chicken with bumble foot

babychickens321 · May 30, 2022

my chicken has bumble foot.
how do I cure it without cutting her foot open and is there any additional cures apart from giving her legs a bath. Also, could she die if it is left untreated for a long time? She had it for a few months but I thought it would go away on its own which was useless of me

its a small scab which was a small dot last time I saw but I may have grown since then
ill attach some pictures later
my other chickens don't have a scab under their foot but their foot is pale and looks dusty. is that the start of bumble foot?
how do I cure her?
I don't have epsom salt, could you do it with regular table salt or just plain warm water (for the bath).
is there no other cure at all for her feet?
there's loads of rocks and hard bits of dirt and twigs in areas of my garden, did she get it because of that?
thanks for any help

babychickens321 · May 30, 2022

she's not struggling to walk or limping either

just checked her foot
the black scab dot I saw earlier in the middle of her feet has just disappeared??
but she's got a very thin flap of her skin hanging off one of her toes. its like a small circular cut which is like 2 - 3 mm wide. her cut is just red and the blood is dried. I don't have any of the sprays everyone uses or any medicine or anything. can I wash her feet in warm water and just bandage her or something?

coach723 · May 30, 2022

PIctures would help.
Any kind of injury, a small scrape, cut, thorn, splinter etc. can let the bacteria in that causes bumblefoot. The earlier it's treated the easier and quicker it is to heal. You need to soak the foot to soften up the lesion for removal. If you don't have epsom salts you can use a chlorhexidine solution (hibiclens), warm soapy water, betadine water, etc. Alternately you can apply some decolorized iodine (not the same as betadine-it's in the first aid section of most pharmacies) and wrap the foot over night to soften it up for removal. Then flush it out, remove any pus or debris in there, and then fill the hole with plain neosporin or plain triple antibiotic ointment and wrap the foot to keep it clean. Change the bandage, clean and reapply the ointment daily until you see it healing up well. Every foot is a little different, healing times can vary depending on the size and depth of the lesion.
This is the method I always do first:
https://www.tillysnest.com/2015/12/non-surgical-bumblefoot-treatment.html/?spref=pi

babychickens321 · May 30, 2022

coach723 said:
PIctures would help.
Any kind of injury, a small scrape, cut, thorn, splinter etc. can let the bacteria in that causes bumblefoot. The earlier it's treated the easier and quicker it is to heal. You need to soak the foot to soften up the lesion for removal. If you don't have epsom salts you can use a chlorhexidine solution (hibiclens), warm soapy water, betadine water, etc. Alternately you can apply some decolorized iodine (not the same as betadine-it's in the first aid section of most pharmacies) and wrap the foot over night to soften it up for removal. Then flush it out, remove any pus or debris in there, and then fill the hole with plain neosporin or plain triple antibiotic ointment and wrap the foot to keep it clean. Change the bandage, clean and reapply the ointment daily until you see it healing up well. Every foot is a little different, healing times can vary depending on the size and depth of the lesion.
This is the method I always do first:
https://www.tillysnest.com/2015/12/non-surgical-bumblefoot-treatment.html/?spref=pi

thank you! the problem is that the scab I saw before has just disappeared, but she has a cut on one of her toes. do I wash the cut and bandage it as well?

babychickens321 · May 30, 2022

would I have to blow dry her as well she has feathers on her feet.

coach723 · May 30, 2022

The cut on the toe, depends on the cut. If it's scabbed over and healing then you may need to do nothing. I really can't say without seeing it. Whether to blow dry or not depends on how wet she is and what your temps are like. If it's just her leg feathers that are wet and it's warm where you are, then towel drying may be enough. If you need to blow dry, then do it on low heat.

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