Duck ate a bunch of shavings!!?

threeblueducks

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Hello, I just got down to my duck house and it seems like my drake ate a bunch of his pine shaving bedding. His neck and crop appear to be “full” and he looks like he keeps trying to swallow.
I have given him a dish of water to try and get him to drink. What is the best thing for me to do? Should I try and get him to regurgitate them?
Please help as soon as you can. He is a really sweet guy and I don’t want anything to happen to him :(

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Update, he drank a few sips of water and is already looking much better. I put a big bowl of water in with him for the night and he seems super thirsty now (drinking) which he wasn’t before.
We just had new mulch put in around our trees and my dad thinks that might have been what he ate.
Also I forgot to mention before that he was already in his house when I came down and that is why I assumed it was shavings.
Sorry, I sort of freaked out. If there is anything else that I could/need to do then I would appreciate any advice.
 

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