I’ve had 6 ducks for almost a year now and while I love them, they’re turning out to be way more work than I ever imagined they would be and more than my chickens ever were. I am dealing with tons of bumblefoot! I use pine shavings in the duck house and I've done pine needles and straw in the run but they turn it all into a muddy mess in no time plus the rain. So I opted recently for wood chips aged for over a year in the run though I don’t think it’s the best option for those delicate flippers.
For the last month, I’ve been treating one duck for bumblefoot. I did two surgeries on her and I’m waiting on an antibiotic to bring the swelling down. I need a separate cage for her in the duck house and the run which I manage. I have another duck who has a medium bumble on each foot. I just soaked her feet, tried to remove the scabs but got some blood so I bandaged her up with sugardine like the other one and put a zip lock bag around her feet so she could stay with the others. These ducks I’m pretty sure got the bumbles prior to the aged wood chips.
I did a check just now on the rest and two more ducks have a small bumble on each foot! That’s 4 out of 6 ducks now! Am I doing something wrong?
I give them their pool regularly but because there’s so much bumble going on and I don’t want their bandaging getting wet, I’ve cut that down. I simply don’t have the time to spend every day soaking them in Epsom salt, doing bumble foot surgery and bandaging webbed feet….or setting up and managing separate living quarters every day in the house and run. Please help!
For the last month, I’ve been treating one duck for bumblefoot. I did two surgeries on her and I’m waiting on an antibiotic to bring the swelling down. I need a separate cage for her in the duck house and the run which I manage. I have another duck who has a medium bumble on each foot. I just soaked her feet, tried to remove the scabs but got some blood so I bandaged her up with sugardine like the other one and put a zip lock bag around her feet so she could stay with the others. These ducks I’m pretty sure got the bumbles prior to the aged wood chips.
I did a check just now on the rest and two more ducks have a small bumble on each foot! That’s 4 out of 6 ducks now! Am I doing something wrong?
I give them their pool regularly but because there’s so much bumble going on and I don’t want their bandaging getting wet, I’ve cut that down. I simply don’t have the time to spend every day soaking them in Epsom salt, doing bumble foot surgery and bandaging webbed feet….or setting up and managing separate living quarters every day in the house and run. Please help!