Bumblefoot

[festa8840 0]

Now then lads n lasses,, bumblefoot

how do they get it ?

How do you prevent it ?

can it be passed from bird to bird ?

And what’s the best way to treat ?  
 

 

cheers 

[forest of dean redneck 11,183]

Dunno about bops but with chooks it can be dirty perches, or a splinter, infection getting onto a wound /broken skin or overweight. 

Epsom Salts in warm Water  if it's bad then needs cutting off. 

[Elchapo 3,094]

On 14/04/2020 at 16:13, festa8840 said:

Now then lads n lasses,, bumblefoot

how do they get it ?

How do you prevent it ?

can it be passed from bird to bird ?

And what’s the best way to treat ?  
 

 

cheers 

 

 How do they get it 

 

to smoth perch, to high a perch and dropping on to rough ground/pebbles or talon puncturing the ball of the foot also if bird is comstantly in same perch they can get it same as a person gets a bed sore if they don’t move , it can’t be caught as it’s an infection in the foot caused by a sharp foreign body/puncture/ or excessive weight on a to smooth hard surface cause a bed sore kind of infection 

 

 

how do you prevent it 

 

keep a decent perch or beter stil a variety of perch’s ,clean mews and don’t have a hawk sitting on perch as pet budgie  weather it on high perch on grass ,bow perch on pea gravel/Astro turf ,  

 

best way to treat it 

Vets for antibiotics or a cream depending on what stage ,a topical cream in early stage and a change / clean of perch and  feet 

 

 

[j j m 6,479]

pretty much as above