Galaxyfalcon
Songster
Hello everyone,
I noticed my big Pekin limping a couple of weeks ago and didn't think anything of it at the time. Earlier this week, we checked all of our ducks feet and our Pekin has bumble on both feet. One foot it looks like it just starting, very small, and the other foot is much more developed. We've been treating him for a few days with a 30m warm epsom salt bath and spraying his foot down with vetricyn anti-microbial. On the 3rd day we started wrapping his foot, spraying it with the vetricyn and then applying Green goo to the wounds and then wrapping it. I've just picked up some triple antibiotic neosporin and am considering using this as well. I'm trying to avoid surgery as much as possible—I'm terrified of cutting him, and he's been struggling a bit the last two days getting him wraped.
Is soaking him once a day for 30m in the epsom salt okay? How often should we be applying medicine to the wound? We started once a day but I'm pushing to do a morning and evening spray/clean/application of medicine to the foot. Or should I stick to once and just leave it wrapped? Is this foot bad enough that I should take him to the vet?
A second issue has been getting him positioned for care. He's a big boy, not like my girls at all. It's been really difficult trying to get a towel around him to secure him, and then he's so big that it's not very graceful trying to tip him over on his back so we can get his feet. Yesterday he was really struggling and was kicking a lot which made treating his feet extra difficult.
I'm looking for some general advice on treating bumblefoot as far as medicine and the actual daily routine, and then also any advice on securely holding such a large duck to make the process easier. Today I'm going to try wrapping him in a spare scarf since it's a bit easier to get under him and I'm hoping that will help make it easier to tip him up to get to his feet. I'm attaching a photo of the worst foot, his other foot has two tiny nodes that are less than half the size of the smaller node here. I'm concerned about the big nodule since this looks pretty advanced. I really don't want to operate if I can help it.
PS: I've got some duck booties on the way that will hopefully make the process easier but I don't know how long it will take to get them here.
Thanks for any help everyone!
I noticed my big Pekin limping a couple of weeks ago and didn't think anything of it at the time. Earlier this week, we checked all of our ducks feet and our Pekin has bumble on both feet. One foot it looks like it just starting, very small, and the other foot is much more developed. We've been treating him for a few days with a 30m warm epsom salt bath and spraying his foot down with vetricyn anti-microbial. On the 3rd day we started wrapping his foot, spraying it with the vetricyn and then applying Green goo to the wounds and then wrapping it. I've just picked up some triple antibiotic neosporin and am considering using this as well. I'm trying to avoid surgery as much as possible—I'm terrified of cutting him, and he's been struggling a bit the last two days getting him wraped.
Is soaking him once a day for 30m in the epsom salt okay? How often should we be applying medicine to the wound? We started once a day but I'm pushing to do a morning and evening spray/clean/application of medicine to the foot. Or should I stick to once and just leave it wrapped? Is this foot bad enough that I should take him to the vet?
A second issue has been getting him positioned for care. He's a big boy, not like my girls at all. It's been really difficult trying to get a towel around him to secure him, and then he's so big that it's not very graceful trying to tip him over on his back so we can get his feet. Yesterday he was really struggling and was kicking a lot which made treating his feet extra difficult.
I'm looking for some general advice on treating bumblefoot as far as medicine and the actual daily routine, and then also any advice on securely holding such a large duck to make the process easier. Today I'm going to try wrapping him in a spare scarf since it's a bit easier to get under him and I'm hoping that will help make it easier to tip him up to get to his feet. I'm attaching a photo of the worst foot, his other foot has two tiny nodes that are less than half the size of the smaller node here. I'm concerned about the big nodule since this looks pretty advanced. I really don't want to operate if I can help it.
PS: I've got some duck booties on the way that will hopefully make the process easier but I don't know how long it will take to get them here.
Thanks for any help everyone!