Hey everyone, I have a seven year old male Pekin who has not been acting normal for about three weeks. I noticed he was sleeping more and not being as active, but now he doesn't want to eat his normal food. I feed Mazuri waterfowl maintenance and they have never had a problem with it. He has...
Hi all. My pekin duck Sammy has been laying down far more than usual lately. Sammy is 5 years old, I've had him all his life, and he is otherwise healthy. I noticed him laying down and straining a little to stand about a month ago. I responded by giving him warm baths for a few days and he did a...
I went out to feed my two male pekin ducks tonight and one was standing in the corner. Usually they both run to greet me and one did but they other, Sammy, stayed behind. He keeps shutting his eyes and being unresponsive. He will "go to sleep" for about a minute or two and then just wake up...
Hi everyone! My duck Sammy, a four-year-old Pekin, has some suspicious stuff going on with his bill. He has always had a flaky bill and the vet didn't seem worried about it a few months ago. I read that some ducks just are like that. My other male's bill is fine and both birds eat Mazuri...
Hi everyone. My male Pekin duck, Lucius, started coughing two days ago. I thought it could be gape worms but he hasn't been "gaping." He seems to only cough in the evening, but that might just be the only time I've seen it. I've read that round worms could cause coughing so I was thinking of...
Hello everyone. I have two pekin ducks and recently their feet have become dry. I thought it might be scaly leg mites but I'm not sure. Lucius, the smaller of the two, got this big sore on his foot, but my other duck Sammy is not affected. I'm not sure what this is and would greatly appreciate...