Thank you @pattyhen ! I sent @casportpony a PM and we'll see if she's available to help me with the tube feeding.
Cheese is extremely weak now.
Plus, one of her eyes has sealed shut. Poor baby is just getting worse.
Ok, so the update on Cheese (my sick duck):
She is extremely weak and is still not eating. I hand feed her her grower food + nutritional yeast, but she only eats a tiny amount.
I have been adding vitamin B Complex + vitamin e to her water since yesterday. I have to bring her over to her water...
@Amiga thank you! I will get some vitamin B3 tomorrow. I have stopped the spinach honey mixture (she didn't go for it anyway). I so appreciate the advice!
Her seizures have lessened in that she isn't seizing every 2-10 minutes. Today she was going without having a seizure for about 15-25...
Pattyhen, thank you! No, she hasn't been around any fertilizer or weed spray. My husband thought it may have been some chemicals in the pond liner he used to make the pond, but that didn't feel right to me. I got more of a hit for what actually caused it when my neighbor shared her experience...
Thank you for your prayers Scrambled Please, and I didn't even think about the honey & botulism thing! I'm glad she didn't drink much of that. I actually read that in a different thread as a way to get some energy into her.
Hello BYC community! Any help is so appreciated. I am stressed to the breaking point and so sad for my duckling. Here are the details:
- Our Pekin duck is 8 weeks old
- She began having seizures at about 3- 4 weeks, had them for a couple days and then they stopped
- About a month later she...
Hello BYC community! Any help is so appreciated. I am stressed to the breaking point and so sad for my duckling. Here are the details:
- Our Pekin duck is 8 weeks old
- She began having seizures at about 3- 4 weeks, had them for a couple days and then they stopped
- About a month later she...
Hello! I have six hens and four ducklings. I've been using this wonderful BYC resource since day one. So, thank you to everyone who contributes such useful, caring advice and information. I sincerely appreciate everyone here and hope to contribute my own stories of raising birds soon.
I...
Hello BYC community! Any help is so appreciated. I am stressed to the breaking point and so sad for my duckling. Here are the details:
- Our Pekin duck is 8 weeks old
- She began having seizures at about 3- 4 weeks, had them for a couple days and then they stopped
- About a month later she...