Duck attacked by raccoon

[kmatt87]

Thank you for the advice. I'm going to do some research and try to get a a hold of her today. If it doesn't look like it's infected, should I still treat her with something?

even if you don't think she's infected i'd treat her just as a precaution. Raccoons can carry alot of nasty things that you wouldn't want any of your animals to get

 

[ForeverSunshine]

even if you don't think she's infected i'd treat her just as a precaution. Raccoons can carry alot of nasty things that you wouldn't want any of your animals to get

Yeah.......That's probably a good idea. I'm dangerously short on money, though, so I can't buy anything for her. Only something I already have.

 

[ChristineR]

If you can't buy anything, I would just keep it VERY clean and put some neosporin on it if it looks like it might be getting infected. Is the webbing torn, or just puncture wounds?

 

[ChristineR]

If you find infection then treat with antibiotics. I use injectables for the ducks so I don't have to medicate an entire flock. Penn g intramuscular (cooler section of feed store). You need a 16 or 18 gauge needle, its thick. I believe, but please please double check my advice, the dosage is 1 to 1.5 cc daily for no more than 7 days. I toss eggs for minimum of 14 days after last dose.

Just curious (and for possible future reference) -- I've never used injectable antibiotics on birds. Where do you inject them? The thigh?

 

[ForeverSunshine]

Just puncture wounds. No rips. The holes go all the way through (no surprise there) but it didn't tear.

 

[nickie]

If you find infection then treat with antibiotics. I use injectables for the ducks so I don't have to medicate an entire flock. Penn g intramuscular (cooler section of feed store). You need a 16 or 18 gauge needle, its thick. I believe, but please please double check my advice, the dosage is 1 to 1.5 cc daily for no more than 7 days. I toss eggs for minimum of 14 days after last dose.

Just curious (and for possible future reference) -- I've never used injectable antibiotics on birds.  Where do you inject them?  The thigh?

Depending on the injection. Subcutanious are injected under the skin. Intramuscular are injected into a muscle (breast or thigh). You can usually read on the bottle where they should be injected.

 

[Samantha P]

hope she gets bettet soon

 

[ForeverSunshine]

Meeee tooo!

Guess what? Charlotte decided she gets time off, so now Alexis is sitting! It's awesome for both the eggs, and, I've been wanting her to give that foot a rest, and now she is. She's been in there all day! I'm so happy!

 

[mominoz]

The Raccoon will strike again. They killed full grown geese of mine years ago in 2 fences. If you can trap or borrow one and get rid of coon. They come back roughly every 4-5 days. For ducks to live , they need to be in an enclosure at night that a predator can't get it's paws thru. See "Predator section" and lookup raccoons.They are really smart and your ducks are dinner to them.

 

[larkflying]

If you can find one at a garage sale or something -- a fishing net works great for catching birds. That is how I catch my ducks. It helps if you have a corner you can get them into, and then it doesn't usually take too long to nab them with the net -- the kid with a handle, and a net in a hoop at the end of the handle is what I mean. Ducks are especially easy -- chickens not so much. It is great for the ones that just don't let you get close, although mine all get suspicious as soon as they see the net behind my back . . .