Thank you so much for the info! We started some Amoxicillin that night and it helped with the swelling. Her skin did ended up getting worse. All the skin on her head was hard and got to a point that she could no longer open one of her eyes. I did try putting ointment on it and it didn't loosen...
Im cross posting this. I figured it better suites this thread.
I came home and my one of my turkeys isn’t doing to well. The skin on its head is super dry and almost feels dead and around it’s head is swollen. Any ideas what it can be? I will add some pictures as well.
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I came home and my one of my turkeys isn’t doing to well. The skin on its head is super dry and almost feels dead and around it’s head is swollen. Any ideas what it can be? I will add some pictures as well.
I just wanted to update you guys! Our duckling is making a lot of progress! We did not treat for the slipped tendon because the next morning she was starting to use her leg. As of today she is just walking with a little bit of a limp. It must have just been an injury. I just want to thank you...
When we noticed something was wrong with her leg, her hock was red, hot, and swollen. She has been on antibiotics for a couple days now. That being said her hock is not hot anymore. We are using Solgar Brewer’s Yeast Powder. Her poops are normal.
We have them in a bathtub with pine shaving flakes as bedding. They are clumsy so there is a possibility that she could have hurt it. We didn't notice anything happen and there are no external signs of something happening. She wont stand on her own. She will kind of "crawl" to her food and...
The pictures should be up now.
We did it in a bathroom sink so she could still touch, but she would stand on the other foot and wouldn't use the swollen one.
Thank you! We tried it last night but all she wanted to do was lay down and drink the Epsom Salt water. We kept her in the bath for about five minutes (trying to stop her from drinking the water as much as possible) but she didn't want to use that leg much.