Little duck has been on antibiotics for 3 days for the bacterial skin infection and looks so much better. He's putting on weight, starting to groom himself and something (fuzz or feathers, no idea which) is growing on his bald patches.
My husband and I have set up a 2m square lidded pen with a...
Just an update: The little one is eating but seems more lethargic today. I've got a vet appointment tomorrow morning to have him seen.
The bigger duck is getting more active. Any suggestions on toys I can put in the kennel for them?
As far as I know, they seem to be walking normally. The area around the little guy's eye is clean now, just seems to be an oil build up?
It's about 65F outside right now and I was worried the little one would be too cold. He's been cuddled up in my lap for the last 30 min. He seems content...
We can't see anything on him. And we've looked closely. They'll let us handle them without any problem.
They look much better than when we got them. They've been cleaning themselves and it had definitely helped with his eyes.
These are from the first day
Thank you so much for the advice. We've taken in rabbits, cats and dogs as rescues but these are the first birds. We've got a large dog crate set up with two water dishes that we've been taking in at night. They've got duck food, I hope this doesn't hurt the chicken. There is chicken feed on top...
My husband and I have taken in 2 ducklings and a young chicken. The previous owner found them to be to much work and was horrible neglecting them. The smaller duckling is missing fuzz on it's neck and has dark patches around his eyes. Can anyone help with what this is? They said the ducklings...