Hello,
I bought 3 new Muscovies ~7 months old and I've been monitoring them for malnutrition over 5 days. They were skinny when I bought them but seem to be getting worse.
Day 1 Saturday I put them in a neutral space and gave them Our Star Mills waterfowl feed both wet and dry (our birds eat dry). All three were terrified of me from day one. It looked like they ate a little, not much.
Day 2 Sunday I introduced them to our male and female. The female was pecking at them but the male was nice. I put the waterfowl feed at opposite ends of a bush so they couldn't be bullied away from the food. Same conditions at night.
Day 3 Monday same as previous but I added some watermelon. At night I placed them all together in our enclosure at night with the female fenced off (they have places to hide from the male).
Day 4 Tuesday it was obvious they weren't filling out so I left them in our enclosure and removed the other ducks. The seller told me they were fed lay mash submerged underwater previously so I bought lay mash and gave it to them wet in three separate bowls (with water). By the end of the day they were surrounded by food but no evidence they had eaten. I kept them in the enclosure with both the male and female fenced off.
I am worried I'll lose one in particular (I think I can post a picture later). There's evidence of green Feces and pronounced emaciation ridge. She is almost too weak to run away now but she still honks and yelps at me. She hasn't separated from the flock they all stick together. I've got a vet appointment coming up but I don't know how long they can go without eating.
Was I sold sick birds?
What is this?
I bought 3 new Muscovies ~7 months old and I've been monitoring them for malnutrition over 5 days. They were skinny when I bought them but seem to be getting worse.
Day 1 Saturday I put them in a neutral space and gave them Our Star Mills waterfowl feed both wet and dry (our birds eat dry). All three were terrified of me from day one. It looked like they ate a little, not much.
Day 2 Sunday I introduced them to our male and female. The female was pecking at them but the male was nice. I put the waterfowl feed at opposite ends of a bush so they couldn't be bullied away from the food. Same conditions at night.
Day 3 Monday same as previous but I added some watermelon. At night I placed them all together in our enclosure at night with the female fenced off (they have places to hide from the male).
Day 4 Tuesday it was obvious they weren't filling out so I left them in our enclosure and removed the other ducks. The seller told me they were fed lay mash submerged underwater previously so I bought lay mash and gave it to them wet in three separate bowls (with water). By the end of the day they were surrounded by food but no evidence they had eaten. I kept them in the enclosure with both the male and female fenced off.
I am worried I'll lose one in particular (I think I can post a picture later). There's evidence of green Feces and pronounced emaciation ridge. She is almost too weak to run away now but she still honks and yelps at me. She hasn't separated from the flock they all stick together. I've got a vet appointment coming up but I don't know how long they can go without eating.
Was I sold sick birds?
What is this?
