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    Ducks feet really messed up help please

    E Today Ernie is hanging out in the sink with his toys and his duck videos
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    Ducks feet really messed up help please

    Ernies brother he had two curled legs only lived a month he had his breakfast one morning went to sleep and just died So we’re lucky to have gotten as far as we have with these little guys My thoughtS are with you a little joy so she keeps fighting if not let’s hope she goes like Ernie’s brother...
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    Ducks feet really messed up help please

    Yes it’s metacam but I haven’t Had to give him any yet so I can’t answer your question about whether it affects his appetite I do know that it can be hard on the stomach
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    Ducks feet really messed up help please

    I was concerned about pain also and I took him to vet after an episode of shaking and she gave me some drops for him but I haven’t needed them . I figure as long as he is eating and curious he’s probably ok . Guess there’s no way to know 100% we can only do our best and hope it’s enough . The...
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    Ducks feet really messed up help please

    He has a tendency to drift into his left. Side which has improved as he’s grown . I actually made a float from one of those pool noodles and put it on his curled leg. He didn’t like it so I. Did same you’re doing keeping my hand under him . So I’m glad he can float on his own now just with...
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    Ducks feet really messed up help please

    She is precious, just want to noodle that little face! I tried the shoes on Ernie too for the curled toes and a sling for the backward leg just like Joy has. Read good things so Hope it works for her. Thank you for sharing her sweet pictures what a darling !
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    Ducks feet really messed up help please

    Post a picture of your little girl please
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    Ducks feet really messed up help please

    Thank you so much for your encouragement. Believe me Ernie gives back a hundred times his care. In the evening he peeps for my husband to put him on his lap for tv and just having him sit on your lap and stroking his solid little body melts all the days stress away. These little souls are...
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    Ducks feet really messed up help please

    Ernie on an outing in the creek
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    Ducks feet really messed up help please

    Ernie on an outing in the creek
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    Ducks feet really messed up help please

    Hi not sure if this is right place to post but bear with me. I had a duckling hatch in July two of them had deformed feet. I kept them and tried making ortho shoes for them and placing them in a sling none of whic worked. One died, the other I still have and of course we adore him. His name is...
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    Anyone experienced in Treating ducks with curled toes

    I c Cant figure out how to do a video on you tube or Vimeo but if you send your email to me I will email it My email is [email protected]
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    Anyone experienced in Treating ducks with curled toes

    Couldn’t upload video but they chase the worms in bathtub
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    Anyone experienced in Treating ducks with curled toes

    I’ll send some videos later today
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    Anyone experienced in Treating ducks with curled toes

    Right now I get them swim time five minutes at a time about four times a day and I manually take them out and hold them up and make them use their legs properly I don’t think Bedi will ever be able to extend his legs but he definitely is getting by a little bit better with the shoes on
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    Anyone experienced in Treating ducks with curled toes

    Also I just noticed my other one “Edie” has an underdeveloped wing It has been very hot here in redding With weird fluctuations in humidity and temperatures, so I wonder if that affected them Moms stayed right on their nests
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    Anyone experienced in Treating ducks with curled toes

    One keeps putting his leg out behind him which surprised me since he was hoping around on that leg before I put the shoe on the foot with curled toes
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    Anyone experienced in Treating ducks with curled toes

    I’ve named my ducklings after two arctic explorers whom I greatly admire Sir Ernest Shackleton and Sir Edmund Mawson. Just like those great explorers my little Ernie and Ed with sheer will and perseverance keep on fighting. They are even cheeky enough to nip me I love their little spirits
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    Anyone experienced in Treating ducks with curled toes

    Lydia, I have to let you know how very much I appreciate your input. I am on new ground and it means a lot to have the support of someone with knowledge, thank you for being here for me
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    Anyone experienced in Treating ducks with curled toes

    Yes i got the vitamin supplement and a special fortified starter especially for ducklings
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