Looks like it might be bumble foot, but hard to tell because it’s a side-pic. Can't see a scab, but it would be in the center of that puffy spot on her/his foot.
Doh! Haven’t had an issue since replacing those roosts.Note: With the bandages, I cut them in half, length-wise & used about four 4-5 inch strips of that to wrap each foot, so I could get in the nooks & crannies… so dirt couldn’t get inside the bandage while she was out enjoying herself. Might be more a bit more difficult to figure it out for a duck’s foot. Might need more strips, or just not cut them like I needed to. But I’m sure you could figure out a way!Looks like it might be bumble foot, but hard to tell because it’s a side-pic. Can't see a scab, but it would be in the center of that puffy spot on her/his foot.
It never hurts to do a epsom salt soak.
I had a big bumble-foot issue last year with my chickens. Realized we had accidentally installed roosts out of leftover treated wood.
You can def take care of it at home. I brought my gals inside, soaked them in an Epsom salt bath. Cleaned the area & treated with anti-bacterial gel. Used CD (Chlorine dioxide) gel for most, which totally did the trick. Just wrapped with self-adhesive bandage afterward, so they couldn’t peck the bandage off & would keep bacteria away from the area for at least a day. Most healed that way in about a week & a half. (No bumble foot operation needed.)
The worst case I had was not getting better, so I soaked her feet in Epsom salt bath for about 25 mins, pulled the scabs off the bottom of her feet. (I did not dig. No blood.) I packed the hole left with a chunk of Bentonite Clay mixed with with warm water, then wrapped again with the self-adhesive bandage & kept her inside for about three days. It only took twice treating it with the clay, and the infection was gone. I continued to wrap her feet until that spot on her foot looked pretty well healed, where she could walk on grass, dirt & poop, and I didn’t think it would be re-infected.
I put a pic of the bandages I bought from Amazon here. They work great! Have used it for myself as well. Also used it to wrap around a roost for a chicken that was stuck inside for vent gleet the last week. It softened up the edges of the stick I used for the roost, so she could comfortably sleep all night on a smaller roost than she’s used to.
Hoping you’re able to make that duck feel like her/him self again!
Thank you for all the info! Honestly we haven’t been able to catch her yet. I will work on that and check her foot in detail and hopefully get her in for a soak!Note: With the bandages, I cut them in half, length-wise & used about four 4-5 inch strips of that to wrap each foot, so I could get in the nooks & crannies… so dirt couldn’t get inside the bandage while she was out enjoying herself. Might be more a bit more difficult to figure it out for a duck’s foot. Might need more strips, or just not cut them like I needed to. But I’m sure you could figure out a way!
Yes… I just put a big dab on the skin & scab on the bottom of their feet… let it soak in after their feet were nice & softened in an Epsom salt bath.
