Swollen foot

[yakitori]

Should I try to drain this?
Noticed her limping today, was definitely fine 2 days ago.

 

[Nabiki]

That looks painful. I would start with a warm epsom salt soak. Look for a healed over wound.

 

[yakitori]

That looks painful. I would start with a warm epsom salt soak. Look for a healed over

How long do you recommend to soak for? I was looking for bumble-foot signs, but honestly don’t see a wound anywhere

 

[Nabiki]

I usually do 20 minute soaks. Put them in a container with a lid (that has breathing holes) and put warm epsom salt water in the bottom.

I looks like bumblefoot but without a wound. You may want to consult a vet about antibiotics if the soak doesn't help.

 

[yakitori]

Update incase it helps anyone. Did the soak with no obvious changes. Then I tried to pop it with a needle, but nothing came out, it was also so swollen i don’t think she felt anything. I ended up keeping her in the brooder with my chicks and treating a few times a day by rubbing with tea tree oil. went down significantly over the first two days. then slowed down, i think there was clotted blood under the skin? It’s now almost back to normal after another week or so. So maybe it took that long to reabsorb it or something.

Not saying it was the tea tree oil that fixed this, but it’s my go to disinfectant ever since my college days when I got an infection on a cut in my thumb and my thumb swelled to twice its size. I was by myself in a foreign country and didn’t have any kind of health care and it was also like 9pm at night. I did have a bottle of teatree oil and recalled it had some antiseptic properties. So I soaked my thumb with the oil, wrapped that with a piece of kleeenex and secured it up with tape. I wasn’t trying to cure the thumb, I just wanted to keep it from getting worse until I could seek help the next day. How shocked was I when I woke up the next morning and my thumb was back to its normal size.

It wasn’t until later that I learned that some people could have allergic reactions to fill strength tea tree oil, whoops. Fortunately I wasn’t one of them!

pic of feet after a day of tea tree oil application

 

[Nabiki]

Just a note, quail pus is solid, so it won't drain like it would on a mammal. That's why if you look up articles on treating bumblefoot, they'll tell you to "remove the plug", which is basically solid pus.

She may still need antibiotics, but you would want to consult a vet for that.

 

[yakitori]

Just a note, quail pus is solid, so it won't drain like it would on a mammal. That's why if you look up articles on treating bumblefoot, they'll tell you to "remove the plug", which is basically solid pus.

She may still need antibiotics, but you would want to consult a vet for that.

That makes sense on why nothing drained.
Her foot is pretty much back to normal as of today, but will keep an eye out. Unfortunately vet care for a quail is not something I can afford - just my personal financial status

 

[Nabiki]

That makes sense on why nothing drained.
Her foot is pretty much back to normal as of today, but will keep an eye out. Unfortunately vet care for a quail is not something I can afford - just my personal financial status

I'm glad she's doing well.