2 ducks having seizures. One started on Saturday the other started today.

[Margaretgray]

Head is the key here. This sounds like limber neck/wry neck/Stargazing and that is probable being that you have multiple ducks with it. It's the response to not enough E/Selenium usually but can also be cause by ingest metals, or mold/other toxins.

get the goat vitamin gel from TSC feed daily GOod luck!

Thank you. We have gotten the vitamin. Unfortunately duck A we had to put down. She had multiple seizures in a row and was suffering. Duck B is receiving the vitamins and a bit of kayro on her tongue after each seizure. She won’t eat but I am sure it’s because of her feeling unwell with the seizures. We are leaning towards they got something out of the ground. Possibly so type of metal. It’s the only thing we could think of.

 

[Margaretgray]

Head is the key here. This sounds like limber neck/wry neck/Stargazing and that is probable being that you have multiple ducks with it. It's the response to not enough E/Selenium usually but can also be cause by ingest metals, or mold/other toxins.

get the goat vitamin gel from TSC feed daily GOod luck!

thank you so much

 

[Miss Lydia]

Where is the goat vitamin get on the web page. Looks like everything but comes up?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Very sorry for your loss

 

[GR Appleyard]

The same exact thing happened to my Silver Appleyard.

It was a genetic issue, sometimes there can be an acidental breeding and they can inherent the genes from a Crested duck which, because of a defect causing a hole in the skull, makes them prone to seizures.

We took her into a aviary veterinarian were they purscribed Phenobarbital which is used to control seizures in dogs, it also works for ducks.

It helps control the seizures until they can grow out of it.

It took a lot of work, full of late nights and early mornings, but she grew out of it and got better. She was very lucky.
A vitamin B complex may help as well.

We kept her inside so we could keep an eye on her. When she had a seizure we held her wings down and kept her still so she didn't hurt herself. After it was over we held her in our arms until she could stand, because she was to weak to stand from the seizures.