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Thank you for all your advice, much appreciated! There aren't a lot of duck owners where we are. As of this arvo she seems heaps better - from what we can see the vent looks completely normal and eating and drinking fine. She was out foraging all day with the rest of the flock as well. They're...

Thanks for all the help guys! The duck was returned to the flock this morning as she was stressing out in the box, but she's under observation. We will keep pushing the prolapsed vent back until it is sorted out. Hopefully there is no unfixable issue that caused it - we'll take her to the vet if...

One of the ducks we keep has what can only be described as intense constipation. Initially, we suspected by the ducks behaviour she was eggbound (not eating but drinking, abdominal straining and swollen cloaca area) but upon inspection the entire area was plugged with feces and the cloaca...