Baby duck need help

[Fabfur]

I was convinced to get this special needs duck & got another one in addition. Well the special needs duck died & now I just have the one duckling and I don’t know what to do & what not to do. He seems worried when I leave him he won’t eat or drink unless I’m there or feed him from my hand. I just learned on this blog that I can’t keep him on cedar shaving (which he’s been on for the last two days. He seems to have a slight infection in his eye from some dog hair that got in there this afternoon while he was at work with me in my pocket. I recently put a small hand towel over him and he seems more settled but I’m worried

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
Can you get another duckling his age? Have you tried flushing his eye out with saline solution and putting terramycin ointment in it twice a day?

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Welcome to our FUN-omenal Flock!

I hope you enjoy BYC as much as we do!

 

[Isaac 0]

Hi, there, welcome to BackYard Chickens. Sorry, you're joining under these poor circumstances.

It might be best if you post a thread on the Duck Forum, and I or another member can further help your duckling. From what I've gathered, the duckling has bonded to you since the other one has passed, and since you're not always there this is causing a great deal of stress to the duckling, therefor my first recommendation would be to get another duckling/s her size, as waterfowl, in general, do very poorly when kept alone as you probably now know.

Please do post some pictures of her eye as well. Is it both eyes, or just one? If it's both that would indicate rather an environmental issue rather then an injury, but if it's one I think I'd be safe to say she may have got it poked on something. As DobieLover mentioned, you can try flushing the eye with saline, wipe off any gunk with a damp towel, then apply either an ophthalmic ointment like Terramycin or an antibacterial ointment like Neosporin.

 

[N F C]

Sorry about the loss of one of your ducklings, sounds like the remaining one is lonely. @Isaac 0 has a lot of experience with ducks (I've never had them), hope the advice helps.

 

[Fabfur]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
Can you get another duckling his age? Have you tried flushing his eye out with saline solution and putting terramycin ointment in it twice a day?

I was also just suggested this, I have ordered the eye ointment from chewy I’ll grab the saline today

 

[Fabfur]

Hi, there, welcome to BackYard Chickens. Sorry, you're joining under these poor circumstances.

It might be best if you post a thread on the Duck Forum, and I or another member can further help your duckling. From what I've gathered, the duckling has bonded to you since the other one has passed, and since you're not always there this is causing a great deal of stress to the duckling, therefor my first recommendation would be to get another duckling/s her size, as waterfowl, in general, do very poorly when kept alone as you probably now know.

Please do post some pictures of her eye as well. Is it both eyes, or just one? If it's both that would indicate rather an environmental issue rather then an injury, but if it's one I think I'd be safe to say she may have got it poked on something. As DobieLover mentioned, you can try flushing the eye with saline, wipe off any gunk with a damp towel, then apply either an ophthalmic ointment like Terramycin or an antibacterial ointment like Neosporin.

 

[Fabfur]

If I pull the lid open pussy liquid is still coming out. It’s only the one eye. He is still eating & drinking quite well as long as I’m near him or I feed him from my hand

 

[Isaac 0]

If I pull the lid open pussy liquid is still coming out. It’s only the one eye. He is still eating & drinking quite well as long as I’m near him or I feed him from my hand

Poor little guy, I'd definitely start putting the ointment on daily. Does he have access to head deep water as well?

 

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us