I have a testimonial of sorts. I received a hen with awful bumblefeet (large, abcessed sores covering her entire foot pads and covered by big black scabs - caused by a Staph germ I think). Anyway, she was having much trouble walking and even had scabs on her 'knees' (hocks) from sitting down all the time. I soaked her feet in warm, soapy water and slowly and carefully worked the scabs off until I got to the inner infected part of her feet. Then I cleaned it well with Peroxide and rinsed with distilled water. I then had her soak her feet in CS that I made quite strong (too strong to drink - it was a runaway batch I accidentally made and am using for external purposes). After about 10 minutes of soaking, I wrapped each foot with a long gauze bandage soaked with a 50/50 mixture of CS and DMSO. Then I put a little socky on each foot and loosely tied it around her ankle (to keep the dirt out of the bandage).
Well, I tried this exact same procedure a while back using only Neosporin and the sores never healed. They just rescabbed and evenually got infected again. But when I did the above procedure using the CS and the CS/DMSO mixture, not only did the sores not rescab, but they are almost completely healed! And in less than one week, the entire bottoms of her feet are almost completely closed with skin. No scabs and no infection at all. Her 'knees' healed with just the application of CS in about 3 days. Also the swelling that was in her ankles has also disappeared, as did the swelling/bruises on her toes. Plus, she was quite a trooper during the 'ordeal.' Not one cry or flap. Just sat there in my hubby's arms. I think animals know when you are trying to help them. She is now running around like her yardmates and is quite happy. Just thought I'd share this with you. CS is wonderful stuff. Don't ever throw out a bad batch. If you can't drink it, you can use it externally. I may try mixing some of my next 'bad' batch with the xanthin (sp?) gum or agar-agar (or some other water-soluble thickener) to make a wound dressing. Thanks, Christine -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
