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    Help! Duck attacked by fox, damage to wing.

    Gratuitous photo of all three of them with muddy faces: it rained overnight and they spent all morning happily foraging for slugs and snails and worms in the undergrowth of our garden. There are three water pools of different sizes to choose from, but they always gravitate towards this one and...
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    Help! Duck attacked by fox, damage to wing.

    Thank-you for asking - very happy to report that she made a full recovery. We kept the wound clean and kept spraying with antiseptic spray and spray bandage every couple of days for a week, and kept her out of the water, then began using a spritz bottle of water on her to encourage her to preen...
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    Help! Duck attacked by fox, damage to wing.

    Thank-you so much. I’ve sectioned off a small part of the coop for her and given electrolytes, will keep checking and treating the wound over the next few days. It’s just hard to tell what sort of state she’s in, but the wing not drooping and her standing up and walking and eating and drinking...
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    Help! Duck attacked by fox, damage to wing.

    Hello all, hoping to get a bit of advice here - I’m a duck owner in urban London and local vets haven’t been much help, none will see or give advice on a bird. One of my girls got attacked by a fox yesterday evening. She got away but I suspect he managed to grab one of her wings in his mouth...
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