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My call ducks have the same illness... help
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Duck was fine and all of a sudden collapsed and can’t walk. Please help.
No eggs and lameness can mean eggbound. Give 1 ml calcium gluconate daily for up to a week/ until egg is laid. Soak her in bathtub . If she’s not eating, you might have to tube feed her. They go down fast if they don’t eat, but I think you said she has something to eat now?- Jenbirdee
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Bottom duck bill split (looks like it never fully grew together)
How long have you had this duck? I’m just wondering how she gets along with eating and drinking this way? One thing I know with Bill injuries/deformities they need their feed to be deep in a bowl that is deep so they can eat. And like all ducks also always lots of fresh water deep enough to...- Jenbirdee
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Occasional limping then resolves
You could give them a little durvet liquid b complex. It’s the best form of niacin with the good strong amount of it in there. Just to strengthen their legs my Ducks occasionally limp sometimes too I think it’s like an mis step and slightly twisted ankle or a tiny stick or stone Maybe they... -
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Duck not waterproof
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Duck lost their companion
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6 wk old not thriving/bald areas
Oh dear, what an honest to goodness cutie pie! Bald spots could be from the others picking on her. What kind of powdered niacin are you using? Is it timed released or flush free because those don’t work . Is the duckling in question eating and drinking or do the others bully her away from the... -
Do I have two males? I have never seen them fighting before but this morning I noticed it two times.
Well, I don’t see a Drake curl but how old are they and what are their voices sounding like do either of them quack or do they make more of a Cree cree sound? -
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Runners lost quack, respiratory issue
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Runners lost quack, respiratory issue
Could be aspergillosis I had one tested positive for that and a few others came down with it because of some straw that was old and had gotten wet and thenafter months of trying to treat with antibiotics and dewormers finally started using oxine AH with a nebulizer . Check out this thread... -
Out of 16 Eggs, 2 Ducklings Hatched – Can Anyone Help ID the Mixes?
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My call ducks have the same illness... help
And by the way, the pictures are adorable. Your ducks are so cute. -
My call ducks have the same illness... help
Oh yes Papeye is right to ask about bedding as, bedding can cause respiratory issues depending on what is used in the condition of it I once had a bail of straw was not fresh and three of my ducks caught aspergillosis, two of them recovered well, but one of them passed away a few months later... -
My call ducks have the same illness... help
Can you post a video of them coughing? What do you feed them? You can also try putting some apple cider vinegar, the kind with the mother, into their drinking water 1 tablespoon per gallon.