My brother ordered antibiotics because he was certain that he had Avian Botulism which is a paralysing disease apparently if you contact this disease you only have 2 days to live and it has been 2 days since symptoms. The delivery didn't arrive in time. Unfortunately he has passed away. I feel...
A quick update, he is unable to stand without flipping over to one side, my parents put him in the water without realising that he hasn't had any oil spread over his body so we had to blowdry him dry. He is sitting in a weird position where he sits on his butt with his legs spread out in front...
As of today I woke up and his limping got worse, so far very little energy and he isn't eating much. When I originally wrote this post the days after he got better but the last 4 days his limping has progressively gotten worse and worse. We soaked him in epson yesterday for 1 hour but I think...
I've had this Pekin duck for 7+ years since 2015 as a family pet. He lives in my backyard and has lived alone ever since his other ducks had died. I think he developed bumblefoot in about 2017 but since I was a naive child I didn't understand what it was until it got worse. When I finally...
Sorry I haven't responded in a year but yes. I feel really guilty with his condition but due to my parents unwillingness to take him to the vet I really don't know what to do regarding his bumblefoot.
I will start with an introduction to the duck, so I used to have a flock of ducks until they died and left me with 1, I've raised this single duck for about 5 years now with my family until recently I've been having to do a lot of school work resulting in me not being able to go out as often. My...