Pus is generally a creamy white to light yellow colour and is viscous and not see-through.

Fussy choock's foot swelled up again yesterday so she's off to the vet. Update this arvo when I pick her up.

sorry to hear that renee Hope they figure out what is causing it...

If it was me, I would have got her well and forgot about breeding her for awhile.....give her a break until all is well with her foot.

 

Normally I'd agree, but her partner's really looking after her and the 'schedule' is taking precedence. I feel guilty about it. There's no way she's going back into the aviary, probably I should put her into a holding cage with her partner .... we'll see.

 

Again Renee, forget the schedule. You only breed with those in OPTIMUM condition. This hen isnt and she cannot heal while under the stress of breeding. She has to come first, not the breeding schedule.

If it was me, I would have got her well and forgot about breeding her for awhile.....give her a break until all is well with her foot.

 

Normally I'd agree, but her partner's really looking after her and the 'schedule' is taking precedence. I feel guilty about it. There's no way she's going back into the aviary, probably I should put her into a holding cage with her partner .... we'll see.

 

Again Renee, forget the schedule. You only breed with those in OPTIMUM condition. This hen isnt and she cannot heal while under the stress of breeding. She has to come first, not the breeding schedule.

 

Yeah, yeah, yeah. She's going into a holding cage, I made up my mind about that when her foot swelled up yesterday - her partner has a new girlfriend to play with.

 

It wasn't a completely wasted trip as they cleaned her up ... but they did prescribe Baytril again - I thought they would. I had stopped putting it into the water on Sunday: too early according to the vet. The dosage IS 1ml/1L, I made a point to check that. But instead of putting it into the water they've recommended giving her a drop per day. I'm going to mix it in 3mls of water and crop feed her to make sure. She needs to be on this regime for 2 weeks.

 

Fingers crossed she makes a full recovery. Good news is she's put on weight since I had her in the hospital cage and the vet complimented me on her condition- minus the foot of course.

Hope she heals well and will breed well for you next time.

Hope she heals well and will breed well for you next time.

 

I'll put her down again in August .... hopefully I'll get a couple more chicks out of her

Another update of fussy chook. Her condition has actually worsened, not improved.

 

I squeezed some more puss out today and gave her a good crop feed. Hard to believe but the foot is even more swollen and now she doesn't rest her weight on it.

 

I've just got off the phone with the vet. He now says it may be a tumour ... I doubt it but I'm not going to argue. I told him I was going to drop her off tomorrow and he can look after her till next Tuesday. I exagerated a bit about how bad she was because initially he told me to just carry on and squeeze her foot twice daily. I don't want to mess around anymore, as far as I'm concerned he can keep her there till he figures out what is going on. He did say that he might have to amputate ... I think that's a bit drastic but if it comes to it, so be it.

 

I asked him whether he was going to switch antibiotics to Lincospectin and he said yes, he'd give her a couple of injections. From my experience with him he prescribes baytril and then lincospectin if that doesn't work.

 

So there you have it. Poor chooky not doing so good and I'm increasingly dispondent.

Oh no

I hope she gets better soon

Poor little girl.

 

Budgies are quite prone to tumours unfortunately, due to how inbred they are as a pet species. Here's hoping it is something benign.

One of my hens has cut her foot and it was a bit swollen. I have cleaned it out with Benadyne, squeezed the puss out and rinsed thoroughly. I have crop fed her 1ml of Baytril and popped her into the hospital cage.

 

 

Sailorwolf......How can it be a tumour when it started as a cut foot and infection set in ?

One of my hens has cut her foot and it was a bit swollen. I have cleaned it out with Benadyne, squeezed the puss out and rinsed thoroughly. I have crop fed her 1ml of Baytril and popped her into the hospital cage.

 

 

Sailorwolf......How can it be a tumour when it started as a cut foot and infection set in ?

 

The vet did say he thought she was a bit young to develop a tumour ..... no doubt he'll reassess this arvo.

 

Any way I just dropped her off to the vet with the instructions that he call me when she has recovered - not when she's improved, but cured.

 

She is actually better this morning and resting her weight onto the foot, but I don't care- I want her 100% and between you and me I really don't like squeezing her leg very much ... she squarks a lot and it's obviously painful. Call me a sook but I just hate it.

She could have had the tumour already and knocked it causing it to open and become infected or just be open.

Or it could be growing so fast that it is outgrowing its blood supply causing the centre to die.

Or it may not be a tumour. It could be a reaction etc etc etc.

 

Medicine is fun like that, almost like CSI; a mystery to solve.

No news from the vet so I decided to call him and find out what was going on. He said she wasn't responding to antibiotics and the foot was no better. :glare:

 

He then said it had to be a tumour. When I asked him for the basis of this prognosis he replied it was because she wasn't responding to treatment.

 

When I pressed him further he said that taking a sample of her leg was dicey because she might start bleeding profusely which would be hard to manage and the stress of it all wasn't warented.

 

He said I should come in to discuss amputating her foot.

 

I cannot tell you how pissed off I am.

:glare:

That doesnt sound good at all :glare:

Well I've just come back from the vet's. He has been giving her injections of lincospectin daily and I had a look at her leg. Really there isn't any infection left but her leg is still swollen and it's a hard mass so I am going to defer to his expertise. :glare:

 

She will be operated on tomorrow and leg will come off just above the 'elbow' joint. He told me to pick her up tomorrow night.

 

So Fussy Chook's headed for a life of luxury in the Retirement Village- after her convalescence of course.

Well I've just come back from the vet's. He has been giving her injections of lincospectin daily and I had a look at her leg. Really there isn't any infection left but her leg is still swollen and it's a hard mass so I am going to defer to his expertise. :glare:

 

She will be operated on tomorrow and leg will come off just above the 'elbow' joint. He told me to pick her up tomorrow night.

 

So Fussy Chook's headed for a life of luxury in the Retirement Village- after her convalescence of course.

Hard mass does sound like a tumour then mate

So sorry for the news... I hope she pulls up well after the operation. Hugs xoxo

sorry to hear about the poor bird having to lose its leg...

That's really unfortunate. She'll do well under your care though.

 

She will be operated on tomorrow and leg will come off just above the 'elbow' joint. He told me to pick her up tomorrow night.

 

It's called the hock joint, also known as the ankle, analogous to our own. Correct anatomical term being the tibio-tarsal joint. The elbow only exists in the forelimb (being the joint between the humerus and ulna and radius).

any news Renee ?

any news Renee ?

 

The vet decided to keep her in last night to monitor. Supposedly I pick her up today.

any news Renee ?

 

The vet decided to keep her in last night to monitor. Supposedly I pick her up today.

Another girl for your disabled cage.......you now need a more horizontal cage than the one you have.....maybe one of your spare flight cages for them.