Hi, All.
I know there are a ton of bumblefoot threads, and there is some very good advice out there (checkout @Isaac 0 's article and all the great advice we've personally received from @Miss Lydia and others). I'm starting this thread just to document this case. If it helps other people, great! If you want to chime in with advice, we're all ears.
Lucy (who is more commonly called The Goose), is a three-year old silver Appleyard duck. We spend a fair bit of time with our ducks (at least a couple hours of supervised free ranging most days), which is why we were shocked to find what appeared to us to be a pretty advanced case of bumblefoot on Goosie's left foot yesterday morning.
She was not limping or appearing to favor the foot, and she was acting entirely normal, cruising around with her pals foraging.
We've dealt with bumblefoot before a couple times, and we've always been able to resolve it non-surgically (largely through an aggressive regimen of epson salt soaks. We're thinking this time may be different. We've contacted our vet, so we're working on that angle, but we've also started soaks. Here is her foot after this morning's soak.
She is chilling with her sisters now, and we'll do another midday soak. Hopefully we'll get in for a vet appointment Monday. Otherwise, we may be looking to take the plunge into surgery ourselves. Here's The Goose in happier times:
I know there are a ton of bumblefoot threads, and there is some very good advice out there (checkout @Isaac 0 's article and all the great advice we've personally received from @Miss Lydia and others). I'm starting this thread just to document this case. If it helps other people, great! If you want to chime in with advice, we're all ears.
Lucy (who is more commonly called The Goose), is a three-year old silver Appleyard duck. We spend a fair bit of time with our ducks (at least a couple hours of supervised free ranging most days), which is why we were shocked to find what appeared to us to be a pretty advanced case of bumblefoot on Goosie's left foot yesterday morning.
She was not limping or appearing to favor the foot, and she was acting entirely normal, cruising around with her pals foraging.
We've dealt with bumblefoot before a couple times, and we've always been able to resolve it non-surgically (largely through an aggressive regimen of epson salt soaks. We're thinking this time may be different. We've contacted our vet, so we're working on that angle, but we've also started soaks. Here is her foot after this morning's soak.
She is chilling with her sisters now, and we'll do another midday soak. Hopefully we'll get in for a vet appointment Monday. Otherwise, we may be looking to take the plunge into surgery ourselves. Here's The Goose in happier times:
