A quick question from a "newbie" (@happy duck , @WVduckchick @Miss Lydia):
How do you treat bumble-foot if the duck is stubborn as a donkey and won't cooperate under no circumstances?
I tried to soak her feet in Epsom salt/Iodine water, now i look like i didn't made it to the bathroom in time...
Good find (new bookmark!), but:
I personally would not take Acetaminophen for more than 3 days! It is well known, that permanent (ab)use of Paracetamol will lead to liver damage in us humons.
The problem with Acetaminophen is that it is commonly known as a pain-killer, and used as one. It...
Acetaminophen (Paracetamol, Tylenol) is not toxic to ducks! - Of course dumping a Tylenol 500 into a tiny duck isn't good, but a low dose is fine for them. Limpy Duck had to swallow a couple of them last year when he had a botulism infection.
She didn't need anything further this night. She was sleeping like a duckling in her hay-filled plastic container on out patio, even laid an egg for us! Then at 8am started quacking with her deep voice and wanted out.
I used the last triple antibiotics ointment on her three bumbles, she had...
She is better after sitting in cold water for almost two hours
She's back on her feet!
I'll watch her for the next hour, if the fever comes back she'll get an acetaminophen.
She wasn't limping at all, even with that huge bumble on her foot. It happened within a couple of minutes: I saw her in the group of ducks waiting for their supper, went in to cut cabbage and when i came back out she was lying on the ground.
Botulism was my first thought too, her legs are...
She is 8 month old and foraging outside the whole day, so i doubt that she needs any extra B vitamins. I know she has bumble foot, what really concerns me is that she seems to have fever and her legs are cramped to the back. If i try moving her legs into the normal position, she quacks and...
She is getting really hot when she sit on the hay, heart-rate through the roof, heavy breathing, i have set her back into the water and she is doing better there. Still not able to bring her feet into normal position.
Here is the video:
Hi Friends,
i just found this evening that one of my White Layers has a huge bumble on her foot that i have failed to see. :oops:
The plan was to start with soaking and treatment tomorrow morning as it is already dark outside and getting cold. So i went inside and chopped up ½cabbage for the...