So I woke up to find my drake outside mostly missing his tail and looking scruffy, with the slightest limp.
Our main predators here are raccoons, possums, and cats, but the ducks have never been attacked before. I keep them uncooped and Firefly (the attacked drake) was literally the last one (and late at that) to regrow his wings. Guess hes staying in a coop until he can fly now. Before then, I've never had an attack.
His injuries aren't major; I didnt find any hotness, swelling, or broken bones on his foot. Looks like he just minorly sprained it, the limp is subtle.
His wing looks like it was pulled at or something, since its drooping a little bit.
He also has one puncture wound that doesn't look deep or bloody on his neck; I couldn't get pictures of that since he was squirming too much. The feathers totally cover it and I nearly looked past it until I saw dirt there.
He has one wound on his wing, one on his back, and possibly the worst is his tail. I couldn't get good pics of the tail, sorry. There looks to be a few scabs (you can sorta see) of dried blood, and it smells like the minor wounds I've gotten on ducks before when turtles have bit them. So not exactly a bad smell....
As for the drake, hes acting fine since I found him. Squirmed a great deal when getting pictures, was interested in food and water. Moves around, no lethargy.
Can I please get some advice on what to do for his wounds? Should I just put neosporin on them like I have before (on turtle bites that look similar to this)? Should I clean them out, if so, with what?
Also, would anyone like to take a guess on what could have attacked him?
His back
His back
His wing
What his tail looks like
Bad picture of his tail-- it's kinda around his oil gland where there's a little dried blood
It was hard to get a pic sorry
Our main predators here are raccoons, possums, and cats, but the ducks have never been attacked before. I keep them uncooped and Firefly (the attacked drake) was literally the last one (and late at that) to regrow his wings. Guess hes staying in a coop until he can fly now. Before then, I've never had an attack.
His injuries aren't major; I didnt find any hotness, swelling, or broken bones on his foot. Looks like he just minorly sprained it, the limp is subtle.
His wing looks like it was pulled at or something, since its drooping a little bit.
He also has one puncture wound that doesn't look deep or bloody on his neck; I couldn't get pictures of that since he was squirming too much. The feathers totally cover it and I nearly looked past it until I saw dirt there.
He has one wound on his wing, one on his back, and possibly the worst is his tail. I couldn't get good pics of the tail, sorry. There looks to be a few scabs (you can sorta see) of dried blood, and it smells like the minor wounds I've gotten on ducks before when turtles have bit them. So not exactly a bad smell....
As for the drake, hes acting fine since I found him. Squirmed a great deal when getting pictures, was interested in food and water. Moves around, no lethargy.
Can I please get some advice on what to do for his wounds? Should I just put neosporin on them like I have before (on turtle bites that look similar to this)? Should I clean them out, if so, with what?
Also, would anyone like to take a guess on what could have attacked him?
His back
His back
His wing
What his tail looks like
Bad picture of his tail-- it's kinda around his oil gland where there's a little dried blood
It was hard to get a pic sorry
