Duck can’t swallow, water won’t go down, comes out mouth and nose

[Stoney Meadow Maple]

As the title says, I went to put my ducks away one of my young runners (May hatch) was by the water and wouldn’t move. I picked her up without her objections (which is strange) and she was dribbling water out her mouth and nose like dumping out a plastic water bottle, it was quite a volume. When I tried to set her down she struggled to walk. I am guessing a stick? Maybe something else might be stuck? my 3 year old is very interested and I am not having much luck with her help, I will try to look in there, but I am open to suggestions.
Thanks
Seth

 

[Stoney Meadow Maple]

I tried to get a picture, by pulling her tongue forward there’s a bit of mucus like white stuff and I can see the little valve thing opening and closing, I don’t see an obvious obstruction. At first I was thinking egg bound, but now it seems like the issue has to be something in the throat/crop?

 

[Stoney Meadow Maple]

After several hours she’s still bringing up wet whenever agitated, no evidence that I can see that she is in taking water and her poop is liquid and chalky, no substance. She’s not particularly loud anyway, but it seems a strain to quack.

 

[Stoney Meadow Maple]

Internet photo, but I would have said that the area around the tr trachea entrance was all swollen. I wonder if she swallowed a bee or something.

 

[Jenbirdee]

if it’s swollen from a wasp /bee you can give children’s Benadryl

When one of my ducks was choking on something I gave her little chunks of solid coconut oil
But if it’s swollen I wouldn’t do that
I’ll try to find the Benadryl dosage

Give her a deeper water container so she can dunk her whole head in there

@Miss Lydia

 

[Stoney Meadow Maple]

She didn’t make it.

 

[Jenbirdee]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/

She didn’t make it.

I’m so sorry

 

[Miss Lydia]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/

I’m so sorry

sorry to hear you lost her.

 

[Jenbirdee]

By the way for future reference - children’s Benadryl dosage for Waterfowl - don’t use grape flavor ( I used bubble gum flavor for a goose who was stung in the neck by a wasp and it helped her)