Kgriffith0712
Chirping
- Feb 9, 2018
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Yesterday I brought two of my year old female pekin ducks home. The first one was brought in home because I noticed she had a pretty bad limp and figured it may be a case of bumblefoot. The second one came home kind of for company for her but also because it's mating season in the males are tearing up the back of her head. I've been soaking the potential bumblefoot duck in epsom salt and was inspecting her feet today. I noticed that her middle toe appeared swollen and warm but she did not appear to have the bumbles that I have seen in a previous duck. So now I'm starting to wonder if it's actually bumblefoot or something different? It appears the center of her toe has a bulge so I don't know if that is a swollen joint or not. Secondly let's move on to the second duck. While I was inspecting the first one's foot my husband said it appeared the second one also had a swollen outside toe. But it was a similar situation the bottom of her foot looked okay but it was just the swollen toe.
I took some pictures but in wondering since this is our first mating season with ducks if they can have arthritis flare ups in their feet from being chased around so much??? or if both of these had a case of bumblefoot??. Again I've only seen one case of bumblefoot and one of my ducks in the bottom of her feet had black patches.
The first two pictures are the duck that has a swollen middle toe and the second two are the Ducks with the swollen outer toe . Do ducks get darker calluses on their feet? Any help is appreciated thank you.
I took some pictures but in wondering since this is our first mating season with ducks if they can have arthritis flare ups in their feet from being chased around so much??? or if both of these had a case of bumblefoot??. Again I've only seen one case of bumblefoot and one of my ducks in the bottom of her feet had black patches.
The first two pictures are the duck that has a swollen middle toe and the second two are the Ducks with the swollen outer toe . Do ducks get darker calluses on their feet? Any help is appreciated thank you.