4 week old call duck coughing (and spitting up?)

[Liza728w]

Two weeks ago one of my call duck babies had a "coughing fit" and shook his head and threw up what looked to be blood. I'm not entirely sure because the grit that I sprinkle in their pen is somewhat red.

Today and last night I've caught that baby in the middle of coughing fits twice. Nothing was thrown up though. It sounds like it's a really deep cough and he slightly "chews" with his bill after coughing.

Their water is always kept clean and deep enough to submerge their whole heads. I clean it several times a day. Any ideas? Is the grit I have seems to be really pointy and almost sharp so I've been wondering if it's fine or not. It's quartzite and granite. None of the other babies are coughing. This guy has had a record of sneezing a lot too. When I started giving him a daily bath for 20-25min, it helped I believe. He doesn't sneeze as much now.


Any thoughts would be appreciated! Thank you!

 

[Duck mommy 2019]

any chance he can go to the vet? ducks will throw up when they eat too fast (mine actually did today) but the coughing doesn’t sound too good

 

[Isaac 0]

Sorry to hear about your duckling.

Is an avian vet an option for her?

Here is a directory,

https://www.metzerfarms.com/Veterinarians.cfm?CustID=27009032

Would you mind taking a video of the duckling, uploading it to a video platform like Youtube or Vimeo, and copy/pasting the link here?

Does he "cough' up stuff when you pick him up, or is this just involuntary?

Could you post a picture of his feces?

Does he appear healthy besides this?

What all is in his daily diet?

 

[Isaac 0]

How is your bird doing?

 

[Liza728w]

How is your bird doing?

Hi there thank you for checking in!! I actually didn't even see your prior reply to my post. He is doing just fine now, no big sneezing fits or coughing anymore. It seems like it resolved on it's own. Yay!

 

[Isaac 0]

I'm glad to hear she's doing better, thanks for the update.