Baby duckling leg spasms

[Audzz_hh]

Why does my baby ducklings leg spasm?? He is wet and sticky for the past two days and has had wierd leg spasms. He can’t stand very well. I’ve tried to give him niacin vitamins in water but the stuff comes out his nose!
what do I do

 

[Isaac 0]

Welcome to BYC!

Could you give us some more info, what are you feeding him, how old, could you provide us with a video of the duckling, what kind of bedding are you using, what's the temp in your brooder, maybe a picture of your brooder setup?

 

[Isaac 0]

To upload a video, upload it to either youtube or vimeo, and then copy/paste the link here.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Please don’t shoot anything down your duckling throat you can cause aspiration which can cause pneumonia.

 

[Isaac 0]

Once again I didn't catch that, x2! never shoot water down the duckling's throat, they aspirate very easily.

 

[Miss Lydia]

We’re willing to help!

 

[quackiemama]

Agree with the others, it can be very dangerous squirting liquid in their mouths. You are in good hands. Please try to upload a video as mentioned above, it really does help to see what you are seeing.

 

[Audzz_hh]

He has stopped with leg spasms. But he cannot stand or uncurl his neck. I have hatched two perfect ducklings before him, but he had started hatching first. He rushed out when he heard the others peeping and now he’s like this. Not sure what to do. My mom raised many chicks before and told me to rinse him off with very warm water to get the food off and now he’s dry,
What’s wrong with my baby?

 

[Isaac 0]

The video is private, can you unable that?

 

[Miss Lydia]

We can’t see the video.