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    My duck is missing without a trace in a storm

    I let my dog out this morning as the rain had stopped. He found a small clump of feathers almost immediately. I had him sniff her out.....he found, under some brush, a broken egg, another egg, and a mostly eaten duck. I'm heartbroken and I feel sick. I've never lost an animal like this.
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    My duck is missing without a trace in a storm

    Enclosed backyard, 3 free range ducks, dawn to dusk. I didn't get home until 11:30pm today and hadn't been home since 2:30pm. The other 2 ducks were sleeping outside their enclosure (since I'd left them out all day), and the third one is simply gone. There is a terrible storm coming through...
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    Bumblefoot, no scab, swelling isn't reducing, trying everything, what now?

    I love this vet. He has terrible bed side manner and he's straight to the point, so I know he's a good doc LOL. He just responded "she'll be fine". Phew. If she gets adorably sleepy I'll take a video.
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    Bumblefoot, no scab, swelling isn't reducing, trying everything, what now?

    I have a family crisis going on right now so I'm distracted and not sleeping. So this morning I accidentally gave Mally two 25mg Hydroxyzine pills instead of 2 antibiotic pills. Freaking out right about now. I emailed the vet.
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    Bumblefoot, no scab, swelling isn't reducing, trying everything, what now?

    I wasn't accusing, I was speaking from my own experience -- we waited a few weeks because my husband is more reluctant about bringing a duck to a vet, and because of that we're dealing with a bone infection instead of something less complicated.
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    Bumblefoot, no scab, swelling isn't reducing, trying everything, what now?

    We're on page 8 of this story now, that post was from over a month ago. My vet said specifically not to give my duck amoxicillin orally because it risks upsetting gut bacteria -- apparently it's better if that is administered as a shot. She's been on two different antibiotics now, and after I...
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    Bumblefoot, no scab, swelling isn't reducing, trying everything, what now?

    No bite mark. The skin was a little open and is now covered in the lightest of scab. I can't imagine it would bleed on its own suddenly, so I'm not really sure what happened. I put iodine on the scab to see if it turns out to be growth of another bumble.
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    Bumblefoot, no scab, swelling isn't reducing, trying everything, what now?

    A day of rest and she's walking fine, except seems like she's trying to keep weight off the left foot. A scab of skin came off yesterday. I put iodine on to see if anything arises. If it does, she'll likely be on a trip to get the toe amputated. Either way we are probably due for a vet visit...
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    Bumblefoot, no scab, swelling isn't reducing, trying everything, what now?

    He said to complete the remaining pills at 2x/2x/day. Fun development. There's a bit of blood on the dirt in their enclosure, Mally's left foot was bleeding where it's healing, and now she's limping as if her right foot is sprained. I did the Vetericyn+Neosporin to the left foot. We've put the...
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    Bumblefoot, no scab, swelling isn't reducing, trying everything, what now?

    That moment I realize on day 11 out of 14 that I was supposed to give the duck 2x Clindamycin pills 2x a day and I'd only been giving her 1x pill 2x a day. Her toe is still getting smaller and her leg doesn't seem warm like it used to. I asked the vet if I should continue the antibiotic a bit...
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    Bumblefoot, no scab, swelling isn't reducing, trying everything, what now?

    I think the predator birds left after the 2nd day. The ducks have been keeping an eye out for them, I can tell. It looks like Mally just had a couple blood feathers attacked, she's doing fine now. These are pics of her foot I took yesterday. Definitely seeming pretty good these days, especially...
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    Bumblefoot, no scab, swelling isn't reducing, trying everything, what now?

    I kept her in the crate overnight and put her back with her sisters this morning. I think it was a few blood feathers that broke. Still spraying with Vetericyn. Quacky is squinting one eye so I sprayed Vetericyn on that after the vet emailed back telling me "spray Vetericyn on everything" lol...
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    Bumblefoot, no scab, swelling isn't reducing, trying everything, what now?

    Here's her foot today. The skin is loose on the bottom of the toe so I can tell there's more room in it. I couldn't cut the stitch out because her skin healed over the top of it.
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    Bumblefoot, no scab, swelling isn't reducing, trying everything, what now?

    Today, for the first time in their 9 months, my ducks got attacked by birds of prey. There had to be 7 total, 3 or 4 on the ground standing off against Quacky, who came away unscathed. Billy was also okay. Mally, poor Mally, was dripping blood. I think it was only a small cut (it's really...
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    Bumblefoot, no scab, swelling isn't reducing, trying everything, what now?

    It looks like she's been put on Clindamycin, which means I have to keep a look out for sour crop. Complications in life, lovely! I'm getting some apple cider vinegar to be proactive. Gonna fix them up a gallon of water with electrolytes/probiotics today. I'm going to stick to washing her foot...
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