Skylar Marie
In the Brooder
- May 23, 2019
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One of my ducks, Waffles, seems to have a lot of problems all the time. And I really want to be able to take her to the vet so that I know she is getting exactly the help she needs, but I live in a regular neighborhood, in a state that doesn’t allow “poultry,” in non-farm land. And I’m so scared to take her to the vet because I don’t want them to realize I live in a residential area and take her and all of my ducks away. In my area there isn’t an actual farm vet, but there is an avian vet. And I have taken one of my ducks to a vet when he got attacked by a raccoon, sadly we had to make the decision to euthanize him because his wounds were too severe. They didn’t ask any questions then, but that was also a different vet (it was an emergency care because the avian vet wasn’t open and wouldn’t see him bc it was night time.) I just don’t know what to do, especially since part of it is my fault. About a month or so ago when I went to go spend time with them after I got home I noticed Waffles wing was hanging low so I checked to see if she was bleeding or anything (she wasn’t) it just looked dislocated and she didn’t seem in pain so I thought it would be fine in a few days, and about a week later her wing seemed fine, but even now when she tries to flap her wings that one doesn’t come out very much. And I feel absolutely awful bc I probably should have wrapped it or taken her to the vet! I just hope I didn’t permanently mess up that wing from not doing something about it. She also has a on or off limp in one leg which she’s had for a while, when ever she limps I soak her feet in epsom salt as massage her feet in it (from the time she had Bumblefoot) and I’m about to get her duck shoes for a while in hopes that it will make it more comfortable for her. And not only that she has wet feathers, she has access to water at all times (it’s limited now that she has wet feathers) and has a good diet, so I’m not sure what is causing it (she had it last year and it went away once she molted) it does seem she develops it once she starts laying bc she likes to eat her eggs and then she puts it on her back, but idk if that has anything to do with it. We gave her a bath with Dawn and blow dried her off afterwards in hoping that would help, but it didn’t. She avoids taking baths and rain because of the wet feathers so when ever she gets wet we always dry her off and when she gets dirty we give her a hand bath and blow dry her off after wards so she doesn’t get cold. I’m sorry if that was long I just really don’t know what to do, other than Waffles all of my other ducks are very healthy. So should I just take the risk in taking her to the vet or is there at least something more that I can do to do to help her especially her wing?
