnut knows, they have distinct sounds for diff situations...

The more eggstream the better! Nothing that comes in contact with her should come into contact with Anyone in your flock. That means changing clothes, espcially shoes, wearing gloves, always fresh and new... Any cleaning utensils must be bleached sterile... I could go on and on... Basically Everything had to be kept sep and sterilized before changing over. She has walked around on your coop floor? :/ im so so sorry bae

It was a nightmare, i looked up the pics, if you dont wanna see a critter in pain scroll fast

That was gone down! After a fews days of treatment...

Here is the day i couldnt stand it anymore, she just cried and cried... Walnut knows, they have distinct sounds for diff situations...

I'll see what I can do. I hope this isn't the wrong decision but I really want to help her.

 

[meganhundley]

I don't even know how to go about cutting it out cause theres no scab to go by, just 2 nasty looking holes.

 

[Ravynscroft]

I don't even know how to go about cutting it out cause theres no scab to go by, just 2 nasty looking holes.

Don't cut... go by Walnut's instructions... long soaks and soft bristle brush scrubs... this will need to be done each day for a while so buckle down for the haul... I would return them, but if you are want8ng to stick it out, it will take lots of TLC...

If you can, search bumblefoot and Haunted55, I think that's the username... she did a step by step for bumblefoot w/out cutting... good luck...

 

[meganhundley]

Don't cut... go by Walnut's instructions... long soaks and soft bristle brush scrubs... this will need to be done each day for a while so buckle down for the haul... I would return them, but if you are want8ng to stick it out, it will take lots of TLC...

If you can, search bumblefoot and Haunted55, I think that's the username... she did a step by step for bumblefoot w/out cutting... good luck...

Oh thank God!! I was really dreading the cutting. I'll do that then. Thank you Walnut, Turk and Ravyn, I'll let y'all know how it goes.

 

[WalnutHill]

A toothbrush is a really good tool for the job. Sanitize it between uses.

I know that some people do not like the damaging effects of hydrogen peroxide on healthy tissue, but I use it A LOT. If I get a scratch or scrape in the coop, I wipe it with peroxide when I come in, after I wash. If the wound is a crater, dry and crusty, you may need some peroxide to help soften and loosen the edges of the cyst so healing can begin.

The BBW turkey I took in over the summer as a rescue was infected in the bone. She cried, she could not stand, it went systemic (progressed to gangrene) and I had to put her down. She was such a sweet girl, too. Another from the same batch also had it, but only in the pads. It still has not healed well.

Staph is everywhere. Staph in the environment does not mean everyone will be infected. It generally enters at a point of injury. Poor sanitation while treating an infection can lead to spreading the infection to other birds or humans, but no more so than if you handled the footwear of someone with athlete's foot. If you do have to pull a core plug from bumblefoot (it looks like a corn, and smells like thrush, which it resembles but caused by a different bacterium), be sure to discard it where it can't be eaten. When you pry it out, there will be a pit lined with a heavy membrane. This may be what you are seeing, which is part of the healing process, but there is active infection in the deeper tissues which will cause crippling injury and pain if they are not resolved. Proper disposal or sanitation of surgical supplies is critical.

http://extension.unh.edu/resources/files/resource000779_rep800.pdf

This bird is already at the 50% mortality rate stage. Don't feel bad if you don't succeed.

 

[meganhundley]

Ok, I'll try the peroxide too. I was reading also that some people use a "paste" made of iodine and regular white graunlated sugar kind of as a poultice, do you think that's a good idea to do after cleaning it out?

 

[rossfam06]

@RubyNala97 so still not better. Had to soak her again tonight. She's pooping and now it has blood in it. I really don't know what it could be. She is eating and drinking and she extremely skin. So I added some applecider vinegar to her water. I didn't see any worms....but I guess anything to help.

 

[Ravynscroft]

@RubyNala97 so still not better. Had to soak her again tonight. She's pooping and now it has blood in it. I really don't know what it could be. She is eating and drinking and she extremely skin. So I added some applecider vinegar to her water. I didn't see any worms....but I guess anything to help.

By the time you see worms they are way overloaded... if it is worms... but worming couldn't hurt... I do it cuz we are really wet here...

 

[WalnutHill]

Ok, I'll try the peroxide too. I was reading also that some people use a "paste" made of iodine and regular white graunlated sugar kind of as a poultice, do you think that's a good idea to do after cleaning it out?

I've never heard of or tried that.

 

[Ravynscroft]

I've never heard of or tried that.

Heard of it, but never tried it... I prefer the let the air get to it method...

What is it about so many people trying to cram white sugar into everything anyways???