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    Duckling very sick with alraming syptoms

    Hi everyone, I have a clutch of Muscovy ducklings 9 altogether. One died early on with syptoms similar but not identical to this. I noticed one of the ducklings was weak and very wobbly when trying to walk, I separated her from the others and brought her inside to keep her warm and keep a close...
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    Ducklings attacked by rats!

    Thank you for your reply. I've attached an update above.
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    Ducklings attacked by rats!

    Thank you so much to everyone who replied to my post. I have been utterly traumatised by finding them in that state in the middle of the night. I initially thought a weasel or a stoat aswell but it's definitely rats! There were a whole load of them under the coup. They had eaten through the...
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    Please help will this baby have a chance of surviving?

    You can buy Manuka honey at any local health food shop and some super markets have it, it doesn't have to be Manuka but that has the best antimicrobial properties, any good quality honey will do. Avoid the cheap stuff it won't work. Apply it directly to her wound and then gently cover it. Have a...
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    Please help will this baby have a chance of surviving?

    You need to get her to a vet!!! That wound is far too deep to treat at home! Its guaranteed to become infected and she will become septic and or gangrene will set in, the other hens and chicks will peck at it aswell. You can give her Metacam which your vet will prescribe or baby nurofen for...
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    Ducklings attacked by rats!

    Late last night about 2:30am i heard my ducklings very distressed in thier coup. I ran out to see what was wrong to find one covered in blood with an apparent broken/dislocated leg. I immediately took her inside to assess her wounds when two minutes later I heard the other two calling for help...
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