Bless his heart I wonder if they are jumping off the couch hasn’t got something to do with this and Blanche’s limp. They can injure themselves so easily and Pekins seem to have more leg issues anyway.
That’s a shame I don’t think snapping turtles need deep water when I lived in Florida they would be found in deep ditches. Poor Blanche glad you were there to save her. Sounds like you have done a good job cleaning the wound and more than likely she’ll be fine keep the flies away. As for big Al...
Well you tried hopefully there is still something that can be done maybe pain meds or muscle relaxers to get the muscles relaxed so you can start hydrotherapy in warm water tub.
That’s awesome keep up with the BComplex and swim time to keep the muscles strong and if the boot is working then keep that up too that support must be working!!
It really sounds more like an injury. You might try a shoe to stabilize the foot so it stays in the proper place you can use a plastic container and cut into shape if the foot then wrap in vet wrap place the foot in and wrap again In vet wrap making sure to go up around ankle aways to help hold...
Must be an injury and maybe an xray would show what. Keep up the Liquid B complex but he/she may need something for pain and inflammation. Sounds like maybe where the foot and ankle meet?
If you can use a plastic dish pan and let him lay in it to soak I have done that. I have also put a towel around the duck after I get him In that keeps them from drinking the water just drape it around his neck outside of the pan. . If this is an injury it’s going to take a while to heal so be...
The farther down the nutrients the lower the amount so you might want to keep this for mantience and get the bottle of liquid b complex the foil comes off easy and you can use A 1 ml dropper to dose.
Yes get an All flock feed Purina makes a good one but I am sure there are others too. There will be 20% protein but the bag says for all poultry. Ducks included and I have used it for my flock from hatch till end of life. Makes it nice not having to change feeds. And still get the liquid b that...
You can def see swelling can you try some Epsom salt wraps? or soaks? Maybe jumped one to many times. I'd give it a few days of this and keeping it from doing a lot of walking or running rest and soaks with pool time for exercise. Helping the little one in an out. Also maybe instead of Brewers...