WhiteTreeOfGondor
"Even the very wise cannot see all ends.” -Gandalf
I have a 8 day old duckling who is having a lot of trouble walking. When it hatched it had severe splay leg, which I straightened with a band-aid. It quickly learned how to walk with the band-aid and after a few days I tried taking it off, but it didn't look quite recovered so I put it back on. A day or two ago I took it off again because the duckling had grown so much that I worried the bandaid was too small for it and would damage its growing legs. But its legs are still turned outward and it lies down as often as it can. Could it be that is still hasn't recovered from the splay leg? Or is already having niacin issues? Or maybe slipped tendon? The legs turning outwards doesn't look quite the same as other niacin deficiencies I've dealt with. What can I do for it? Is there a good way to fix splay leg in older ducklings if this is still the issue?