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About a month back, my daughter brought her in, saying that she’d been limping. When I examined her feet, I found a minor cut. We treated it, it healed up, kept an eye out for Bumblefoot. She seemed better. Now that I think about it, I have seen her with a minor limp a time or two since then. Both times I checked her feet, not her ankle. When I found nothing, I more or less dismissed it.

I only really noticed a pronounced limp today, because when I went in this morning to get eggs, she was in the little nest they like. When she got up, she had to use her wings to help her balance. I found the swelling when I examined her this afternoon.

Like I said before, there doesn’t appear to be an external injury. It kinda felt hard, but I didn’t touch it too much, honestly.
 
MeganFair said:
Sorry the pics aren’t very clear. It was hard to hold Fletcher and my phone at the same time! It’s her ankle that has a marble sized swelling on it. It didn’t feel noticeably hotter than her other leg. The only reason I even realized it had a swelling was to compare it to her other leg. It looks like it’s right on the knob of her ankle.
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Totally understand. It's really hard to snap pics when you don't have a second pair of hands!
 
So, thanks everyone for trying to help me identify what was going on.

We went to the vet Thursday, and its a slipped tendon. Unfortunately, I didn't realize how badly Fletcher was off - I'm used to predators who will show pain more readily than a prey animal who won't - so the only thing that could be done for it was surgery. All of the associated tissues had deteriorated to the point that it was the only recourse. He mentioned that it could be a nutritional deficiency at fault, so I've already started to supplement their feed to try and keep this from happening again.

So, if anyone has any supplementing tips, feel free to share! I've also decided to give fermented feed a try. I'm a huge proponent of fermented foods for humans, so I figured it couldn't hurt to at least soak their food first. I also decided to add alfalfa cubes to their feed since they don't get to forage as much as I'd like.

As for Fletch . . . I really should be putting her in the freezer, but she lucked out. She's one of my favorites aside from Enterprise and Dirty Harry, so she's my pet, and we happen to have just enough on our Care Credit to cover the surgery. She's currently in isolation in my house. Does anyone have any tips to help make it easier on her? Anything we can do to make it less stressful? Could she have a friend with her? I'd really hate to put almost a thousand dollars into her only for her to die of a boredom.
 
I had a duck that was limping for a while however, within a month or two, she stopped. I’m not sure if your duck may have suffered a small injury while playing or fighting with other ducks or any other problem. I don’t know much about diseases however, I do know that my limping duck was fine after a while.
Hopefully your duck gets better soon!
;)
 
MeganFair said:
So, thanks everyone for trying to help me identify what was going on.

We went to the vet Thursday, and its a slipped tendon. Unfortunately, I didn't realize how badly Fletcher was off - I'm used to predators who will show pain more readily than a prey animal who won't - so the only thing that could be done for it was surgery. All of the associated tissues had deteriorated to the point that it was the only recourse. He mentioned that it could be a nutritional deficiency at fault, so I've already started to supplement their feed to try and keep this from happening again.

So, if anyone has any supplementing tips, feel free to share! I've also decided to give fermented feed a try. I'm a huge proponent of fermented foods for humans, so I figured it couldn't hurt to at least soak their food first. I also decided to add alfalfa cubes to their feed since they don't get to forage as much as I'd like.

As for Fletch . . . I really should be putting her in the freezer, but she lucked out. She's one of my favorites aside from Enterprise and Dirty Harry, so she's my pet, and we happen to have just enough on our Care Credit to cover the surgery. She's currently in isolation in my house. Does anyone have any tips to help make it easier on her? Anything we can do to make it less stressful? Could she have a friend with her? I'd really hate to put almost a thousand dollars into her only for her to die of a boredom.
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Giving her another duck as a comforter is a good idea however, it is important that the other duck does not hurt the her. Giving her comfortable bedding is another good thing to do to keep her from being stressed.
Hope she recovers soon!
 
MeganFair said:
So a friend is ok? Good! I know her sister Harlequins will be gentle with her. She’s really only inside because my drake is sowing his seed far and wide.
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Hopefully if your duck has a friend, she should recover faster. I’m not sure if this is true however, it only makes sense that her sister could encourage her to walk around!

I have a Welsh Harlequin duck too! They are so pretty!
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MeganFair said:
So a friend is ok? Good! I know her sister Harlequins will be gentle with her. She’s really only inside because my drake is sowing his seed far and wide.
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You could try making her a sling hammock. I lost my pic of it.

Maybe @Texas Kiki has a pic of a chicken sling.

I like giving the vitamin B complex directly when mine look like they may be having leg problems.

I just wanna say it's an amazing thing that you're getting her the surgery. I hope all goes well for your ducky:hugs
 

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