Baytril dosage for ducks with bumblefoot

joesandy1822 said:

Thank you! So you just put the syringe in their bill and squirt it in? I know it’s very bitter. Years ago I had to medicate various pet rodents for mycoplasmosis and I tasted it to see why they hated it so much. Awful tasting stuff!

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Essentially, that is what I do. Here is an article on how to administer it safely. Ducks don't have a lot of taste buds, but this method goes straight into their throat.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/

@joesandy1822 how is your duck doing?

Quatie said:

@joesandy1822 how is your duck doing?

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Thank you for asking! She is doing well.

We are cleaning it and applying antibiotic ointment every evening. There is a “hole” that goes deep, and whenever there is “loose” tissue, I remove it. It’s hard sometimes to know what is healthy tissue and what needs to be removed. I try to force the ointment into the hole and keep at least a little opening, allowing healing from the inside out. It is just not obvious to me at what point I should quit picking stuff off/out, and when to just let it heal. I know I am rambling. This being my first time, and it was HUGE, it’s just a little unclear to me the expected and normal progression of healing. Oh, I also spray with Vetericyn before I apply the ointment. My son and I sewed several pairs of shoes out of neoprene that we are using instead of vet wrap. The vet wrap caused sores on her leg. The orange skin actually peeled off in one spot. But that is healing nicely now.

I’ll add a current photo when we clean it tonight.

joesandy1822 said:

Thank you for asking! She is doing well.

We are cleaning it and applying antibiotic ointment every evening. There is a “hole” that goes deep, and whenever there is “loose” tissue, I remove it. It’s hard sometimes to know what is healthy tissue and what needs to be removed. I try to force the ointment into the hole and keep at least a little opening, allowing healing from the inside out. It is just not obvious to me at what point I should quit picking stuff off/out, and when to just let it heal. I know I am rambling. This being my first time, and it was HUGE, it’s just a little unclear to me the expected and normal progression of healing. Oh, I also spray with Vetericyn before I apply the ointment. My son and I sewed several pairs of shoes out of neoprene that we are using instead of vet wrap. The vet wrap caused sores on her leg. The orange skin actually peeled off in one spot. But that is healing nicely now.

I’ll add a current photo when we clean it tonight.

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Definitely if there is necrotic tissue, you want to get rid of that. Tissue can grows around the infection and you are left with excesses tissue at the end. If you are not seeing any more hard pus like substance, I would let it heal.

Otherwise it sounds like things are going well. I do like duck shoes over the vet wrap for that very same reason. I had a similar thing happen to my Pekin girl. The duck shoes helped a lot. Glad it is working for you too.

Quatie said:

Definitely if there is necrotic tissue, you want to get rid of that. Tissue can grows around the infection and you are left with excesses tissue at the end. If you are not seeing any more hard pus like substance, I would let it heal.

Otherwise it sounds like things are going well. I do like duck shoes over the vet wrap for that very same reason. I had a similar thing happen to my Pekin girl. The duck shoes helped a lot. Glad it is working for you too.

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Here is a photo of Georgie sporting her new boots. We only use one on her bad foot, but we make a pair each time we sew one so we have it down the road. We did notice a very small bumble on her good foot, but we want to try and get on top of this big one before we start treating the small one.

Without digging around too much and reopening the hole every night, it’s hard to tell what’s necrotic tissue and what’s a new scab and what’s healthy tissue. Last night, it bled a little when I went “exploring” in the hole, and I was very gentle. It hasn’t bled in several days, so I don’t know why.

Thanks for keeping up with us. The moral support really helps!

joesandy1822 said:

Here is a photo of Georgie sporting her new boots. We only use one on her bad foot, but we make a pair each time we sew one so we have it down the road. We did notice a very small bumble on her good foot, but we want to try and get on top of this big one before we start treating the small one.

Without digging around too much and reopening the hole every night, it’s hard to tell what’s necrotic tissue and what’s a new scab and what’s healthy tissue. Last night, it bled a little when I went “exploring” in the hole, and I was very gentle. It hasn’t bled in several days, so I don’t know why.

Thanks for keeping up with us. The moral support really helps! View attachment 3181329

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Good tissue usually looks nice and pink. basically what you expect flesh to look like. Necrotic is usually almost grayish and tends to be a bit spongy. If it is hardened tissue, that is either calloused or scabbed tissue.

She looks very cute in her boots. She looks pretty happy despite everything.

Quatie said:

Good tissue usually looks nice and pink. basically what you expect flesh to look like. Necrotic is usually almost grayish and tends to be a bit spongy. If it is hardened tissue, that is either calloused or scabbed tissue.

She looks very cute in her boots. She looks pretty happy despite everything.

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She does seem very happy, always! Even her limp is almost gone. I am amazed that she can seem so unbothered by such a big wound.

Quatie said:

Good tissue usually looks nice and pink. basically what you expect flesh to look like. Necrotic is usually almost grayish and tends to be a bit spongy. If it is hardened tissue, that is either calloused or scabbed tissue.

She looks very cute in her boots. She looks pretty happy despite everything.

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Here is a photo of her foot tonight. Is it possible to post a video?

I figured out how to post a link to a video of Georgie’s foot as of this evening. I just don’t know whether to keep pulling off tissue, or just let it scab over again. It looks like we could take the whole thing off again, but if we keep doing that, when will it ever heal up? Look at the previous page to see a photo of what it looked like when we peeled the scab off several days after her surgery for comparison.

Quatie said:

I use it with my ducks, but I never put in the water. I give it orally with a syringe. If you ever need to use it in the future, the dosage is 0.05ml /lb twice a day for 5-7 days, which is the same as the 5mg / lb.

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Is this the correct product? Enrofloxacin 10%? https://jedds.com/products/enrofloxacin-10

And I would dose at 0.05ml/lb twice a day? Just asking for future reference.

joesandy1822 said:

Is this the correct product? Enrofloxacin 10%? https://jedds.com/products/enrofloxacin-10

And I would dose at 0.05ml/lb twice a day? Just asking for future reference.

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Yes that is the correct stuff. And you do have the dosage correct.

So looking at the foot, it doesn't look like any necrotic tissue. The softer scab looks like what you typically see when the wound doesn't dry as much. That is obviously going to happen, since you have to wrap the feet. If you peel it off and don't see any more puss, then I would just let it heal. Once the scab is ready to fall off, it will start to come off on its own. Otherwise it looks like it is on its way to healing.