Dog attack :( Does and don'ts and life expectation?

[Miss Lydia]

If there are already maggots I’d start on then now or tomorrow there will be more. Just don’t let her drink the ES water it’s also a laxative

 

[Skye'sDucks]

Alright thanks so much. And I've heard, but thanks for the reminder!

Also, one last question, can this wait until a little later? An hour at most. I know my mom is picking up dinner and I didn't know if it'd be okay to eat first so the food doesn't get cold, and I may also need her assistance, at least gathering the right materials.

I can get started on it right away if that is best recommended though.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Just get to it today so you don’t get over whelmed with so many.

 

[Skye'sDucks]

Alright! I certainly will.

 

[Skye'sDucks]

Well, before I type tonight's update on the duck I wanted to ask two more questions...

The first is, when will I need to wash her with epsome salts again? I'm presuming if I see more have hatched and gathered in her wound, I should bathe her and get them out like tonight...? Otherwise, how long until the next bath?

The second is, I totally forgot to get pictures and add this, dealing with her wound and all, but does anyone know what these yellow clumps (all little pieces packed together but easy to tear apart) are that were on her feathers? I cut must of them out but there are a few little pieces left, hope that's okay I did that.
I'm pretty certain they were already there from last night, or at least this morning. I'm trying to remember now.

I was able to clean her wound out well tonight, although I know for certain there was a maggot or two I just couldn't get, and I didn't want to pick at her anymore. Plus I know the epsome salts help to kill them. She sat there like a champ and hardly struggled at all, surprisingly. She's such a dear, so much better than my hand-raised drake who got injured last year and was fighting me every step of the way.

We have protected her against the flies as best we could since I'm not allowed to keep her in the garage: as I already might've mentioned, we have put mesh bug netting over her entire cage, strung up fly traps, and put fly repellent around her wounds. We also moved her cage, and all evening long I have hardly seen a fly. Hoping they stay away and our efforts worked!

Lastly, I know you all love pictures, so here she is. Her feathers are a mess right now but she really is a beautiful bird.

Tonight she stood for a while, but once I was done with the epsome salts I tried to tweezer out any remaining maggots and she settled against my foot and laid there without moving an inch the entire time until I had to reposition her. She's still rather lethargic although she has stood a few times and has struggled against me a bit. I believe she is drinking, but not eating. I haven't actually seen her drink but I've seen her reposition herself in front of the water bowl a couple of times whenever I go out to check on her.

 

[Miss Lydia]

What does it feel like those things you cut out? I’m not sure actually @MasterOfClucker any ideas. Your going to have to make sure you get all those maggots out they will eat her. Sounds like you’ve done great so far. You might be able to take warm water mixed with epsom salt and us a basting tube and squirt into those wounds if you don’t want to soak her each time. Make the water pretty salty so it really gets those maggots out of the wounds.

 

[casportpony]

You need to get all of the maggots and eggs off of her tonight, not tomorrow. This is a life-threatening condition.

 

[Isaac 0]

Maybe you could get a better picture of those feathers when you have the chance, the only thing I could think of would be external parasites egg deposits which are typically found along the feather shaft. But from the picture, they don't resemble the ones I've seen over the years. It's worth checking her over for any external parasites though, around the vent and under the wings is where they usually hide. Maybe they could be maggot eggs?

 

[Miss Lydia]

@Skye'sDucks ?

 

[Skye'sDucks]

I'm sorry for not getting back right away, I had a school assignment due tonight.

Maybe you could get a better picture of those feathers when you have the chance, the only thing I could think of would be external parasites egg deposits which are typically found along the feather shaft. But from the picture, they don't resemble the ones I've seen over the years. It's worth checking her over for any external parasites though, around the vent and under the wings is where they usually hide. Maybe they could be maggot eggs?

I can try for sure tomorrow and also check her over, I did find them odd and wasn't sure what they were. Perhaps they are, to be honest I didn't get quite as thorough of a look over that wound area (they were right above the wound where the maggots are) the night I got her but the day after they were mostly covered by feathers so I didn't notice them much until I began to really clean her out because of the maggots.

What does it feel like those things you cut out? I’m not sure actually @MasterOfClucker any ideas. Your going to have to make sure you get all those maggots out they will eat her. Sounds like you’ve done great so far. You might be able to take warm water mixed with epsom salt and us a basting tube and squirt into those wounds if you don’t want to soak her each time. Make the water pretty salty so it really gets those maggots out of the wounds.

They're made of individual, tiny little rice-shaped (but smaller than rice) yellowish pieces? They are kind of hard but easy to squish. They broke apart pretty easy if I touched them or when I cut them out. I feel badly I neglected asking about them until now but I was so worried about the maggots it left my head to ask.

Thank you, I'm trying my best and although I've made mistakes along the way I hope I'm giving her a good chance to live. This is certainly a learning curve for me. I truly had no idea the flies would be that bad. I actually was using a basting tube tonight and it was really helping to get them washed out.

I understand the urgency and now I'm feeling pretty badly about leaving that one...I just felt sorry for her because I kept poking and pinching at her skin trying to get it out, but it just wouldn't. First thing tomorrow I will try again, and hopefully I can get everything I see out. I did put some more vetercyn over the wound as well once I was done. I'm so tired and I devoted my whole day to her and I think we both wanted to be done, even though I should have kept going...

You need to get all of the maggots and eggs off of her tonight, not tomorrow. This is a life-threatening condition.

Thank you for the warning, I am now feeling guilty and terrible for not getting every single one I saw this evening out, but now it's too late and quite dark to work on her. I wake up a little before 7 so I will do it first thing tomorrow morning. I'm trying my best and I know I'm making mistakes but I'm giving it my all.