posted 5 hours ago
Observation is key. Is there possibly something embedded in the skin? Keeping the birds' living quarters as clean as possible, scrubbing the roosts, etc., watching to see if another bird is pecking at them, are the places I would start, in prevention.
Treating the bumblefoot depends on the severity of the infection, but isolation in a nice, clean space, gently clean the foot/feet in question, with warm soapy water, then coating it with an antiseptic/antibiotic treatment of your choice (I personally would use colloidal silver, topped with an herbal healing ointment and a wrap) and if necessary, wrapping it. Check and dress it daily. Some might use an oral antibiotic, as well.
"The only thing...more expensive than education is ignorance."~Ben Franklin. "We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." ~ Plato
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