Guinea foul with scaly leg mites?

[Meandmypoultry]

I'm not entirely sure what this is, the goldish scabby things on his feet are falling off, that is what the blood and pink is from. Please help ASAP. A week or two ago we noticed him limping, checked it out, saw he had mud on his feet, cleaned it up, and thought he was fine. a week ago we noticed it wasn't better, put him in a nuirsing cage, and scrubbed his feet once and applied neosporin.
Is this scabby leg mites?
If it is, what should we do? I heard soaking in sea salt, scrubbing with dishwashing soap and coating in vaseline?

 

[willowbranchfarm]

Wow my that's the worst case of scaly leg mites ive ever seen. Soak its feet in warm water to clean the legs. Then smother vaseline all over its legs.

 

[Suzie]

x 2!

Please do not scrub the legs... you can cause further problems and pain. Vaseline is sufficient and do please keep applying every few days until new healthy scales appear - treat the legs up to where the feathers start and massage the vaseline in well

Suzie

 

[bluemaranfan]

Hi Meandmypoultry,
I have 3 Narragansett turkeys with very similar symptoms. Did your guineas actually have mites? How did you treat this condition and how did it go? I've got a current thread if you might be interested in weighing in on this.
~ Roberta

 

[minaayindra]

I found all 4 of my guinea fowl have scaly leg mites (from appearance, not because I see anything). I had this with the hen who raised them and now, 6 months later, they are showing up with the same. I have sent for Elector PSP for them and their coop but I'm really not sure if Elector does anything different to guineas than to chickens? If so, I will need to do Vaseline but a spray sure makes it easier to get on their feet than an actual catch and carry type of ointment. Is anyone aware of the safety of Elector with them? Thanks-

 

[Henry&Friends]

Agreeing with everyone else. I would soak in warm water (espon salts if there’s no open wound/bleeding) and then slather Vaseline all over the legs. A thick coat, as thick as you can get it. Repeat applying Vaseline daily, every time it’s not a thick coat you should apply more. this suffocates the scaley leg mites, and allows for the growth of new scales. The longer you treat, the more crud/dead scales will come off. Once the huge chunks come off, I would massage the legs with the vaseline to knock loose old scales and such, but honestly I’d be afraid to mess with those hunks of brown right now.

 

[MGG]

I think this is a really old post, they hopefully dealt with it by now.

 

[minaayindra]

I'm a new post- I'm happy to hear from anyone who can help me with my questions.

 

[MGG]

Sorry I don't have an answer to your question, but you should start a new thread. This one is too old.

 

[minaayindra]

Thanks- you can see how competent I am with chat boards!