jaystyal Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Hi Chaps, I've been treating my Silkie (Salt) for a few months now, for a variety of problems, the worst of which was Scaly leg ; I noticed her limping and standing on one leg, then I noticed her legs and fet looked like fossils. I coated her legs and feet in vaseline to kill any mites lurking about, then switched to Sudocrem for its aniseptic properties, then finally once her legs were looking better, and at the Vets advice, started with a treatment of E45 cream as her legs were so dry. The problem however is she is still limping quite badly, and drawing her legs up quite slowly and deliberately whilst walking.She's found it difficult to scratch around and couldn't dust bathe because her feet were painful. The skin on her rear toe on each foot was cracked and bloody, and obviously quite painful to walk on, and now on closer inspection I think she has lost the end of the toe on her left foot. She's broody at the moment but when I put her in the garden with the other chooks she's fairly sprightly, and can still manage to break into a decent sprint when I offer food, she's even stared to scratch around a bit more and has taken a few dust baths, but her feet are still obviously painful and still cracked, so I'm still using a bit of sudocrem on the broken skin to stop any infection. She's been to the vets and aside from a distinct lack of feathers due to moult she's in decent health Has anyone come across this problem before ? and any ideas on other treatments ? She's taking a lot of work but I think she's worth it, especially as she's my only remaining silkie since Pepper passed on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Neither vaseline nor sudocrem are particularly effective against scaley leg mite. **Xeno 200** *not licensed for treatment on poultry in UK is your best bet and it will also treat other external and internal parasites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
likeastar--x Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 If not Xeno200 or some other Ivermectin-based product, then I would suggest either dunking her feet in either Olive Oil or Surgical spirit for 5 minutes to kill the lice. Once the lice are dead the scales will continue to be raised but the crusty exude underneath will be gone. If she seems to be in pain I would take her to the vets for treatment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HENthusiastic Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I think I heard somewhere that surgical spirit was quite painful for them. Not totally sure though. Might be worth checking it out before you try it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 xeno 200 worked a treat on my girls scaley leg mite. It's really easy to use, you just spray it on the back of their neck. It's not licensed for poultry in the uk though. after treating with this you could give her arnica tablets if she still seems achey or sore or stiff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Take care with sudocrem it can cause sensitivity as it contains alcohol and perfumes. May be best sticking with bland cream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellomotto678910 Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 We have always used Liquid Paraffin painted onto their legs- it usually works really well as I can see a difference after 1 or 2 treatments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
