- Mar 7, 2012
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The avian vet isn't in until Monday, at which time I will be taking this duck into the vet, but in the meantime, can anyone tell me how easy it is for a duck to dislocate her leg?
This Pekin duck is already disabled from an untreated injury in her youth. Since I got her a few months ago, she can shuffle about the yard on her hocks or she can float and swim in her pool. She spends most of her time with a group of smaller female ducks, but there is a large goose who I've caught going after her a few times when she is in the pool. I don't know if he got her in the water when I wasn't looking, or if she hurt herself while shuffling around the yard, but one of her legs looks more crappy than usual -- sort of floppy and just hangs there when you pick her up.
Her leg doesn't resist at all when I push on it; it just hangs. When I put her in the tub, however, it moves back and forth a little as she tries to swim. When I feel along the leg, it actually feels like the ball of the femur is not in the socket of the hip, like it's sticking up a bit out of her back. (Horrible, I know.)
I am wondering if leg dislocation sort of common in ducks (esp. if sat on by a larger duck or goose), or if it's more likely to happen in duck whose legs are already shitty.
Also, if anyone has had the surgery for a duck with a dislocated leg, can you tell me how much it ended up costing? Thanks so much.
This Pekin duck is already disabled from an untreated injury in her youth. Since I got her a few months ago, she can shuffle about the yard on her hocks or she can float and swim in her pool. She spends most of her time with a group of smaller female ducks, but there is a large goose who I've caught going after her a few times when she is in the pool. I don't know if he got her in the water when I wasn't looking, or if she hurt herself while shuffling around the yard, but one of her legs looks more crappy than usual -- sort of floppy and just hangs there when you pick her up.
Her leg doesn't resist at all when I push on it; it just hangs. When I put her in the tub, however, it moves back and forth a little as she tries to swim. When I feel along the leg, it actually feels like the ball of the femur is not in the socket of the hip, like it's sticking up a bit out of her back. (Horrible, I know.)
I am wondering if leg dislocation sort of common in ducks (esp. if sat on by a larger duck or goose), or if it's more likely to happen in duck whose legs are already shitty.
Also, if anyone has had the surgery for a duck with a dislocated leg, can you tell me how much it ended up costing? Thanks so much.
