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Help- badly bitten his tongue, Muscovy Drake
Thanks everyone and sorry that I took so long to put this up, I haven't been on the laptop since it happened as my sooky duck needed someone with him rub his beak and to remind him not to go crazy shaking his head. We used honey on his tongue but I put it in water with some electrolytes and... -
Help- badly bitten his tongue, Muscovy Drake
Yeah, a I do the same for myself but, anything with caine on the end is deadly to ducks , I give him prescription meloxicam which is an anti inflammatory, I have it for my illness so I just use a quarter of a tablet every 12hrs(same for cats too) but you can get it in solution from the vets too. -
Help- badly bitten his tongue, Muscovy Drake
I find with my anxiety and depression that it is just really hard to feel down when I have Zeb huffing at me with a big duck smile as soon as I wake up in the morning! He is very special and I will put up some picks although he is a bit blood stained atm -
Help- badly bitten his tongue, Muscovy Drake
Hi Everyone, I'm hoping you have some helpful ideas. My pet Muscovy Zeb, was shaking his head violently(as they do) and bit his tongue but then when it started bleeding in his mouth, that made him shake his head more, so it kept getting bitten more, so I stroked him, talked to him and finally... -
Help! My duck has leg issues!
Hi Justin and welcome, I read this post earlier and couldn't think of a good material for a splint that would be comfortable for this little guy to wear for a long period. But then low and behold whilst looking for something completely different this popped up-... -
Help- My Husband ran over our 14 day old Muscovey duckilng with a chair!
Thanks everyone for helping:) Have used a cotton wool splint to help her to walk and she seems to be OK appart from being a little sookie- I will try the epsom salts compress! and the cold packs seem to do the trick, It seems to be mostly the foot where there are some bloodblister looking things... -
Help- My Husband ran over our 14 day old Muscovey duckilng with a chair!
hELP- my husband ran over our 14 day old Muscovey Duckling with an office chair- its toes are turning black and there is like a giant pea sized blood blister on one to and the nails have a redish ting I have applied cold and heat packs alternatively and the vets dont treat ducks and are closed...