HELP!DRAKE WAS MATED WITH BY DRAKE! NOW CANT WALK AND DROOPY BEHIND?

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My yound drake was minding his business,when all of a sudden,the other older drake grabbed him,and MATED with him.I suppose when the older male twisted his body part went in him!He's acting like he's sick,not walking,and he has a droopy butt,is he gonna die?
 
LoveThemBirds said:
My yound drake was minding his business,when all of a sudden,the other older drake grabbed him,and MATED with him.I suppose when the older male twisted his body part went in him!He's acting like he's sick,not walking,and he has a droopy butt,is he gonna die?
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I sure hope not, Separate him from this drake though maybe with one friend and let him recover. you could let him soak in a nice warm bath of Epsom salt water but he cannot drink the water. Might make his bottom feel better. I'm not sure is if this is serious but I would keep him from the older drake.
 
This happens A LOT in the wild. As you may know ducks are notorious for being violent when mating. The best thing you can do for the victim is separate him from the flock to a nice stress free environment and let him recover. You may want to take him to a vet and have them take a look at him and make sure nothing is badly damaged but I think that if you just give him some quite, some food and water, he should be fine. Best of luck.
 
I think Virus' advice is spot-on. Is he still eating? When you say he's "acting sick", can you give specifics? If he's refusing food then he could be in real danger. But he needs to be separated ASAP. Poor guy!
 
Virus said:
This happens A LOT in the wild. As you may know ducks are notorious for being violent when mating. The best thing you can do for the victim is separate him from the flock to a nice stress free environment and let him recover. You may want to take him to a vet and have them take a look at him and make sure nothing is badly damaged but I think that if you just give him some quite, some food and water, he should be fine. Best of luck.
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-Kathy
 
I'm glad he's feeling better that means nothing is badly damaged. You can if you think you need to. If he's still not walking right I'd put him in there with a pillow or something to lay on and stuff to eat and drink. But I wouldn't mess with or move him to much, if he's not moving he has a reason for it.
 
Virus said:
I'm glad he's feeling better that means nothing is badly damaged. You can if you think you need to. If he's still not walking right I'd put him in there with a pillow or something to lay on and stuff to eat and drink. But I wouldn't mess with or move him to much, if he's not moving he has a reason for it.
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Totally unrelated, but I LOVE your avatar! Is that your baby duckie?
 

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