Anyone else casually have to clean their ducks eyes? Lol

[Sierra67]

 

[SilverBirds]

He should be cleaning his eyes on his own. Does he have access to water deep enough that he can submerge his entire head in?

 

[Sierra67]

He should be cleaning his eyes on his own. Does he have access to water deep enough that he can submerge his entire head in?

Yes but he has clubbed feet and can’t reach his eyes to scratch

 

[Miss Lydia]

Using warm water and a soft cloth should help clean his eyes. Also, a deep bowl or bucket for head washing should help too.

 

[ruthhope]

Yes but he has clubbed feet and can’t reach his eyes to scratch

Special needs ducks do require special care. I have a pekin drake with a deformed bill from a raccoon attack when he was a little fluffy. He does Ok with duck pellets in a deep bowl, but I hand feed him peas in a deep tapered plastic cup, and chopped spinach from my hand. I also have to bathe him -- at least once a week, as he cannot clean his undercarriage well. It doesn't help that he is tightly bonded with a muscovy drake that will not get into the kidie pool, so pekin doesn't go in voluntarily either. However, when I get him in there and give his underneath a good rub, he then stays and has a good splashy bath. Water alone isn't enough to get him pekin white again, but I am afraid to use dawn dish soap -- which I am sure would do a better job at cleaning him -- as he likely already has wet feather and dawn would make it worse. He is my special duck, I bath him!!!

Your poor boy can't scratch himself -- you do it for him and he will love you for it. Do swab round his eyes with salt water solution, to keep them from crusting. Add 1 tsp salt to 1 pint previously boiled and cooled water, and cotton wool balls!

 

[Sierra67]

Using warm water and a soft cloth should help clean his eyes. Also, a deep bowl or bucket for head washing should help too.

That’s what I do, he bathes in the tub for a bit in warm water and then I clean it

 

[Sierra67]

Special needs ducks do require special care. I have a pekin drake with a deformed bill from a raccoon attack when he was a little fluffy. He does Ok with duck pellets in a deep bowl, but I hand feed him peas in a deep tapered plastic cup, and chopped spinach from my hand. I also have to bathe him -- at least once a week, as he cannot clean his undercarriage well. It doesn't help that he is tightly bonded with a muscovy drake that will not get into the kidie pool, so pekin doesn't go in voluntarily either. However, when I get him in there and give his underneath a good rub, he then stays and has a good splashy bath. Water alone isn't enough to get him pekin white again, but I am afraid to use dawn dish soap -- which I am sure would do a better job at cleaning him -- as he likely already has wet feather and dawn would make it worse. He is my special duck, I bath him!!!

Your poor boy can't scratch himself -- you do it for him and he will love you for it. Do swab round his eyes with salt water solution, to keep them from crusting. Add 1 tsp salt to 1 pint previously boiled and cooled water, and cotton wool balls!

The salt water won’t hurt his eyes?

 

[ruthhope]

The salt water won’t hurt his eyes?

Not if you make it 1 tsp salt to 1 pint previously boiled and cooled water. This is my son's drake that I cared for when he had an eye infection.

 

[Sierra67]

Not if you make it 1 tsp salt to 1 pint previously boiled and cooled water. This is my son'd drake that I cared for when he had an eye infection.

He’s a cutie

 

[Sierra67]

Not if you make it 1 tsp salt to 1 pint previously boiled and cooled water. This is my son's drake that I cared for when he had an eye infection.

Thanks for the saltwater suggestion, I used it while it was still a bit warm and was able to get a lot of gunk from around his eyes that I was never able to get before and he was unbelievably calm this time which he never is with his eyes, I even got a large clump of baby feathers off that were stuck