Blue Copper Maran with Bumble Foot

[sky_fox]

Hello Everyone,

I have a young Blue Copper Maran hen approximately around a year-ish with bumblefoot on both feet. Once she has her little "boots" on, she walks perfectly fine. We have been treating her for about a month and site is not improving.

For context, we live in Deep East Texas and get quite a bit of rain. She shares a covered run with one other hen and a rooster. The floor of the run is filled with decomposed granite and their bedding where they roost is filled with finely cut pine shavings, so I am not entirely sure how she would have been cut.

What I have been doing to treat the bumble foot:

When I first discovered the bumblefoot about a month ago, I soaked the hen for approximately 10 minutes in an Epsom salt bath. After the soak, we cleaned the feet and removed the scab. However, we did not find any yellow kernel or any yellow puss that would have been in the foot. We massaged the two feet, but nothing came out except blood. We decided to clean the wound site with hydrogen peroxide, spray Poultry Vetricyn on it and put a pea-size of triple antibiotic (without pain relief) on the wound. We wrapped up the two feet individually with gauze, medical sports wrap, and tape to secure the wrapping.

Ever since then, every 3-4 days, I removed the bandages, soaked her feet in Epsom salt for 10 minutes, cleaned the site with hydrogen peroxide, sprayed with the poultry vetricyn, put the triple antibiotic on the site, then applied new bandages.

Is there anything else that I can do? Unfortunately, we do not have an avian vet near us, so ideally we would like to treat this ourselves.

Left Foot:

Right Foot:

 

[Chicken_Obsesser]

@Wyorp Rock

 

[sky_fox]

I will update the process of the treatment of this gal. I researched around these forums and it was suggested to use Prid and/or Sugardine (sugar mixed with betadine) on the wound after soaking the hen and removing the scab. I purchased the supplies and will soak and change her bandages later today (it is blazing hot where I am at.) Thank you!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Looks like if you sqeeze really hard, you should be able to remove the Kernel if there is one.

Bumblefoot can take a while to resolve, just keep going. The article below may help.
https://www.tillysnest.com/2015/12/non-surgical-bumblefoot-treatment-html/

 

[sky_fox]

Looks like if you sqeeze really hard, you should be able to remove the Kernel if there is one.

Bumblefoot can take a while to resolve, just keep going. The article below may help.
https://www.tillysnest.com/2015/12/non-surgical-bumblefoot-treatment-html/

 

[sky_fox]

Thank you so much! I had a long day, so sorry about the late response. I decided to soak her for 10 minutes with Epson Salt, clean the wound with hydrogen peroxide, spray with vetricyn, and put triple antibiotic with prid. Hopefully it works out!

 

[LaFleche]

with hydrogen peroxide,

Keep up the good work but without using the hydrogen peroxide any longer.
It works well for the first time cleaning the wound but it can impede the healing process when used for longer.

 

[sky_fox]

Keep up the good work but without using the hydrogen peroxide any longer.
It works well for the first time cleaning the wound but it can impede the healing process when used for longer.

Thank you! Im going to be changing it again and will send updates.

 

[sky_fox]

Update: So far the maran is doing okay in terms of healing. The area around the scabs are still red, but she walks and acts perfectly fine. When I was cleaning her wound today with dish soap instead of hydrogen peroxide, I accidentally scrubbed off the scab. I decided to push around to see if yellow kernels would come out, but instead I got thin, goey semi-translucent white puss that came out in a sort of string (like snot.) I didn't force anymore out since I wanted to remove the scabs next week and see if there are by chance any kernels. I did not take pictures since I was incredibly busy in the morning. Once I take off the scab next week, I will show the puss.

Thanks everyone for their help!

 

[sky_fox]

Update: So far the maran is doing okay in terms of healing. The area around the scabs are still red, but she walks and acts perfectly fine. When I was cleaning her wound today with dish soap instead of hydrogen peroxide, I accidentally scrubbed off the scab. I decided to push around to see if yellow kernels would come out, but instead I got thin, goey semi-translucent white puss that came out in a sort of string (like snot.) I didn't force anymore out since I wanted to remove the scabs next week and see if there are by chance any kernels. I did not take pictures since I was incredibly busy in the morning. Once I take off the scab next week, I will show the puss.

Thanks everyone for their help!

Oh, and to add, I am still soaking in epsom salt, cleaning the wound, spraying vetricyn, applying trible antiobiotic, and prid when I change the bandages.