are my babies okay?

[kck212]

Hey guys, i’m a new duxk mom and wanted to make sure this is normal, my ducks feet look like this is it okay?

duckfeet

 

[sourland]

normal - healthy little foot

 

[picklestheduck]

Are these scabs or is it just dirt? It it’s scabs that’s not normal and can lead to something like bumblefoot. What bedding do you use? Do they have a run or free range? What are they on during the day? Grass dirt? Etc

 

[kck212]

Are these scabs or is it just dirt? It it’s scabs that’s not normal and can lead to something like bumblefoot. What bedding do you use? Do they have a run or free range? What are they on during the day? Grass dirt? Etc

it’s not dirt, they’re on wood chip bedding throughout the day since they live in a condo, but they’re taken outside a lot and go swimming a lot, that was also taken seconds after a bath so idk if they were wrinkles
(these are pics showing their bedding and grass they play in)

 

[picklestheduck]

it’s not dirt, they’re on wood chip bedding throughout the day since they live in a condo, but they’re taken outside a lot and go swimming a lot, that was also taken seconds after a bath so idk if they were wrinkles
(these are pics showing their bedding and grass they play in)
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Do you mean a human condo? Some people call certain coops for birds condos so I’m trying to figure out which you mean, but I’m assuming you mean human condo. I highly suggest against keeping ducks indoors since they are messy, and since they need deep basins of water constantly to clean their nostrils, they will splash everything. They also need a lot of space, the usual rule is 4-5 square feet of coop space, and 10 square feet of outdoor run space all day for ducks PER duck. Those certainly aren’t wrinkles on their feet, ducks don’t get “wrinkly” from water like we do, they are built to be in water all the time. Those look like little scabs to me. I’d say keep an eye on them and make sure they don’t get worse, something like that can easily turn into a bumblefoot infection if bacteria enters. You could apply neosporin plain without pain releif just to be safe.