Sorry I missed a few more posts to this thread in the past month.
DuckLuck: Regarding "reasonable cost," I can't really recommend exact dollar amounts, but I would expect would be fees for an examination, an injection of a local anesthetic, and then some minor surgery fee for placing the...
I am an avian specialist and I see these ocassionally. Sorry I missed this post until 18 months later, but in case someone else comes across this in the future, I recommend the following:
Separate the drake from females. Typically this is a problem affecting young, exuberant drakes. If you take...