Recent content by scooterschicks

Well Haunted55, I do have a Tractor Supply in a nearby town and I called and guess what....they are out of it. He recommended penicillin lol. Okay, you've scared me with the Tetracycline, so now do I wait or take my chance and give it to her. How about pouring the DMSO, which is an excellent...

The first picture is of her and Nibbles in our koi pond. Neither have been in the pond since she started limping and you can see Bubbles is the one with all the feathers ruffled. She had a hard time swimming and dunking herself and her feathers were all ruffled like this the entire time we...

Thank you Haunted55. Walmart did not even have it behind the pharmacy counter. You have to remember we live in the country, Walmart is a 15 minute drive and if the folks around here have no idea what this iodine is for then they have no need and therefore Walmart does not stock it. That is...

Just want to say that we checked on her just now, before we head to bed and she is panting. Do ducks pant? So, I'm assuming she's in pain. Did not touch the oatmeal either. We will try the peas tomorrow. I guess we are going to have to tackle removing it tomorrow and pray all goes well.

Okay so Walmart nor Walgreens had decolorized iodine. However, I have researched those two types of iodine and the only true difference I can find is decolorized is a tincture base, using alcohol, and Lugol's uses water. So, other than having a brown spot on her foot, which she already has, I...

Thank you all for the replies. We have been on here since we posted this afternoon looking for answers and Haunted55 we have read your past posts and have sent grandma to Walmart to get, what I called, clear iodine. I have Lugols, but I thought I better not use it. Miss Lydia, I really do not...

Hello to All, For the first time ever we (my son and I) are on the duck site. Have always visited the chicken site (lots of chickens here), but we adopted two Pekin ducks and are in the learning process. We have what I call a pretty serious case of bumblefoot which is about the size of a...