Complicated duck foot injury.

[LuckyDuck411]

I would think she would start moving after alittle more time. When my duck was down it seemed like he wouldn't move much at first. I did however not keep him separate from my one other duck and he always like to be by her. She gets moved when you change her bandaging so I guess I wouldn't be too concerned yet. I do remember giving my duck some metacam the first few days for pain. Its hard to tell if that helped him. If you have any metacam from previous pets I can give you the dose I used.

 

[Miss Lydia]

She looks so sweet sitting there, do you have any large dog crates? I use them all the time for brooders and medical treatments. they can be washed out and it gives them a bit of room to move around.

 

[Luminide]

LuckyDuck411, that dosage would be great to know. I think I do have some around.

I moved her to a crate as per mentioned above when her box got wet and started falling apart. She was doing great up until yesterday. She stopped eating (anything but one bite of dog food) or drinking and has gotten really vicious. Figured it was loneliness. Her only constant company right now are tiny muscovies after all.

I let her test her foot, and she seems to be able to walk a little in the wrapping. Last night she spent time with her brothers and sisters again on a nice clean shavings floor put down especially for her.

This morning though, she's acting practically feral. Won't let me touch her, feed her...and still, she won't consume anything.

 

[Miss Lydia]

LuckyDuck411, that dosage would be great to know. I think I do have some around.

I moved her to a crate as per mentioned above when her box got wet and started falling apart. She was doing great up until yesterday. She stopped eating (anything but one bite of dog food) or drinking and has gotten really vicious. Figured it was loneliness. Her only constant company right now are tiny muscovies after all.

I let her test her foot, and she seems to be able to walk a little in the wrapping. Last night she spent time with her brothers and sisters again on a nice clean shavings floor put down especially for her.

This morning though, she's acting practically feral. Won't let me touch her, feed her...and still, she won't consume anything.

How does the wound look, could infection be setting in? or is this more her normal behavior?

 

[Luminide]

How does the wound look, could infection be setting in? or is this more her normal behavior?

The wound looks pretty good...for what it could look like, anyway. Scabs galore. But, her leg is no longer burning hot as it was a few days ago. It's the same temperature as the other leg, which leads me to believe there's no lurking infection.

The not letting me touch her is more like her normal behavior, but the not eating -even if i hand the food to her- is really strange. The unwillingness to let me approach, too. I tried to bring her a bowl of water and she stumbled over every obstacle in her pen at high speed to get away from me. Needless to say, I put the bowl down and left immediately so she wouldn't hurt herself.

 

[Miss Lydia]

The wound looks pretty good...for what it could look like, anyway. Scabs galore. But, her leg is no longer burning hot as it was a few days ago. It's the same temperature as the other leg, which leads me to believe there's no lurking infection.

The not letting me touch her is more like her normal behavior, but the not eating -even if i hand the food to her- is really strange. The unwillingness to let me approach, too. I tried to bring her a bowl of water and she stumbled over every obstacle in her pen at high speed to get away from me. Needless to say, I put the bowl down and left immediately so she wouldn't hurt herself.

Maybe try moistening her feed with warm water, just try a small amount first so you don't waste it if she still won't eat since it can mold pretty fast when wet. I feed fermented feed to my flock and they love moistened food, also add some kind of treat she likes to it mixed in like peas or Romaine lettuce chopped or meal worms may entice her also. Not sure about other behavior unless she is just starting to feel better and feels threatened being closed up. Mine would probably react similar to what your describing since They haven't ever been closed up round the clock .

doesn't sound like it has anything to do with wound if it's healing so well. Just keep an eye on her.

 

[LuckyDuck411]

Metacam 1.5 mg/ml - .35 mL - .75 by mouth once daily. This was for a 6.5# duck.

 

[Amiga]

It occurs to me that as her foot is healing, the nerves are starting to reconnect. It may hurt her worse now than initially, when she was in shock. It took two or three days for a very bad sprain to start hurting me a couple of years ago. I used Traumeel and it helped alot. I have read that some people use it on their ducks. As always, do your research, but I put it on Zehn's foot last week to reduce swelling from a toe infection and it seemed to help. I just used it once a day for two days.

 

[Luminide]

Thank you Luckyduck!

Yesterday I gave the wet food a shot, and she wasn't a fan. (However, the muscovy babies send their thanks.) She did drink about 4 cups of water, though, and was more relaxed when I approached. By bed time, she still hadn't eaten a thing. But! This morning, she downed her whole dish of food and sipped on her water. She even felt well enough to get up on her good leg and leisurely hop around the pen.

Amiga, what you're describing sounds extremely likely. The healing process, especially when large areas of tissue regrowth is involved, does seem to be more painful. I'll look into Traumeel, and even if she doesn't need it this time around, I'll have it on hand for our next injury.

None of my pekins had been named before now as they all looked the same...now that she has a distinct difference, my family decided to name her. From here on random-injured-duck's name is Jillian/Jill.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Thank you Luckyduck!

Yesterday I gave the wet food a shot, and she wasn't a fan. (However, the muscovy babies send their thanks.) She did drink about 4 cups of water, though, and was more relaxed when I approached. By bed time, she still hadn't eaten a thing. But! This morning, she downed her whole dish of food and sipped on her water. She even felt well enough to get up on her good leg and leisurely hop around the pen.

Amiga, what you're describing sounds extremely likely. The healing process, especially when large areas of tissue regrowth is involved, does seem to be more painful. I'll look into Traumeel, and even if she doesn't need it this time around, I'll have it on hand for our next injury.

None of my pekins had been named before now as they all looked the same...now that she has a distinct difference, my family decided to name her. From here on random-injured-duck's name is Jillian/Jill.

Glad to hear your seeing progress.