Not sure if anyone is still following this, but in case someone later has a similar issue and stumbles onto this thread, I'm going to keep updating.
The vet in Charleston doesn't have any openings for ducks until October 8. They recommended another office, who said they didn't think they'd be...
Well I waited til I had both medicines and gave both for about a week - no discernable difference.
I went out of town for the weekend and let her back outside with the other ducks while I was gone and she was limping way worse and panting a lot when I got back :( Called the vet and we...
After 3 weeks of clavacillin her foot was definitely not worse but only a little better. Found clindamycin for sale (a months' worth for less than the cost of a week of clavacillin) which is supposed to be effective against staph infections (which bumblefoot most often is a result of) and also...
So the light colored lump on the inner top of her foot kept getting bigger, like a gigantic zit. I felt it tonight and it felt just like a bumble, like there was a hard lump inside.
Not a huge lump, about like a small misshapen pea, and there might still be more down in there but she was...
I would've never thought of that! I looked into that one and a few others...don't think it'd be worth for it me right now though. But great to know it's available.
It's crazy to me...leaving her overnight to have surgery and all that goes with that was only $151, but I've spent another $105...
Tomorrow makes two weeks on the clavacillin. She either got wise to the spiked green beans or got sick of eating vegetables, lol, but I discovered that smashing it into a powder and mixing with water and pouring over her pellets works just fine too. Her foot still looks just as swollen. This has...
Dang! I don't know what to tell you, other than I probably wouldn't fuss about it too much unless and until you see it bothering them. Maybe just make sure there's nothing too rough or pointy laying around?
Her poor foot :( I should've taken more before pictures but I think the pocket of infection on the outer side is gone...the inner one still looks horrible though, no improvement there. Tomorrow makes a week on the clavacillin.
Nope, definitely not. When I have to keep ducks indoors I usually put down cheap fleece blankets and just do loads of duck laundry, add Lysol with the detergent, and rinse the machine a time or two before I wash anything else.
Oh man, Ziggy's bites are brutal when she really gets mad. I looked like a battered woman for weeks because the bites were always on my arms and just about the same size as fingers, like I'd been grabbed forcefully. She has really calmed down lately though...maybe she realizes I'm trying to...
Vet was able to get me a weeks' worth of clavacillin (clavamox) today - had to pull a @McChics kind of trick and quarter the tablet and hide it in green beans to get her to eat it, lol, but that worked pretty well. Now lets see if it actually helps her....*sigh*
She's indoors in a confined area most of the time, but up until her surgery last week I'd been letting her out to play with the other ducks most evenings and on weekends. She would run around some, but mostly find a nice spot and sit for a while. Last weekend I made her a little pen in the grass...
To my knowledge, the nearest avian vet is about a 3 hour roundtrip drive from me. I took my Bullwinkle there about 5-6 years ago and while they did seem very knowledgeable, they weren't able to identify what was wrong with him or treat him.
We actually haven't tried Baytril yet. For the better...
It's been a week now and I'm not seeing any improvement :( her ankle is still very swollen and she's still limping. Thought maybe I'd give the Bactrim yet another shot, since the vet seems to think that's one of the only antibiotics that might fix her. So last night I hid the whole quarter pill...