Hi all.
So bit of backstory, we have 2 ladies and 1 male miniature appleyard ducks, one of the girls prolapsed earlier this year with her first egg, we brought her inside and treated that, then during the stress of all that she overpreened and got wet feather. We've kept her inside until her annual moult which should fix the feathers.
The other two have been fine during this whole time, we've not got another female as our one inside should go back.
Recently the other female and male outside have both developed wet feather inexplicably.
They have a kiddie pool of water with fresh water every day, we've sometimes filled it every other day when they can free range in the big pond and the kiddie pool doesn't get used. They have a mix of adult and layer pellets. Get treats in mealworms peas and sweetcorn every so often, and sweet gem lettuce aswell. We've checked them for mites/lice and found nothing, their oil glands are not infected. They get fresh bedding inside the enclosure with dengue bedding and wood chips underneath so they don't get muddy, remove their poops twice a day. We can find no reason as to why they have both gotten wet feather.
The only change has been that bird flu restrictions lifted recently and they've been able to go back out. We've also let our indoor girl come out with then in their enclosure to slowly start reintroduction. We don't know if that could have caused stress? The male got very animated when he saw he in an aggressive way not mating way. The male has also started to lose his green feathers, around his eye they have started to become white like the females.
Could this be related to their annual moult? I was expecting it in a few month not now.
Any help would be appreciated as we're baffled, we've removed their pond and given them a bucket to dunk their heads in in the mean time.
So bit of backstory, we have 2 ladies and 1 male miniature appleyard ducks, one of the girls prolapsed earlier this year with her first egg, we brought her inside and treated that, then during the stress of all that she overpreened and got wet feather. We've kept her inside until her annual moult which should fix the feathers.
The other two have been fine during this whole time, we've not got another female as our one inside should go back.
Recently the other female and male outside have both developed wet feather inexplicably.
They have a kiddie pool of water with fresh water every day, we've sometimes filled it every other day when they can free range in the big pond and the kiddie pool doesn't get used. They have a mix of adult and layer pellets. Get treats in mealworms peas and sweetcorn every so often, and sweet gem lettuce aswell. We've checked them for mites/lice and found nothing, their oil glands are not infected. They get fresh bedding inside the enclosure with dengue bedding and wood chips underneath so they don't get muddy, remove their poops twice a day. We can find no reason as to why they have both gotten wet feather.
The only change has been that bird flu restrictions lifted recently and they've been able to go back out. We've also let our indoor girl come out with then in their enclosure to slowly start reintroduction. We don't know if that could have caused stress? The male got very animated when he saw he in an aggressive way not mating way. The male has also started to lose his green feathers, around his eye they have started to become white like the females.
Could this be related to their annual moult? I was expecting it in a few month not now.
Any help would be appreciated as we're baffled, we've removed their pond and given them a bucket to dunk their heads in in the mean time.
