Sick Pekin Duck

[SweetJoy7]

Hi!
We have a 3 year old pekin duck who has an extremely hard time walking. It is possible she might have bumblefoot. Lately, we have noticed that she has yellow coloration around her eyes as well as foamy liquid coming out of her eye. We are giving her niacin with peas which she LOVES. Any suggestions of what to do?

Thanks!

 

[Amiga]

She has an infection. I would get her to a vet.

If that is impossible, I would get ahold of some antibiotics.

She may have egg yolk peritonitis, a systemic and serious infection. Generally Baytril is prescribed for that. It is powerful and can upset the stomach.

Get her into a tub of lukewarm water she can float in. Look closely. If she has bumblefoot you can see that. Be careful handling her, she may be egg bound, in which case you don't want to burst the egg inside her. A warm bath and a good dose of extra calcium (some have given their ducks a Tums, or you can dissolve calcium citrate pills in water, or use liquid calcium gluconate) may help.

But it sounds like she has something very serious going on. Duck can recover, but they need help.

 

[SweetJoy7]

Thank you so much. We will give her oregano, a natural antibiotic. and some calcium.
She is a jumbo pekin, and that breed is very overbred. Thank you for your advice!

 

[SweetJoy7]

She has been in this condition for a very long time, maybe about at least 2 years.

 

[Amiga]

Then she really needs a treatment plan. Chronic inflammation is troublesome. Look into appropriate amounts of turmeric to help reduce inflammation. In this case I might consider an antibiotic, and I appreciate that oregano is considered helpful for infections.

 

[maoftri]

Help! My female pekin looks terrible. She keeps laying her head down? Very weak

 

[Amiga]

How old is she, is she the only duck, what does she eat, does she have swim water, are there other animals around, where is she now?

Can she stand? Is she eating? Drinking? Did she eat something toxic?

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[JadeComputerGal]

Help! My female pekin looks terrible. She keeps laying her head down? Very weak

I can't really add anything to what @Amiga said until we get more info. How old is the duck? Did this seem to be very sudden, like she was fine yesterday?

 

[maoftri]

She is maybe 2. We have another female. Her sister and a male. She can stand. She tends to eat an drink very little. Started about a week ago. Just getting worse. I seen 2 cats outside today which are strays. I'm wondering if she got attacked? She has no strength in her neck

 

[Amiga]

She could have eaten something toxic, the male could be mating her too much, she could have gotten scratched and gotten an infection, she could have egg yolk peritonitis, a serious systemic infection, she could have heart trouble, or parasites . . . .

So we need to try to sort out some details, find some clues.

In a perfect world, you would be able to get her to a good duck vet right away. I understand if that is not possible.

You could take a fecal sample to a local vet and have them test for parasites and blood.