Squishychicken
Songster
@silkie10
So I came home today and pulling up to the house heard my ducks and chickens going off louder then normal. I though "huh that's odd somethin must be up". I was gonna go back there but I wanted to run inside and check to see if any of my chicks hatched. So I go inside a minute later my sister comes running inside saying "there's a a snake in the duck coop". So I ran outside only to find my ducks inside the coop with the snake. So I shoed them out and saw one of my females limping. Picked her up gave her to my sister to hold while I caught the snake. It was a rat snake thankfully nothin poisonous. Caught the snake took it away and let it go.
Anyways....examining the duck I found some blood and what looked like half punctured skin right were her leg met a hip so her upper thigh. The bite wasent deep nor bleeding so I cleaned it with hydrogen peroxide, then put on Neosporin, lavender, sandalwood (for snake bites) and wrapped it in gauze and medical tape. Looking under her wings I saw three puncture wounds on one wing and two punctures on the other. They are real close to the crook of her outer wing along that big bone were her elbow would be. Finding these I repeated the process minus the wrapping. Got some nutri drench and Gatorade in her. It was getting dark so I gave her water and put her in a crate with a deep layer of shavings on the bottom. She will not put weight on her leg and just drags it around flipping her wings to propel her forward. I put her to bed and I'll see how she is in the morning. I think she was trying to fight it off cause my drakes an idiot and was raised with chickens so he's not the best. She is the only one hurt out of three ducks.
Any suggestions on what to do? Am I doing all I can?
Here is pics of her wings I forgot to get a leg one before I wrapped it. They arnt deep and arnt bleeding.
So I came home today and pulling up to the house heard my ducks and chickens going off louder then normal. I though "huh that's odd somethin must be up". I was gonna go back there but I wanted to run inside and check to see if any of my chicks hatched. So I go inside a minute later my sister comes running inside saying "there's a a snake in the duck coop". So I ran outside only to find my ducks inside the coop with the snake. So I shoed them out and saw one of my females limping. Picked her up gave her to my sister to hold while I caught the snake. It was a rat snake thankfully nothin poisonous. Caught the snake took it away and let it go.
Anyways....examining the duck I found some blood and what looked like half punctured skin right were her leg met a hip so her upper thigh. The bite wasent deep nor bleeding so I cleaned it with hydrogen peroxide, then put on Neosporin, lavender, sandalwood (for snake bites) and wrapped it in gauze and medical tape. Looking under her wings I saw three puncture wounds on one wing and two punctures on the other. They are real close to the crook of her outer wing along that big bone were her elbow would be. Finding these I repeated the process minus the wrapping. Got some nutri drench and Gatorade in her. It was getting dark so I gave her water and put her in a crate with a deep layer of shavings on the bottom. She will not put weight on her leg and just drags it around flipping her wings to propel her forward. I put her to bed and I'll see how she is in the morning. I think she was trying to fight it off cause my drakes an idiot and was raised with chickens so he's not the best. She is the only one hurt out of three ducks.
Any suggestions on what to do? Am I doing all I can?
Here is pics of her wings I forgot to get a leg one before I wrapped it. They arnt deep and arnt bleeding.