Hello, I am hoping some can please help me.
I have a female Pekin that has been having a really bad day. She can't seem to walk her left leg seems paralyzed. It does not seem like there is an injury or wound. when she tries to move she uses her wings and her leg kind of just gets dragged along. When she moved she only moves a couple inches doesn't go far.
She seems weak if her head falls forward she kind of leaves it and if she moved and her wings spread she also leaves them too. She doesn't seem to make much effort to move. She is drinking water only if it's right in front of her so she doesn't need to move.View attachment 1701734 I tried giving her their feed, offered lettuce, dried meal worms she wouldn't take anything.
A little more info.
She had been inside for a while now going back outside for three separate days. She had become the males' favourite and was getting roughed up so I brought her inside with another female duck to give her a break.
After about 4 days inside she seems better so I took her back out with everyone else. They immediately went after her so I brought her back inside. She was inside with the other duck for two weeks and now that it had warmed up I took them out to swim and get some sun.
She seemed great, healthy and happy . That was this sunday. She went out to join everyone that night.
Monday she looked a little beat up the back of her neck was red and her feathers had been damaged but I left her hoping they wouldn't be quite as rough with her anymore.
Tuesday she looked worse. She was bruised on her head/neck and the feathers on her back and wings had been damaged more so I brought her back in that evening. She ate that night with everyone else before I brought her in. She seemed fine Wednesday I checked in on the two and they usually don't move around too much and they didn't have a chance to go out yesterday but they seemed okay. I do not know if she ate yesterday but they weren't drinking as much water as usual.
Today I checked in on them and she just looked so sad. She had the "bubbly" eye thing covering one of her eyes completely and a little bit on the other so I brought them out to swim because their inside water isn't deep enough to dunk their heads but she didn't seem interested. I poured some water over her head and she shook it off and came back under for more. That helped get rid of the bubbly stuff but it keeps coming back.
I had not noticed her leg right away when they came out I did notice she didn't want to move much especially her neck I thought she was maybe just really sore from getting beat up by the males. After a little while I noticed she moved and just kind of fell over when she tried to move and that's when I saw that she wasn't moving her leg.
They were out for a couple of hours and I tried taking them both back in hoping some rest inside would help but when i put her back the dog kennel I use she just layed there wings and legs out. I went out to get the other duck hoping she would readjust herself but she didn't. I took her back out because the other duck was just walking over her . She is currently outside. I tucked her leg underneath her and she is just sitting there. I have no idea what to do for her. I cannot afford to take her to a vet. I'm sorry for the long explination. I am completely lost here. Does anyone have any idea what it might be? What can I do to help her? Could it be contagious? Can I bring her back inside with the other duck?
I tried uploading some pictures where you can see her bubbly eye and bruised neck. View attachment 1701761
Thank you
I have a female Pekin that has been having a really bad day. She can't seem to walk her left leg seems paralyzed. It does not seem like there is an injury or wound. when she tries to move she uses her wings and her leg kind of just gets dragged along. When she moved she only moves a couple inches doesn't go far.
She seems weak if her head falls forward she kind of leaves it and if she moved and her wings spread she also leaves them too. She doesn't seem to make much effort to move. She is drinking water only if it's right in front of her so she doesn't need to move.View attachment 1701734 I tried giving her their feed, offered lettuce, dried meal worms she wouldn't take anything.
A little more info.
She had been inside for a while now going back outside for three separate days. She had become the males' favourite and was getting roughed up so I brought her inside with another female duck to give her a break.
After about 4 days inside she seems better so I took her back out with everyone else. They immediately went after her so I brought her back inside. She was inside with the other duck for two weeks and now that it had warmed up I took them out to swim and get some sun.
She seemed great, healthy and happy . That was this sunday. She went out to join everyone that night.
Monday she looked a little beat up the back of her neck was red and her feathers had been damaged but I left her hoping they wouldn't be quite as rough with her anymore.
Tuesday she looked worse. She was bruised on her head/neck and the feathers on her back and wings had been damaged more so I brought her back in that evening. She ate that night with everyone else before I brought her in. She seemed fine Wednesday I checked in on the two and they usually don't move around too much and they didn't have a chance to go out yesterday but they seemed okay. I do not know if she ate yesterday but they weren't drinking as much water as usual.
Today I checked in on them and she just looked so sad. She had the "bubbly" eye thing covering one of her eyes completely and a little bit on the other so I brought them out to swim because their inside water isn't deep enough to dunk their heads but she didn't seem interested. I poured some water over her head and she shook it off and came back under for more. That helped get rid of the bubbly stuff but it keeps coming back.
I had not noticed her leg right away when they came out I did notice she didn't want to move much especially her neck I thought she was maybe just really sore from getting beat up by the males. After a little while I noticed she moved and just kind of fell over when she tried to move and that's when I saw that she wasn't moving her leg.
They were out for a couple of hours and I tried taking them both back in hoping some rest inside would help but when i put her back the dog kennel I use she just layed there wings and legs out. I went out to get the other duck hoping she would readjust herself but she didn't. I took her back out because the other duck was just walking over her . She is currently outside. I tucked her leg underneath her and she is just sitting there. I have no idea what to do for her. I cannot afford to take her to a vet. I'm sorry for the long explination. I am completely lost here. Does anyone have any idea what it might be? What can I do to help her? Could it be contagious? Can I bring her back inside with the other duck?
I tried uploading some pictures where you can see her bubbly eye and bruised neck. View attachment 1701761
Thank you
