Antibiotic injections for ducks?

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MrPato

MrPato

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7 Years
Jun 20, 2012
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Hi Birdlovers
I have big white ducks and one got bitten by a dog. The wing almost came off and we amputated by elbow. Horrible. Cleaned it very well and disinfected it and it is healing very well. Gave the duckling (6 weeks old) Rimadyl and Sulmet in water. It has been 5 days now and duck eats and drinks fine. When i change bandages it is a little yellow slimy where sore is. But does not smell like a bad infection.

My question is what antibiotic injections can i use for the duck? Im a little iffy about the Sulmet. It was the only thing they had at the feedstore. I can not get Duramycin 10 powder anywhere. Everybody is out!
Can I give Duramycin injection 200mg/ml like 0.24ml IM?

I just dont want lil Pato get infected now everything is going so well.

Thanks for this website its such a help.
 
Please forgive me for not welcoming you to the Duck Forum!

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:) Thank you sooooo much for your advise and links. I really appreciate that.Very helpful.
And thank for the welcome greeting. Im amazed how nice and helpful people are. Can see how this can get addicting to follow posts.

Glad that i joined!
 
Last night Patos wound looked so nice and dry. I started him on Penicillin injections and im amazed every time when ducks heal! They heal so fast compare to other animals (dogs,cats,horses,rabbits...). Im a vet tech so i have seen a lot of wounds and ducks are amazing healers.

Wanted to share a pic of his upper arm stump 6 days after amputation.

Thanks for all advice and info.
 
What concentration was the penicillin you use for ducks? I am helping a friend with a wounded duck and gave it an IM injection of 300k Penicillin G of 0.1cc and I plan to do this daily for 5 days. Do you think this will work? We don't know what attacked the duck. It has a deep jagged cut on its head down to the bill between the eyes, gouges in the bill from teeth or claws, dried blood on one wing and behind the other wing. I started the pen. because the duck had an infection type odor the evening after injury. I know how to treat chickens, but have no experience treating ducks. Any information on treating ducks with IM penicillin would be helpful. Thank you.
 

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