MadisonAdam
In the Brooder
- Dec 18, 2022
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I agree. It could have originally been a fairly minor injury, but the bacteria that gets in is the issue. It even could be a splinter or thorn. Since the bottom looks pretty healed, I also would recommend lancing from the top. Have some tweezers, chlorhexidine solution, some plain water or sterile saline, an oral syringe is useful for flushing, some paper towels. Some gauze or telfa pads, vet wrap or co wrap. Triple antibiotic ointement, or sugardine. When you clean it out, take your time and get as much gunk out as possible. Flush it well. If you think there is still any gunk in there then I would pack it with the sugardine rather than the ointment, and repack it daily and rebandage. The sugardine will help prevent the bacteria from growing and help pull out the infection, it's slow but it works. Pictures post procedure are welcome. I did a similar foot about a month ago, it took a week of sugardine and a couple more weeks to heal up. If you lay her on her back wrapped in a towel, they tend to be more relaxed, you can lay a small cloth or towel over her face, unless you have some one to hold her. Even then, it's often easier if they are on their backs.
All that needed to be removed, you did the right thing. Hopefully it will heal up well, but sometimes you do have to repeat cleanings. If it continues to regenerate, then the sugardine might be helpful, it has worked well for me on some very stubborn ones.
Just mix a little plain, white sugar, a tablespoon is plenty, with a few drops of betadine/provodone iodine, it should be the consistency of gritty peanut butter. Pack the hole with that and wrap to hold it in. Reapply that daily until it is no longer generating pus.
Without seeing the label, I don't know if what you have is the right thing. You can get it at any pharmacy, walmart, etc. Peroxide is not necessarily the best thing to use repeatedly, it can inhibit healing. If you need to flush again then chlorhexidine (hibiclens), sterile saline, or plain, mild soapy water would be better. If you are only able to do it every other day, then do that, it may just take a little longer. The ointment may work also, it's hard to predict, every foot is different. I use the ointment unless it's one that just keeps regenerating pus over and over, then I switch to the sugardine. I've had very good results with it.
Thank you Coach