Things you wish you knew starting out?

[AllenK RGV]

No I mean for bumblefoot!
I'm wondering if the extreme but fast cold temperature would kill the infection.

No experience there using those kits, but hey you don't need a medical license to practice medicine on your chicken. There is a reason DR's call their office their medical "practice".

 

[Parront]

No experience there using those kits, but hey you don't need a medical license to practice medicine on your chicken. There is a reason DR's call their office their medical "practice".

Still practicin', no licence yet!

 

[Parront]

As an UN-authorized and unlicensed vet-practitioner I cut off our cousin's turtle's leg. "Speedy" had gangrene from a wire warped around the leg. It was green, and smelly. Speedy lived and is now named "Tripod". That was 20 years ago, now! WTF!

 

[AllenK RGV]

I just had to share the Caterpillar Apocalypse with you guys. The stairs image was like 2 days ago the caterpillar christmass ornaments on the grass seed heads were from 5 or so minutes ago. Lucky for me the chicken love them so I'm refusing to mow my backyard as these guys love them and I wan't to see those tail feathers grow out so I can be sure of who will have a date with the stump! You just have to watch your step cause for some reason I just hate stepping on these things.

 

[aart]

Yeah I was thinking of salicitic acid or common wart remover might be an option to try first before doing that simple surgery then dressing the wound.

Not sure about that....would you normally use those to treat an infected puncture wound?
Bumblefoot is usually a staph infection in a cut or puncture.

 

[Parront]

Every year occurrence in the ca desert. Insect invasion every month!

 

[AllenK RGV]

Not sure about that....would you normally use those to treat an infected puncture wound?
Bumblefoot is usually a staph infection in a cut or puncture.

It looks like a hard kernel that should dissolve with a liquid wart remover from the images I've seen but once you can get under it sure I'd go for topical antibiotics. Interesting that you say the etiology is an injury that becomes infected. Hopefully I'll get to see it and practice. Heck I'd even bet CLR would dissolve the colonies protective coat allowing you to get to the active infection to treat it and exposure to oxygen alone may be all it takes to do the bacteria in.

Hope one day I get my chance to practice.

 

[Parront]

It looks like a hard kernel that should dissolve with a liquid wart remover from the images I've seen but once you can get under it sure I'd go for topical antibiotics. Interesting that you say the etiology is an injury that becomes infected. Hopefully I'll get to see it and practice. Heck I'd even bet CLR would dissolve the colonies protective coat allowing you to get to the active infection to treat it and exposure to oxygen alone may be all it takes to do the bacteria in.

Hope one day I get my chance to practice.

All just practicin'!

 

[AllenK RGV]

Still usually it occurs bilaterally(both feet) doesn't it? if so very odd that

All just practicin'!

Sure don't try any of that on a bird you don't mind slautering if it's a prized SQ animal then just got to the vet cause ya must have the money since those birds cost so much. But even on an $80 bird disease or something else might force you to cull anyway.

 

[AllenK RGV]

Not sure about that....would you normally use those to treat an infected puncture wound?
Bumblefoot is usually a staph infection in a cut or puncture.

lol google agrees with you on the commonly staph and links back to BYC too funny.