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Hi everyone! I hope someone can help me!! I have 3 ducklings, they are around 3 weeks old.
About a week ago, one of the ducklings had a weird leg and I read I had to supplement their feed with niacin, 'cause where I live there is no specific food for ducks and they are eating baby chick food. We supplemented inmediately, and 24 - 36 hours later, he was fine... but then! About 2 to 3 days later, another ducklings leg twisted, it was straight behind him! So we used the bandaid trick, and he started getting up a little...
That was like, 3 days ago, and the thing is that now he has a patch with no fur, and I'm a bit worried... should I be concerned? The other 2 ducklings are thriving!! I've seen him eat and drink... what could it be?
The cage has a puppy pad as a base and 2 cm of shaving for bedding
I hope someone can help me
This is the furless patch:
Here he is "standing up" with a little help (he does it on his own sometimes)
About a week ago, one of the ducklings had a weird leg and I read I had to supplement their feed with niacin, 'cause where I live there is no specific food for ducks and they are eating baby chick food. We supplemented inmediately, and 24 - 36 hours later, he was fine... but then! About 2 to 3 days later, another ducklings leg twisted, it was straight behind him! So we used the bandaid trick, and he started getting up a little...
That was like, 3 days ago, and the thing is that now he has a patch with no fur, and I'm a bit worried... should I be concerned? The other 2 ducklings are thriving!! I've seen him eat and drink... what could it be?
The cage has a puppy pad as a base and 2 cm of shaving for bedding
I hope someone can help me
This is the furless patch:
Here he is "standing up" with a little help (he does it on his own sometimes)
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