Recent content by Jkaulen0208

It is a vent prolapse. See this article for help. http://www.duckdvm.com/condition/oviduct-prolapse

I usually soak for 30 minutes in Epson salt water, rinse with betadine and apply antibiotic ointment. Then place a small square of guaze over it to keep the ointment where I need it and provide padding. Then wrap the foot with vetwrap or any of the sticks to itself bandage. Then put a small...

I am also wondering about her habitat. I spent over a year changing mine up before they finally stopped getting bumblefoot. Let us know how it is now and we may be able to help

There is not any odor to it. And she doesn't have any discharge from her sinuses. Her breathing sounds clear also.

Easier said then done. But I will try again tomorrow.

I will try it. I don't think it can hurt.

I found a listing for a veterinary ophthalmologist a couple hours away. I'm going to call them Monday. I don't know how long it will take to get an appointment.

You can open the eyelid. The eyelid itself is not swollen. Just the eye.

I just found my chicken like this tonight. There is no discharge from the eye except clear tears. She is acting normal, eating, drinking and getting excited over meal worms still. The swelling appears to be her eye ball itself. The entire mass is very hard. There is a white/ cream...

Hello, I am very sorry to hear about your duck. I just had one pass away suddenly about a month ago. Which has sent me on a mission to learn as much as possible about avian medicine. In my textbooks, they talk about cases of necrotic nodules on the intestines. (necrotic enteritis). This is...

This is his "good leg" as a comparison.

I put a picture of the swollen leg up

No lesions or discoloration. He still has about 90%, range of motion but you can tell he has discomfort when you put any pressure on the leg.

He's been on Meloxicam and Clav-mox. He started limping back in july but it was on and off and he was still playing with the other ducks. I started isolating him in hopes that it was a sprain and would heal. But after a month with no improvement, I took him to the vet.

I have a 10lb Pekin duck. One of his legs is severely swollen. It's hot to the touch and he's been limping. I brought him to a vet that tried anti inflammatory meds for 2 weeks with no change. I brought him back and they took xrays. Nothing is broken. The vet is thinking septic arthritis...