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Shes doing better!

She doesn't have any ducklings with her, out of 14 eggs only she hatched and no one nearby has any call ducklings so we couldn't get her a friend so it is most likely a pest. I can try to get a photo tonight. So I use Permethrin on her to kill/get rid of any pests and spray the property to make...

Hey! Sorry to bug again but another problem with Newt.. she seems to be our problem duck.. I've noticed she seems quite skinny, aggressively grooming (looks like shes ripped some feathers out of her chest), under her wings where her skin is, it looks irritated. Other than that, she acts...

Shes doing much better! Shes constantly eating and when I got home, she had ate all her food and was excited to get more.

Alright, I have. We completely rearranged her brooder and gave her puppy pads so she seems much happier. I've noticed shes eating again. Hoping she'll be alright, I'll keep you guys updated if anything else happens.

Wouldn't it get stuck together and clump in her throat? She can swallow it fine but she just shoves too much in her mouth. I usually crush the food up and make it smaller anyway.

She has water all the time and just ignores her food bowl.

The attempts to vomit is whenever she goes swimming.. it happened in the past before and she threw up a piece of pine shaving. Shes only being fed her feed, I haven't offered her any treats yet. Whenever I massaged her throat last night, she must've felt better because she started eating again...

Ah sorry to bug you again but looks like the problem isn't over.. I've massaged her throat about 3 times today and shes swimming right now and apparently the food (or whatever it is, not sure at this point) is still stuck in her throat, she keeps trying to throw it up but she just swallows it...

Good news on Newt! She started eating again! She ate a lot of food until she was struggling to get it to all go down and then she drank some water so I think that's how she got food stuck in her throat.. not sure how to keep her from eating so fast but I think I know why shes eating so fast lol...

I will try that now. So I tried it and I didn't really know what to feel for but I didn't feel any lumps? I also looked for any lumps on her throat and didn't see anything but I massaged her throat which she seemed to like. She loves to nibble my finger and put my entire finger down her mouth...

Shes not really eating anymore, I put some water in her food and tried to hand-feed her but she doesn't want it.

She swims everyday.

Well she did the hiccuping thing again, I checked to see how much food she had last night before I went to sleep and I checked in the morning and it looks like she didn't eat much but she's still acting like herself. I wonder if shes not that hungry because when I switched her back to her...

Her food is crumbles and shes currently on Dumor's 20% Protein Chick Starter/Grower. She has 24/7 access to water and food, I never let her go without one or the other. I used to wet her feed when she was smaller so it was easier for her to eat but when I noticed her having excessive...

I can try to get a video in the morning if she does it again. No, she doesn't shake her head at all unless when shes grooming. When shes grooming and shakes her head, sometimes water just seems to come out of her nose or mouth.

No, her crop doesn't feel hard, if I'm feeling it correctly lol. I've also noticed that sometimes it looks like shes hiccuping, although I've read they can't hiccup. I think I've seen her do it around 3 times now? Dunno if it's her wings twitching, doesn't look like it, feels like it's coming...

Wanted to update on the saliva thing with Newt. I've noticed shes swallowing a lot lately, like a lot of saliva is coming up from her throat but she swallows it before it can come out. I've also noticed she seems to be drinking more than usual. The saliva isn't thick, it's more runny than...

Yep! We do plan on building her a secure coop and run within the next week since shes getting pretty big! I'm doing tons and tons of research on materials and how to make the coop and run very secure because if anything happened to Newt and the other ducklings, I'd never forgive myself :')

Oh! I was really worried I was giving her too much protein. I did think the angel wing was caused by genetics since she got it when she was pretty tiny. I'll stick to her current chick feed until shes more bigger and probably will use the other feed for the wild ducks that come to our pond...