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    Duck suddenly not walking

    Thank you!!! Drinking is the one thing I see her still doing. I have no issue if she turns herself yellow lol. I am going to give this a try!
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    Duck suddenly not walking

    So the night of my last update she was back to not standing and her head was moving in an odd shaky way and she was just very off. So I ran to the feed store and bought the vitamin B and meal worms. My ducks have never had meal worms before, so she had no interest in them. But by morning they...
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    Duck suddenly not walking

    She is standing this morning! I couldn't afford the emergency B medicine yet so just kept doing the Epsom salt baths until I get paid this week. Hopefully just a sprained leg but getting the emergency med, yeast, and calcium regardless as we need them all
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    Duck suddenly not walking

    Amazing information thank you! So, to be clear I understand, the liquid niacin is for during a deficiency and then brewers yeast is for after and oyster shell in a separate bowl is for all the time?
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    Duck suddenly not walking

    Thank you for the feedback and suggestions. No, I don't give them anything other than the Purina Duck Pellets. They seem to be scared of everything new I try to give them and refuse to eat it. But I will try the niacin on meal worms and see if I can get her to eat it. Unfortunately, no vet...
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    Duck suddenly not walking

    This is her in her Epsom salt soak tonight. I had her soak for 10-12 minutes
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    Checking-In On Peeps - Post Here To Say Hello!

    I am up to 10 ducks now and 1 is suddenly not walking. I tried to post a new thread but am not sure if it went through
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    Duck suddenly not walking

    Hi, I have 10 ducks ranging in age from 1.5 to 3.5 years old. They all eat the same diet of Purina Duck Pellets. Yesterday my husband went outside to change out the pool water and play with them by letting them play in the hose mist. They all had fun and behaved like normal. Approximately 6 or 7...
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    Should we get more?

    Ya, I have a bigger feeder and waterer in their outdoor pen which is 6 foot by 8 foot and they swim in their pool every other day. But they already are walking around in a swamp by the end of the night because they play in their water even with it so hard to play in lol. I have to completely...
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    Should we get more?

    Ok, I just found this video on you tube. My ducks all make the sound of his black male runner. None make the loud quack of his white female runner. Guess I have all boys since their voice is apparently not a real quack and they all have curly tails...
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    Should we get more?

    This is a video of the quaking sounds I hear. Thoughts?
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    Should we get more?

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    Should we get more?

    I will try to catch it on film. The quaking sounds are easy since they talk loud when I feed them, water them, change their bedding, etc lol. The coughing sound is more randomly made and harder to get on film, but I'll try.
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    Should we get more?

    Ya, they are super fun! We have never had birds before and are learning as we go. Glad we got runners :) here is a picture of our babies in their night time indoor brooder/pen. We have an outdoor pen that we planned on them being in full time by now, but their first night out something attacked...
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    Should we get more?

    All 3 make coughing sounds but then we randomly hear quacks too so...? Maybe have to wait to see if eggs start to drop haha
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    Should we get more?

    We got 3 runner ducks and all 3 look like they are all boys. What I mean is 2 of them have developed very distinct drake feathers and the third has one slightly curly tail feather so may be a boy too. We have read that having all boys can be ok but that if we have any girls while also having the...
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    Duck attacked by predator not sure how to bandage or medicate

    Update: Daffy is alive and well! She has grown back almost all of her feathers and although she sometimes has the effected wing slip down her side, she is able to keep it where she wants it most of the time so I don't think to much damage was done. She flaps and plays just like our other 2...
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    Duck attacked by predator not sure how to bandage or medicate

    She doesn't like her picture being taken but Daffy is doing much better! She did end up getting a small infection on day 3 so we did a couple more days of penicillin and it cleared up. The wound is closing remarkably fast and she is starting to act herself again. I have given her 2 salt water...
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    Duck attacked by predator not sure how to bandage or medicate

    Would it harm the duck to drink the salt water? Do we need to rinse off the duck after soaking it in salt water? I am thinking about letting her take a bath in a clean tub, I could make it a salt water bath. But the ducks use the water to clean their nostrils and eyes, would this hurt them...
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    Duck attacked by predator not sure how to bandage or medicate

    Daffy is eating a tiny bit which is better than nothing but is drinking almost a normal amount. She keeps trying to preen but the shirt I have on her keeps her from making contact with the wound. I have given her 2 doses of meloxocam (12 hours apart) and 2 doses of penicillin (24 hours apart)...
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