Caring for injured duck - any advice plz??

[rainplace]

please come back and let us know how things are going. we really do like to know.

 

[DuckLady]

It sounds like he needs his eye treated and time for his leg to heal.

Lots of TLC and swim time should put him right!

The bare patches on his back are due to picking and him being beat up most likely.

Thank you for taking him in and caring for him!

 

[catiecutie 123]

He looks like a Pekin to me. I wonder if somebody abandoned him?

Poor baby.

I hope he gets better, the sweet thing. Lots of love, catiecutie.

 

[Billy Biscuit]

OK, so no real headway in terms of healing with his eyes or his leg. Yet another problem has arisen though. He seems to be riddled with worms, I've noticed at least 6 in the kiddie pool he swims in when I changed the water. The stuff I got says to mix it with his drinking water for a day. But while he has water available at all times he does most of his drinking while he is in the pool. It's like he doesn't "get it" that the water in front of him is for drinking. So do I keep him out of the pool for a day and hope he drinks enough to kill the worms or what? Any advice is gratefully accepted. Cheers.

 

[Eggs4Sale]

Hmmmm...... Would it require too much medication to put in a kiddie pool?
I wonder what everyone else has done. It sure is a lot easier with pigs!

Do ducks have a powdered version like pigs do?

 

[Billy Biscuit]

I thought of that, but now that I've read the entire bottle it only says it treats round worm, and I'm pretty sure these ones are tape worms, although I really don't have a clue. It's called piperazine solution. I'm looking into getting some diatomaceous earth and might give that a go. I'm just hoping that if I clear out the worms his health will improve dramatically. It would have to wouldn't it?? Finding 6 in the kiddie pool over 2 days would that indicate a fair infestation, considering that he isn't doing all his poops in the pool... or is it normal? As far as having worms goes I mean, like a regular amount?

 

[PoultryPedia]

Moxidectin (which is sold as a tube of Quest gel dewormer for horses) is a good wormer for chickens, with a broad range of dosage safety. I put a small pea-sized amount in their beak & then give them a little scratch after to make sure they swallow. Very easy to do. May also help clear chicken mites & scaley leg mites.
Don't know if it's safe & useful for ducks?? Or what are all the kinds of worms & other parasites it treats?
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*Added Note: It is good to re-treat with Moxidectin 2 weeks later to be sure to get parasites that have hatched from eggs since first treatment.
I hear the withdrawal safety time for starting to eat eggs after feeding Moxidectin is about 2 1/2 weeks, but I am not sure.
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*Later Added Note: Moxidectin doesn't seem to be very effective with Northern Fowl Mites, though it may help with chicken mites.

 

[Eggs4Sale]

I don't know how it goes for ducks, but for chickens, if you see the worms, you have an infestation.
DE will be a preventative, but not the cure.
There is a LOT of info on here about worming, and I'm sure they have discussed tapeworms. Search 'worming' under author 'threehorses' and see if you find what you need.

 

[Billy Biscuit]

Cheers, have now located just about all the info I'll ever need on worming. Thanks so much for the author tip!

 

[Duck Keeper]

You're going to have a bear of a time trying to rid your grounds of worms now, since while he's out foraging, he's going to be picking them up and re-ingesting them, and simply continuing the life cycle of the worms.

Tape worms are like tiny segments/rectangles/grains of rice that break off the end of the worm full of eggs and land in the environment.


Hope he does better, but given the circumstances, I'm not totally sure he's going to recover. ;
All we can do is try our best and have hope!