Recent content by AmyK51912

My 7 week old duckling (also my favorite and a family member) started having seizures a week ago today. I have taken him to two different vets (one non-avian vet and the other an avian vet), he's taken antibiotics, a liver medication (lactulose), and diazepam (oral and injection). He had stayed...

Sad news for Cookie. He started seizing this morning. The normal pattern was three or four seizures. I literally lost count. The oral diazepam did not help. I gave him an injection, and he still continued to seize. He is currently on his way to Cornell University (the vet's recommendation)...

I am feeding him the DuMor nonmedicated chick/duck starter/grower. The vet just gave me an oral diazepam to give him twice a day to control the seizures. He just got his first dose tonight. Can he take the niacin along with his medication?

Hello all, I am new to this site, but have been reading a good many posts about people's ducks having seizures. I thought that maybe someone might be able to help me. I recently purchased three ducklings from a feed store. Their breed is unknown; the vet thinks they are mutts. They are about...