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Sounds good - - - let's hope you have a vet who is creative and understands ducks' ability to recover from serious injury.

i found this - one illustration is of a duck http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/publications/field_manual/chapter_2.pdf Here is the BYC thread it came from https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/108937/chicken-duck-anatomy-gut-diagram There are also good diagrams of the different systems in a duck's...

KaziCritter has a brave duckie, for sure!

This is going to be a long process, and it's territory I have not had to cover before. I agree about the healthy pink - let's hope things knit together properly.

This covered human healing needs, I thought it was a good place to start. http://www.livestrong.com/article/115716-vitamins-heal-wounds/ Perhaps @casportpony has a handy list. This http://www.mypetchicken.com/catalog/Chicken-Health/Vitamins-and-Electrolytes-Plus-p179.aspx is a good...

Just tossing this out there - could be a bad idea. What about using crazy glue or something to "stitch" the hole together? Any chance you could start clipping some feathers away from the edge of the wound? I am thinking that might make it easier to clean and medicate.

I am not a vet, have no experience with such large wounds, but I keep thinking she is going to need more time with the wound open to air - and away from flies, of course. But maybe you can find some kind of bandage that lets air in. I would move away from anything like vaseline or ointment...

Great!

Thinking of your injured duck this morning.

A high concentration of salt would be painful. But animal blood has salinity - without the right concentration of salt, plain water can be painful. I learned this when I used plain water in my neti pot once. Oh, have mercy, that was awful! Anyway, a mild saline solution kills germs and...

Duck Pain Relief from hennible 201409 A note on pain killers for ducks. Straight from the vets mouth, ducks can have Advil. For ducks 6-8 lbs 25-40mg twice daily adult tablets cut up or children's liquid Advil 1.5ml twice daily, orally. (Amiga's arithmetic – 8 pounds 40 mg is 5 mg per pound...

Hi, I posted over on emergencies, and looks like casportpony did, also. I think she does have a chance, and that if the wound site can be kept clean enough, and she has a quiet safe place, TLC and good nutrition, she may make it. Ducks can recover from some very serious injuries if given the...