So Baby is better. After rubbing her throat and keeping her warm she improved but still slightly labored. After a quick nap in her brooder I picked her up to check her and she huffed, gagged, shook her head and out flew a gnarly slug. She is breathing fine now. I guess her eyes where bigger than...
That's what I'm worried about too. This duckling is my most spirited baby and she seemed fine this morning. I had a day of errands so I didn't watch them a closely as I usually do but they seemed like themselves when I returned.
I opened his beak and checked and saw nothing. That was my first guess. I'm new to ducks. she was outside foraging then just laid down struggling. It's a cool day but could she be hot?
My duckling is having a hard time breathing he was fine a couple of minutes ago. It's just really strained and he looks weak. what do I do? She is a little over a week old and we were outside on this cool beautiful day and it just laid down. Poor baby! I'm new to ducks so I have no idea where to...