Weird black scab on duck ankle

[Lauraduck]

So my troublemaker duck Chloe has a nasty scab on the front of her ankle. Not sure what she got herself into but it started out as a callous looking area and now it looks like a barnacle. I've been cleaning it with Vetericyn and applying silver sulfadiazine cream once a day for the past 2 days, but every time I clean the scab it bleeds. Today it started bleeding when I fed them peas and they were stepping all over each other. So I cleaned it again and a huge chunk of scab fell off. Bloody underneath. Applied cornstarch to stop the bleeding then silver honey cream and put her in the pen for the night. Any ideas what this thing is or what I can do to help her? She's not limping and it doesn't seem to bother her. Thanks in advance!

 

[azygous]

It's likely an injury that may have become infected. Soak the shank in warm Epsom salt water for twenty minutes, debride the wound (pull off the scab and clean out any pus) and then keep the wound covered in an antibiotic ointment.

Fortunately, that spot on the leg is easily bandaged. Place a non-stick gauze pad over the wound after applying the ointment, then wrap with elastic Vetrap. Check wound every two days if bandaged and every day if unbandaged. Keep moist at all times with the antibiotic ointment.

 

[Lauraduck]

It's likely an injury that may have become infected. Soak the shank in warm Epsom salt water for twenty minutes, debride the wound (pull off the scab and clean out any pus) and then keep the wound covered in an antibiotic ointment.

Fortunately, that spot on the leg is easily bandaged. Place a non-stick gauze pad over the wound after applying the ointment, then wrap with elastic Vetrap. Check wound every two days if bandaged and every day if unbandaged. Keep moist at all times with the antibiotic ointment.

Thank you! This is what I was suspecting. I will try to bandage it starting today. And I will continue using the SSD cream- I got it from a vet tech friend for a nasty wound that one of my ducklings had and it worked like a charm