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    Duck with Prolapsed Vent and Possible Necrotic Flesh Hanging Out

    Simple prolapses can take up to a week before they resolve, and that means pushing the works back in each time it falls out. The hen I treated this summer required five days of pushing it back in until it finally stayed. However, your duck doesn't have a simple prolapse. It's unknown to what...
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    Duck with Prolapsed Vent and Possible Necrotic Flesh Hanging Out

    If the patient seems in good spirits, that's the best sign we could have that she's going to be okay. But diagnosing over the internet definitely has its limitations. A lot of the time, our suggestions are "Hail Marys". I'm glad you thought of using the witch hazel. I've used it when...
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    Duck with Prolapsed Vent and Possible Necrotic Flesh Hanging Out

    I don't see any necrotic tissue. Perhaps it was feces and washed away? Be aware that bacteria is the number one enemy here. Unless @casportpony thinks it's unwise, I recommend soaking again in water and Betadine, take her out of the water, and spray Vetericyn on the protruding tissue, and...
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    Duck with Prolapsed Vent and Possible Necrotic Flesh Hanging Out

    Prolapse is treatable if you catch it before it dries out, ulcerates, and becomes infected. Without seeing it, I can't make the pronouncement she's beyond help, but it sure sounds like it. Only a vet would be able to successfully cut away and suture the diseased and necrotic tissue, but I have...
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