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    Swollen cheek, bleeding through nostrils.

    Pickles update!! She’s doing wonderfully on this new antibiotic!! It took a bit to get visible results but she’s nearly all cleared up. Here’s a pic of her. We are soooo happy, poor thing just wants to be with her flock (quacking loudly from her separate pen). Soon enough! Maybe another...
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    Swollen cheek, bleeding through nostrils.

    I’ll let you guys know either way!
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    Swollen cheek, bleeding through nostrils.

    Thank you Isaac! What I’m reading tonight, this antibiotic (Tetracycline) seems better suited to e.coli. Hopefully it starts working quickly. still, Pickles doesn’t seem to be bothered by it. Acting just like the other ducks. And as I think you said a month ago, ducks have a high metabolism...
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    Swollen cheek, bleeding through nostrils.

    Vet didn’t indicate on the antibiotics and it was my wife who spoke to the vet. I will start this tomorrow. I have a separate pen I setup for the daytime but nighttime is with the other ducks.
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    Swollen cheek, bleeding through nostrils.

    Yes, this saved my bacon when using a syringe for Pickles’ amoxicillin but this new antibiotic is supposed to be via the ducks‘ drinking water. That’s the part I don’t know how to administer. My ducks get their water all muddy 30 seconds after I give them fresh clean water (in their swimming...
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    Swollen cheek, bleeding through nostrils.

    This is the new antibiotic we were given. I’m trying to figure out how to do this. I’ve mixed the stock solution (100mg in 1.7L). Next is mixing 30ml stock solution into 4L. Fine, easy enough. But how do I deliver this to Pickles in a way she isn’t going to walk all in it and contaminate it...
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    Swollen cheek, bleeding through nostrils.

    That’s what confused me when my wife came back from the vet, they didn’t drain it. Apparently, they were super excited to get a duck, which means they don’t have a lot of experience with them. For better or worse, Guelph Vet School is only an hour away and is highly rated, especially with farm...
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    Swollen cheek, bleeding through nostrils.

    Hey guys, sorry for being MIA. Having 7 ducklings and 5 kids and a million home projects leaves one....tired. took Pickles to the vet, they said it was a gland infection. Gave her a needle of something (my wife was there not I) and prescribed clamoxicilin(?). A combination of amoxicillin and...
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    Swollen cheek, bleeding through nostrils.

    Thank you for sharing this info!!
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    Swollen cheek, bleeding through nostrils.

    Thank you! I have tomorrow off work and can try to take Pickles to the vet.
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    Swollen cheek, bleeding through nostrils.

    I’ve continued with the doses you’ve advised. No change (good or bad), but she continues to act like the others. Tonight Wed June 24) I was feeling the lump on her face and though it didn’t seem to hurt her, when I gently but firmly pressed on it, I noticed a nearly colourless fluid come out...
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    Swollen cheek, bleeding through nostrils.

    started last night at 2.5ml glad he doesnt have teeth. Nipping at me while I’m giving his meds. Any suggestions about how to administer it other than via syringe? In his was or on his food?
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    Swollen cheek, bleeding through nostrils.

    Pickles weighs 1kg on our kitchen scale.
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    Swollen cheek, bleeding through nostrils.

    No, our one scale’s batteries have died and can’t find the kitchen scale yet. I gave Pickles another 1.0ml dose tonight. Will keep trying to get Pickles’ weighed. Thx for checking in.
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    Swollen cheek, bleeding through nostrils.

    I could try to find one. I live in a rural area. Not many drug dealers around. j/k
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