Help Please! Duck is bleeding while hatching

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If there are no other eggs waiting to hatch, you should get that humidity lowered. They only need the humidity while they are hatching so membranes don't dry on them. High humidity is not good (or necessary) for them after hatching. The humidity will also make it take longer for him to dry and fluff up. Maybe you could put him on a towel inside the incubator so he's on a nice dry surface, and that will also block some of that humidity from getting up to him from below. If you have vents you can open in the incubator you can try that as well to get him more air (but not too much that the temperature drops of course).
 
Amykins said:
That's usually not a good sign if it's shaking like that. :/ You gave it sugar water, yes? Have you tried to get some vitamins into the lil' guy? Wobbles was touch and go when he hatched, too. I gave him some crushed B-complex vitamin and some sugar in an eyedropper and it really did him wonders. Remember, it's had some blood loss, birds have evolved to only carry as much blood as is absolutely essential for survival in order to be lightweight, so any blood loss, especially during hatch, can really take its toll.

Edit: Just saw the video. That's not shivering. It looks like muscle spasms of some sort. Give it lots of TLC and keep an eye on it, other than that there isn't much you can do. :/
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It looks like a really high heart rate to me? I dont know? Amykins your the vet assistant.
 
It's hard to tell from the video, but it look like maybe he's also trying to poop... Have you seen any poop from him?

-Kathy
 
Amiga said:
Kathy, what might make a hatchling breathe heavily? Humidity? Or do they do that while they are resting? My ignorance is abundant.
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Hard to say without know the whole hatching story. Are all the vents incubator vents open?

-Kathy
 
Amiga said:
As I wrote, I am not a hatcher, but after 10 hours I would think he would look drier than that….

Wondering if he has a nutritional deficit - might need some electrolytes and B vitamins. But without his head up, don't know how you might safely give that to him.

@Lacrystol @casportpony what do you think?
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That could be very risky!

-Kathy
 
18angovem said:
It looks like a really high heart rate to me? I dont know? Amykins your the vet assistant.
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Well...while my medical knowledge of birds is a lot greater after my residency at the exotic clinic, I'm not a vet tech or full vet, just an assistant, so I'm not exactly confident in any diagnosis I'd make. And even if I could, I cannot legally do so. :/


@casportpony It would be, but it might be worth it. You'd be surprised how quickly the swallowing reflex kicks in for little baby birds. Don't keep the head up but level, parallel to the floor, and just touch a drop or it to the tip of its beak. Capillary action should suck it right in, and it'll have to do the rest. And then when you've administered the solution let the head drop in case it can't swallow so it doesn't choke - the tongue would absorb some of it, anyhow. I think it does need those nutrients since as I said, it's lost a considerable amount of blood. One drop to us would be like, half a pint to a baby like that!
 
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If it were mine I would try to give it something orally, but I have tons of practice doing it.

-Kathy
 
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