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I'm wondering the same thing now about hers, Miss Lydia. Dust, pollen, mold, just any kind of allergen, similar to what sometimes causes me to have sneezing fits but doesn't actually harm me. I react that way even to pepper. I've always thought I might be mildly allergic to pepper because I...

Thanks for asking, Kathy. No real update. No better, not noticeably worse. We have her inside now, so we're at least able to verify that she's drinking, eating and preening, at least here in the house. She still looks dirty and disheveled, enough that I can easily pick her out from the crowd in...

Hmm. I'm surprised she didn't suggest Tylan if she thinks it's mycoplasma. Oh well, I'm not a vet.

Very useful. I had no idea this was in the same class as Cipro. Cipro used to be very widely use because it has a very broad spectrum, but broad spectrum doesn't count for much if bacteria have developed resistance to the drug. Bacteria have developed resistance to the broader spectrum drugs to...

We don't eat our eggs or our birds, so that's not a problem. What does that mean for hatching eggs?

I just don't know what my gut is telling me except that I want this to be over. I don't know why I'm feeling so bad about going against a vet when I have no problem going against what people doctors say. I've told people doctors numerous times that their advice is asinine and I absolutely wasn't...

Bless you. I so much appreciate that. I'm completely beside myself over this, and she seems worse today.

Thanks so much for the responses. I don't know what to do now, and I'm very worried about this. I just heard from Kim at Majestic, and what she said has me second guessing my vet. She isn't a fan of doxy and said it's very hard on ducks and that most vets she knows of would have opted for...

TY so much lovely person. (I started to say lovely lady but couldn't remember.) Yes, oil glands can get infected, impacted, overactive, underactive, weird, wiggy, and just not normal. What I don't get is that this is new since she's been on meds. She looks more disheveled than she did before...

Mine is no better, either, and I didn't mean to hijack your thread. They just seemed to have somewhat similar issues. She still sounds the same, and she is dirty like crazy. That is new. The back half of her body is brown from about the mid-wings to her tail. Her feathers are hard and crinkly...

She seems somewhat better, Kathy, and thank you so much for asking. It's so hard to tell because she was never actually acting sick, just sounding sick. That's seems to have improved, but she's really dirty. That is very worrisome to me, so I'm going to bring her in and give her a swim in the...

So glad to hear that she's improving!

I don't have a mean old rooster handy. You'll have to send me one of yours to experiment on.

I'm going to read up on this from the things you've posted so I have an idea in case I ever need to do it. I kind of wish I could get our vet to demonstrate it in person, but I also don't want to put any of our ducks through that just for the purpose of demonstration.

Her quack seemed a little more normal last night. I'm supposed to be receiving all the meds today by noon because I paid extra for rush shipping.

Kathy, in case you're not checking email, I'm posting this so it will show up in your unread subscriptions. Can you take a look at https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1022932/emergency-duckling-bit-a-bee-wasp#post_15872652.

Yes, but you're right next door to them while I'm on the opposite side of the country. I still think it's worth looking into, though. I'm waiting for a call back from the pharmacy to make sure they haven't processed our order and to see when they can get it out to us. If they say it's going to...

Yes, that sounds right. I didn't write it down at the time, which I should have since it was a drug I'd never heard of before. No idea what it costs. I didn't ask, but I'm not sure the vet would have known. Maybe I should check with Road Runner since the order hasn't been processed yet.

He thinks an obstruction could be what's caused her voice change, which is another thing that made him think it might be aspergillosis since that can cause nodules that cause voice changes. I'm just really hoping to see some improvement pretty quickly after having paid for shots instead of...

He mentioned the possibility of aspergillosis, and that's why he's adding the anti-fungal. I just don't understand it. We don't have any of the conditions that would make us "at risk" for aspergillosis. He said it's basically everywhere and ducks with weak immune systems can become symptomatic...