Antibiotics for severe bumblefoot in duck

[duckduckgoose71]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/

Got it, thank you very much.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Clindamycin would probably be a better choice in my opinion. Most chickens can be taken off the roost at night or shortly before daylight, and will swallow a tablet of capsule. I have a head lamp that has a red light option, and it keeps the birds calm when I come in. If a drug needs to be crushed or opened and added to food when they are awake, I have used liverwurst (liver cheese,) canned cat food pate, scrambled egg, and cream cheese to mix in the medicine. When holding a bird in one arm, you can take your fingers and squeeze the beak to open it, or pull down on the wattles, place the pill, capsule, or liquid in their, and release the wattles for them to swallow. There are quite a few videos online on how to do this.

Good advice...but this is a duck lol

 

[Eggcessive]

Good advice...but this is a duck lol

Got it.

 

[duckduckgoose71]

Thank you very much.

 

[duckduckgoose71]

Got it.

I imagine its similar. I’m nervous about getting a pill down the trachea but that’s sort of the least of my issues.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

I imagine its similar. I’m nervous about getting a pill down the trachea but that’s sort of the least of my issues.

Once you know where the trachea is it's not near as scary.
The trachea is that hole in the back of the tongue.
You don't want anything to go in that you want to go down their esophagus.

 

[mitsymorning]

I usually wrap pills in liverwurst for my chickens and dogs. They devour it.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

I usually wrap pills in liverwurst for my chickens and dogs. They devour it.

I doubt a duck would. Anything new is usually viewed as a potential threat and has to be offered several times before they will accept it.