Search results for query: *

If he has an infection, then it will affect his movement and his behavior. I once had an infection in my tooth that caused my entire jaw to clamp up--I couldn't eat except broth that I would pour into my mouth with a spoon because I couldn't open my mouth except a quarter inch. Think about how...

What Miss Lydia says! I didn't know you had another hen. Bring her in. Ducks will literally starve themselves to death from grief when lonely, and sometimes all it takes to cheer them up is a duck friend. Try it!

That doesn't sound good. :( Bad smells are a sign of infection. Until you can get him to the vet, soak the back of his neck well in the epsom salts. You may have to hold him partially under for five minutes or so--a pain, but it will help with the infection. Still, it sounds like a round of...

Cool to know that's what vets are recommending. We also use epsom salts when we have them. When we don't, ordinary table salt is a perfectly effective substitute. Glad he's doing better!

Don't know if it will help now, but the talk about neosporin and bacitracin got me thinking there may be a better way, one that doesn't dry it out or gum it up so the wound can't breathe (which ointments can do). It's what we do for ourselves in our family, and it's quite simple, but I've never...