@Miss Lydia, Thank you for the warning info link. Very surprising. Obviously, I had no idea about that. I should have used one of the other treatments.
Luckily, they all seem ok from using it diluted externally and didn't ingest any themselves accidentally. Much appreciated.
Firstly, thank you to everyone who replied with advice, it was quite unexpected and very reassuring. There is good news now.
@Miss Lydia, "an update?" Absolutely! — Sorry for the delay, but I have been trying to find a moment to provide updates for weeks now.
Yes, I did try topical...
Firstly, I wish to thank everyone so much for their kind welcome and sympathetic words, it was pretty unexpected and very pleasant to read them. The tips for new members are very useful. Plus it is so interesting to read about other countries too.
So since joining, I also have:
some bad news...
Hi. I live on an island in Queensland, Australia. It depends on barges and ferries for all transport.
There is quite a bit of wildlife on the island, such as lizards, snakes, frogs, toads, curlews, peacocks, peahens, wallabies (rare though), kookaburras, owls & various birds including birds of...
Hi. I have recently bought 3 Muscovy ducklings about 10 days ago.
(I also have 2 chickens and have had more of both in the past.)
The situation:
The ducklings are roughly 4, 6 & 8 weeks old. The oldest is also significantly larger, so I suspect it is a drake.
The oldest has some sort of foot...