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Time for the daily update. My male Pekin, Coconut, is now back outside. He was standing every time I went to check on them yesterday and even sleeping standing up, so I knew he was doing better. When I took them out of the "hospital" bin to clean it out this morning I noticed he was walking fine, so we put him out with the flock and watch for awhile and he seems to be back to his old self. Thankfully it's not spring so he wont be chasing after the girls.
My fawn Runner, Gertrude, is still doing well, but not walking. She is standing for short bursts, but pretty much belly bound still. Still, that's an improvement from yesterday. She's such a tiny thing, always has been, that I think whatever this is just hit her harder and she's going to take longer to recover. They were in the garage (due to the smell and a power outage and lack of fan...the laundry is right by our bedroom) but i've moved her back inside, into a smaller "hospital" bin because of how wet she is. She wont stop trying to bathe herself in her water and is soaked. I'm guessing because she isn't feeling well she hasn't been able to get the oil distributed on her feathers. I don't want her to get even sicker, so I thought inside was the way to go for now. I'm not sure if I should continue the flushes, or just let her recover at this point. I was feeling like 24 hours was probably long enough, so unless anyone else has some words of wisdom, i'll just continue to keep an eye on her and let her rest.
As I said, other than not being able to stand/walk, she's doing just fine from what I can tell. She's talking to me, her eyes are clear, she's eating and drinking and just generally the Gertie attitude i'm use to. She was the first set of ducks I had, so as you can imagine, i'm pretty attached to her.
My fawn Runner, Gertrude, is still doing well, but not walking. She is standing for short bursts, but pretty much belly bound still. Still, that's an improvement from yesterday. She's such a tiny thing, always has been, that I think whatever this is just hit her harder and she's going to take longer to recover. They were in the garage (due to the smell and a power outage and lack of fan...the laundry is right by our bedroom) but i've moved her back inside, into a smaller "hospital" bin because of how wet she is. She wont stop trying to bathe herself in her water and is soaked. I'm guessing because she isn't feeling well she hasn't been able to get the oil distributed on her feathers. I don't want her to get even sicker, so I thought inside was the way to go for now. I'm not sure if I should continue the flushes, or just let her recover at this point. I was feeling like 24 hours was probably long enough, so unless anyone else has some words of wisdom, i'll just continue to keep an eye on her and let her rest.
As I said, other than not being able to stand/walk, she's doing just fine from what I can tell. She's talking to me, her eyes are clear, she's eating and drinking and just generally the Gertie attitude i'm use to. She was the first set of ducks I had, so as you can imagine, i'm pretty attached to her.