Adult Female Duck Open-Mouth Breathing

[CLovesDucks]

Hi friends!

One of my adult fawn & white runners is open-mouth breathing, almost as if she’s panting. It’s warm today but the ducks have 24 hour access to the pond in their enclosure. Any thoughts?

 

[casportpony]

Hi friends!

One of my adult fawn & white runners is open-mouth breathing, almost as if she’s panting. It’s warm today but the ducks have 24 hour access to the pond in their enclosure. Any thoughts?

Can you take a video, upload it YouTube or Vimeo then copy and paste the link here?

 

[casportpony]

This is panting

 

[casportpony]

This one is not panting:

 

[CLovesDucks]

Can you take a video, upload it YouTube or Vimeo then copy and paste the link here?

Sorry for the grainy video. It’s courtesy of the coop cam.

 

[CLovesDucks]

It almost looks like she’s ‘quiet quacking’, but there isn’t any sound coming out.

 

[PATOS]

our ducks pant when it is hot!

 

[CLovesDucks]

our ducks pant when it is hot!

Could you take a look at the video I posted and let me know if it looks like Tay Tay’s?

 

[Ducklover77]

Hi friends!

One of my adult fawn & white runners is open-mouth breathing, almost as if she’s panting. It’s warm today but the ducks have 24 hour access to the pond in their enclosure. Any thoughts?

I posted about the same thing not to long ago. I have Muscovies and I have a Drake that is constantly doing that but it's very hot outside ( I live in Florida) and they also have pond access. So I went out got a baby pool for my ducks and it helped out a lot. They won't get in it but they have been standing around the pool drinking our if it most of the day and it has helped a lot. I also have a hen that started doing it as well and she stopped after I got the pool. So just a suggestion doesn't hurt to give it a try

 

[Ducklover77]

This one is not panting:

Yes mine does same thing it's definitely heat