Hello everyone,
Our Tom has what seems to be major blistering and swelling on his hock, with the swelling going down his leg. While he does attempt to walk he can only make it a couple steps with assistance. We first noticed the problem around two days ago, he seems slightly sluggish but continued to walk around. This eventually developed into limping, and then not being able to stand at all.
I had only noticed the swelling in his foot at this time, when there were no cases of bumblefoot I assumed he may have fallen or landed wrong. Later that night I noticed that his hock looked slightly swollen, upon touching it the area began to leak fluid. Unaware of the damage I took him inside and started to inspect the area, which is when I found the many blisters hiding under feathers. We had popped a few blisters just to relief pressure, and he seemed to.stand better afterwards. He has been under watch and isolated ever since then, we have refrained from popping anymore blisters incase of infection. Additionally, he resumed not being able to stand well.
He has still been eating and drinking, seeming alert and as normal as he was before the injury. He responds to noises, chirps when pet, and remains curious. At this time we are unable to take him to the vet, which is why I'm asking for help here. ANY advice is greatly appreciated, thank you so much!!
Our Tom has what seems to be major blistering and swelling on his hock, with the swelling going down his leg. While he does attempt to walk he can only make it a couple steps with assistance. We first noticed the problem around two days ago, he seems slightly sluggish but continued to walk around. This eventually developed into limping, and then not being able to stand at all.
I had only noticed the swelling in his foot at this time, when there were no cases of bumblefoot I assumed he may have fallen or landed wrong. Later that night I noticed that his hock looked slightly swollen, upon touching it the area began to leak fluid. Unaware of the damage I took him inside and started to inspect the area, which is when I found the many blisters hiding under feathers. We had popped a few blisters just to relief pressure, and he seemed to.stand better afterwards. He has been under watch and isolated ever since then, we have refrained from popping anymore blisters incase of infection. Additionally, he resumed not being able to stand well.
He has still been eating and drinking, seeming alert and as normal as he was before the injury. He responds to noises, chirps when pet, and remains curious. At this time we are unable to take him to the vet, which is why I'm asking for help here. ANY advice is greatly appreciated, thank you so much!!
