Duck can barely walk, any ideas?

[Miss Lydia]

You may want to worm again in 10 days because from all I've read Ivermectin is not doing the job now I am going to send ths to casportpony since she is [to me] expert on worming and can help you figure out what to use and what dose, because if she is extremely wormy worming can really hurt them also.

 

[RachaelS]

Thank you Miss Lydia, that would be great.

 

[casportpony]

If she were my duck I would give her a though exam, which would include checking the inside of her vent for a stuck egg. I would also check her fett and legs very closely for any swelling, heat and verify that the range of motion (flexibility) in all legs joints was normal. If I couldn't find anything I'd put her in a dog crate with a high protein turkey or gamebird starter. She would also be put in a bathtub of shallow warm water once a day.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Sorry, re-read your post and saw you said Saxony, not Peking. I think a Saxony weighs 6 to 8 pounds.

-Kathy

 

[RachaelS]

Thank you very much! This morning I remembered the 1 tbls to 1 gallon on the Duramycin 10. So what I did was put her in my "injury pen" a 10x10 pen so she would not be trying to follow the flock everywhere. Gave her 2 gallons of water with 2 tbls of Duramycin 10 and her own bowl of fermented flock raiser. I checked her over yesterday (everything except the vent) and nothing felt unusual or inflamed. However, like I said I did not check her vent, will do that this evening when I get home.

Yesterday I also put 1 ml of Ivermectin on the back of her neck. I also have Safeguard at home (pretty sure at least), would it be okay to give that to her also? I will weigh her when I get home also.

She was not looking good this morning, her eyes are now looking sick also.

 

[casportpony]

Can you get an antibiotic like Baytril, Cipro, Augmentin or Clavamox? And are you sure she's eating enough?

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

There are several avian vets in Austin
http://www.google.com/search?q=austin+avian+vet&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari

I know it's expensive, so I'll understand if it's not an option.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Sorry I wasn't clear, you *can* give Safeguard even though you gave ivermectin. Many don't know this, but there use to be a wormer with both drugs called Trifen Plus. They don't make that anymore, but they do make one with two similar drugs, albendazole and a mectin drug that begins with an a. I'll look it up.

-Kathy

 

[RachaelS]

Perfect will send you her weight when I get home. I hope she is still hanging in there.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Perfect will send you her weight when I get home. I hope she is still hanging in there.

I hope so too.