Duck has problems with walking...?

Sunny Side Up said:

Hooray for NIACIN!!!

I began to see a dramatic & swift improvement after dosing Nitrile, the hobbling duck, with the Poly-vi-sol, it really helped to put the liquid vitamin on a small piece of bread, he swallowed the whole dose that way. When I would pry his bill open & try to squeeze the drops down his quack-hole much of it would dribble out the side of his mouth.

Then I found some Niacin sold in powdered form contained in capsules I could easily pull apart. I would pour the powder on a small piece of bread and moisten it a little with water, juice or jelly. Again, he would swallow the whole dose as he ate the bread. I know that bread isn't the healthiest snack for ducks, but it's a great vehicle for getting vitamins down their throat.

I don't think he would have ingested as much, or improved so quickly, if I had put the vitamins in his water dish, or over his food. I think a lot would have been wasted, or ingested by the other birds visiting his dishes.

The best thing is that Nitrile began being able to walk normally after his first full dose of the liquid multi-vitamin, and has gotten even stronger after a few more doses of straight Niacin. I gave him a capsule 2X a day for a couple of days. I will keep watch over him and have more Niacin ready to give him if he shows signs of leg weakness again.

We named this drake Nitrile because we already have 2 other Pekin duck hens who, when they were cute little yellow ducklings, looked like little rubber ducks. Their names are Latex and Vinyl, and so their new companion needed a name that went with theirs.
Nitrile & I both thank you for your help & support!

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