The cursed bumblefoot

[shawluvsbirds]

Actually I only have a pic of what her foot looked like I could kick myself for not taking more pics. This was the week an a half we were with out internet and I just didn't get anything other than the bumble foot itself. But when I popped the core out it hit me in the neck and landed somewhere on the patio stones and I looked for it and couldn't find it.

oh gross
One of your other birds probably ate it

 

[Miss Lydia]

Or one of my dogs more like it. lol They will eat anything gross.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

It surprises me that it would come flying out like that.
I wonder sometimes if there is a tiny thorn or something in there that starts it. .and the pus core forms around that.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I wish I could have found it because it was def solid feeling when it hit me. With my chickens I peel the scab off and thick pussy stuff comes out or I pull out the core with sterile tweezers. After I popped the core out of my Runners foot there wasn't anything oozing just a small hole where I had opened with the scalpel.

 

[Adrisducks]

Miss Lydia, yes please! I would love to see the pics as well. I have some runners too

I found out just this past summer bumble foot can present itself in different ways. Usually we look for the black scab and swelling, limping. But my Runner had a bumble I had never seen made me think a small tumor at first. I took her to the vet and she diagnosed bumble. Gave her Metacam and Antibiotics which she started on, at day 7 I was able to cut the foot open enough to pop out the core. Treated and wrapped then continued with the meds until gone and made sure her foot was healed before taking wrap off for good. I have pics if anyone wants to see. It wasn't like any others I have had with my chickens. It was the first bumble I have ever had with one of my water fowl.

I found out just this past summer bumble foot can present itself in different ways. Usually we look for the black scab and swelling, limping. But my Runner had a bumble I had never seen made me think a small tumor at first. I took her to the vet and she diagnosed bumble. Gave her Metacam and Antibiotics which she started on, at day 7 I was able to cut the foot open enough to pop out the core. Treated and wrapped then continued with the meds until gone and made sure her foot was healed before taking wrap off for good. I have pics if anyone wants to see. It wasn't like any others I have had with my chickens. It was the first bumble I have ever had with one of my water fowl.

 

[Miss Lydia]

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[KaleIAm]

I've had ducks for a few years now and had a few bouts with bumblefoot before. I've taken them to the vet because they are my pets not food and I don't want them in pain. When they go to the veterinarian it's actually never a severe case of bumblefoot at all and the vet won't remove it. They will only give us antibiotics and tell us to soak it. I've read so many conflicting things on the internet about bumblefoot. But my main problem is I can't get it to go away now. No matter what I do. It's pretty small but it won't go away. And usually when I separate them so they won't walk on it I can't get them to not walk, even in a small cage. I just need help, tips, tricks, secrets of bumblefoot. I'm so depressed about it right now. Thank you in advance

Have you ever tried boots? My pet Pekin used to get bumbles all the time and I used neoprene boots while she was healing. I took her to the vet as well, and they didn't cut her. They gave me metacam and antibiotics. I washed her foot twice a day and put triple antibiotic ointment on the sores. Then I put her in a boot overnight.

I tried to keep her in a boot during the day as well, but she splashed water down her leg and the boot kept her foot soggy all day. The skin got all pruny like she had been in a bath, so I just let her walk barefooted during the day and booted at night. She healed quickly.

My duck did get recurring bumblefoot until I asked my vet what I was doing wrong. My vet told me to stop using aspen or pine shavings for substrate/bedding, and to remove anything hard from my aviary. She told me to use straw or hay for bedding, and have only grass or dirt in my aviary. I know a lot of people use wood shavings without issues, and it is a lot easier to clean and doesn't mold as easy as straw or hay. I tried the only straw/hay/dirt/grass, and I went having regular bumblefoot to NO bumblefoot for 3 years. So, for my ducks I believe it works. Cleaning the straw/hay out is so much harder, but it is worth it to me.

 

[CoriM]

@ArisDucks - where are you at with your flock's bumblefoot problem? I have three right now and am pulling my hair out. I've been treating one of my ducks off and on for 7 weeks but it won't go away. Have you had any success?