Addy has bumblefoot

[Emx93]

Sooo Addy is 6 years and 9 months old, has arthritis and some bladder inflammation (ic). She's on a very good regime of metacam, laser therapy (even her bladder gets lasered) and cartrophen monthly. Shes also bedded on vetbed. She's been sleeping a lot more and mobilising a lot less and generally being an old girl. Anyway she decided to randomly loose weight so the obvious thing even though she'd only recently had one was a vet check. We found very early bumblefoot so we now have baytril and I do have some hibiscrub in too and obviously she's on metacam still.
I've never ever had a bumblefoot case before so any advice is welcome

 

[Wiebke]

Hi

I am very sorry. Could you please specify whether you are just dealing with a red patch or an open sore?

 

[Merab]

@Viennese Furbabies dealt with a persistent case of bumblefoot so can offer some experience.

All I can offer is support

 

[Emx93]

Hi

I am very sorry. Could you please specify whether you are just dealing with a red patch or an open sore?

Hi,

No open sore, just very inflamed and red. The vet says its thank fully a very early case.

 

[Wiebke]

Hi,

No open sore, just very inflamed and red. The vet says its thank fully a very early case.

I have actually in addition to the usual bathing found that the foot & mouth (f&m) ointment from Gorgeous Guineas helped me to prevent my nearly 8 years old Nerys from her early stages bumblefoot infection in the wake of a temporary back leg paralysis going further and healing up again.
Leucillin cream (which is mildly antibiotic but prescription-free, unlike flamazine for which you'd have to go through your vet) may also help in the early stages.

The problem with frequent foot creaming is that it can actually soften the callus and make it more permeable for germs - i.e. over-creaming can help to cause bumblefoot instead of preventing it (so you cannot just go and cream preventatively or at the first hint of any redness) but it may additionally help when there is a real indication of an infection, especially in older piggies with no longer optimal blood circulation or a compromised immune system.

I also only have that one experience so I cannot say whether I was lucky or not.

Guinea Lynx :: Pododermatitis

 

[Viennese Furbabies]

If it's just a red spot, you could try Bepanthen Plus or Flammazine. The later has to be prescribed by a vet (at least in Austria).
Bathing can help but it is also a lot of stress. So I would see how it goes with the medication you have already got.
Obviously it's very important to keep her on dry and soft bedding as you are doing anyway.

If you want to read about Billie's ongoing battle, this is the thread: Billie's paw

All the best!

 

[Mrs Tiggy Winkle]

Get well soon, Addy!

One of my guineas had rather long-term bumble foot, but I'd have to do a search thru old emails and notes to see what I did about it. In fact she came to me at about 4yo and already had long-term bumble foot.

 

[5guineapig]

Sooo Addy is 6 years and 9 months old, has arthritis and some bladder inflammation (ic). She's on a very good regime of metacam, laser therapy (even her bladder gets lasered) and cartrophen monthly. Shes also bedded on vetbed. She's been sleeping a lot more and mobilising a lot less and generally being an old girl. Anyway she decided to randomly loose weight so the obvious thing even though she'd only recently had one was a vet check. We found very early bumblefoot so we now have baytril and I do have some hibiscrub in too and obviously she's on metacam still.
I've never ever had a bumblefoot case before so any advice is welcome

I have a girl with fairly large mammary tumors that gets reoccurring sores on her back paws due to her weight distribution. Antibiotics definitely helped with the original infection, but if you can't get the sore to stay clean and unbothered (like I have) I'd recommend Blu-Kote! It has done wonders in helping heal the wound and is fairly cheap.