Hi everyone,
I wanted to create a new thread so I could hopefully get more views and therefore input.
I have a rooster 2 years old and last Friday (9 days ago) I noticed he has a swollen crusty spot on his butt about the size of a lemon. It includes his vent and the area above it under his tail feathers. He could have possibly been injured breaking up a cockerel fight which he did frequently with the teenagers, but I don't see any wounds. On an earlier post someone suggested a fungal infection so I treated with a liquid antifungal treatment and athlete's foot cream 2x daily with no results after 3 full days and thought maybe it's vent gleat so switched to an otc vaginal antifungal cream. I also added ACV to water. It looks slightly less crusty but still very swollen. I'm hesitant to try antibiotics since that would make a yeast infection worse, but have them on hand if suggested.
I had a pullet with a similar looking infection last year that I thought was due to injury from a hawk attack which I treated with soaking and antibiotic cream but it never improved and she died.
I'm desperate to help him since he's so sweet and just a gentle giant and so good with his flock. Any help would be much appreciated. I do not have a vet in my area for birds.
1st picture is from when first found and second picture is 9 days later after treatment.
I wanted to create a new thread so I could hopefully get more views and therefore input.
I have a rooster 2 years old and last Friday (9 days ago) I noticed he has a swollen crusty spot on his butt about the size of a lemon. It includes his vent and the area above it under his tail feathers. He could have possibly been injured breaking up a cockerel fight which he did frequently with the teenagers, but I don't see any wounds. On an earlier post someone suggested a fungal infection so I treated with a liquid antifungal treatment and athlete's foot cream 2x daily with no results after 3 full days and thought maybe it's vent gleat so switched to an otc vaginal antifungal cream. I also added ACV to water. It looks slightly less crusty but still very swollen. I'm hesitant to try antibiotics since that would make a yeast infection worse, but have them on hand if suggested.
I had a pullet with a similar looking infection last year that I thought was due to injury from a hawk attack which I treated with soaking and antibiotic cream but it never improved and she died.
I'm desperate to help him since he's so sweet and just a gentle giant and so good with his flock. Any help would be much appreciated. I do not have a vet in my area for birds.
1st picture is from when first found and second picture is 9 days later after treatment.