Duck Attacked-missing top bill 😔

[DuckDuckPromise]

Hi there. Our sweet boy Rouen “Little Bit” was attacked the other night… God used our geese to wake us up and PRAISE THE LORD, we were able to make enough noise to scare away the predator, letting Little Bit get away. But during the attack, whatever it was ripped off nearly all of the top half of his bill, just under the nares. We syringe fed onto his now exposed tongue for the first couple of days, and then, again, PRAISE THE LORD, he has started eating incredibly well!! By eating, I mean we made a thin mash out of his pellets in water, added pea juice, and a baby aspirin. He dunks his bill into the mash and tilts up like her normally would do getting a sip of water. My question is, what should I do to help him as far as a new bill? Can one be fashioned out of a material and fastened to him?

He is currently isolated in a cage big enough for him to walk around in. I’m trying to keep his bill clean, and not let any of his feathered friends accidentally hurt him.


I wanted to add that we have now built a predator proof house and will begin putting them up every night, Lord’s Willing. They were allowed to free range in a fenced in area, with lots of different shelters, but nothing that locked or was a “holding place” overnight. That is now changed. But a question to go along with that, is there anything I can do to encourage training them to go in every night? I assume because the like to sleep at night it shouldn’t be too hard, but I just wanted to see if there was anything I could do to help with this process, since they aren’t used to being cooped at night.
The last two nights has just been me chasing their fluffy little selves into makeshift cages overnight, but now that I have their house, maybe something a little more structured would help. We have an automatic door ordered, but for right now, it’s a regular door with a latch.

I’ll attach photos of Little Bit, but viewer be warned, he looks rough!
Please pray for Little Bit!!!

 

[nuthatched]

I'm sorry, I think it would be kinder to put him down, there's a mess of nerves in the bill so that's probably excruciating. Nerve pain may stay active even after the wounds heal.

 

[DuckDuckPromise]

I'm sorry, I think it would be kinder to put him down, there's a mess of nerves in the bill so that's probably excruciating. Nerve pain may stay active even after the wounds heal.

I initially thought that as well, he does seem to be quite happy though, and is acting like his old self. I have spoken to someone who had nearly the exact same problem and they fashioned a new bill out of cork, which I thought was incredible! I was wondering if anyone else had done the same thing and had pictures (she didn’t have any pictures)

 

[nuthatched]

I initially thought that as well, he does seem to be quite happy though, and is acting like his old self. I have spoken to someone who had nearly the exact same problem and they fashioned a new bill out of cork, which I thought was incredible! I was wondering if anyone else had done the same thing and had pictures (she didn’t have any pictures)

You might be able to find someone to make something with a 3d printer, or fashion
something from silicone.

 

[DuckDuckPromise]

You might be able to find someone to make something with a 3d printer, or fashion
something from silicone.

Those are BOTH wonderful ideas I hadn’t thought of!! Thank you so much!! If he was acting in pain or off in any way, I would go the other route, but I can’t in good faith put him down when he makes his happy ‘mwak mwak’ noises, and shakes his little tail at me, and acts so normal! 3D or silicone both make such good sense!