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Stick with the anti inflammatory and antibiotics- we want to avoid infection!! Miss Lydia wrote: "I don't know why hubby's are always so worried when we are the ones taking care of everything and doing all the work. lol" All due respect to husbands everywhere, but in my situation, TRUER WORDS...

Oh, buddy, this is going to be one for the books! "Remember the year mom broke her ankle and we took the ducks on vacation and they all spent alot of time together on the back porch?" By the way - comfrey is really helpful for hurt ankles...just make a poultice.

With ours, I put an extra fraction of a mil of medicine in a tablespoon of peas, squish lafca dozen of them and feed the duck. Hugs to you

I feel the financial pain, too, Kangasox - - - eggbound duck and cat with an eye problem same week - - - glad it does not happen often.... Calcium does more than harden eggs, from what I understand. It's important for bones, the circulatory system, and possibly the nervous system. I seem to...

Yes - lukewarm bath, extra calcium, and can you get her into a separate spot at night? Something else we did with Sechs 3 years ago when she had a prolapse (and surgery) to keep her from laying while she had stitches around her vent was keep her in a good sized dog crate with towels over it...

Understood. The decisions can be rough. We cannot know everything...

Doulos, I think your girl needs some support....egg problems are not always fatal, but they can increase the risk of infection and prolapse.

While at the vet, Sechs received her first doses of Metacam and calcium and a hormone to keep her from laying for four weeks. I think your duck might have a better chance if she could get that kind of help before you go away.

@Kangasox - at this point, I would get her to the vet as soon as possible. It seems something is seriously wrong with her egg laying system. And the first line of treatment may be as straightforward as getting her on the proper dose of Metacam or other recommended anti-inflammatory. I would...