My neighbor found a young paradise duck with nylon wrapped around its ankles, one foot is dead and the other it can just stand on so may be ok. No lesions or broken skin. Does a dead foot need to be amputated even if there are no lesions?
One of my 3 week old wild ducklings tucked into her food too quickly and food is now stuck. She is taking on water and trying to chug it down but has been this way for the past 10 mins. I can't catch her and certainly couldn't massage her neck without her escaping or me accidently hurting her...
So I am hoping I don't find a dead duckling tomorrow morning. I was a bit late in feeding my 3 week old wild ducklings in our creek and they chugged it down too quickly. I am feeding game bird crumble dry because it seemed like wetting it made it more trouble to eat. One looked like it had food...