- Apr 16, 2014
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Hi all!
I took in a female pekin this past september (so 5 months ago). She was adopted from the SPCA and the only information I had is that it was some kind of animal hoarder situation. I assume her diet was probably not ideal. She started laying eggs in early January -- so that makes us think she is a very young duck, perhaps less than a year old still, but we really don't know. She has walked with a limp since we got her but has steadily improved up until this past week where she has regressed in her walking. She is sitting with her legs totally splayed out -- more splayed than usual -- and is having trouble getting herself to a standing position. I wanted to share some videos and pictures to see if anyone had any ideas on how to best support her. We are making sure to include brewers yeast in her diet and we also have been giving her some meloxicam for the last couple days in case there is a new injury. Any other thoughts from the way her legs are presenting?
Older photo from about October to show her easily standing/supporting weight on legs.
Photo from about a week ago showing preference/lean towards one leg and large hock joints. BUT still easily supporting weight.
Video showing her hips/legs splayed out and difficulty getting to feet (taken tonight)
Video showing her instability on her legs/feet.
I took in a female pekin this past september (so 5 months ago). She was adopted from the SPCA and the only information I had is that it was some kind of animal hoarder situation. I assume her diet was probably not ideal. She started laying eggs in early January -- so that makes us think she is a very young duck, perhaps less than a year old still, but we really don't know. She has walked with a limp since we got her but has steadily improved up until this past week where she has regressed in her walking. She is sitting with her legs totally splayed out -- more splayed than usual -- and is having trouble getting herself to a standing position. I wanted to share some videos and pictures to see if anyone had any ideas on how to best support her. We are making sure to include brewers yeast in her diet and we also have been giving her some meloxicam for the last couple days in case there is a new injury. Any other thoughts from the way her legs are presenting?
Older photo from about October to show her easily standing/supporting weight on legs.
Photo from about a week ago showing preference/lean towards one leg and large hock joints. BUT still easily supporting weight.
Video showing her hips/legs splayed out and difficulty getting to feet (taken tonight)
Video showing her instability on her legs/feet.