Duck Egg Bound Problem

[CaliforniaDreaming]

Hello!
I have a magpie duck that is about a year old, she was egg bound so I soaked her in a warm epsom salt bath and she passed the egg within an hour. Now its been 3 days since and she is not walking right? I can't feel an egg in her or anything. She is eating and drinking and was even quacking this morning. She seems weak and when she walks she pancakes on the floor. She is separated and in my house at the moment. Any help would be great, thank you!

 

[Isaac 0]

Do you have a video of her?
It is not totally uncommon to have a lame bird during and after being egg bound, and the reason for that is oftentimes the egg will create pressure along the lower portion of the nerves in their body which can inflame the nerves, and make it hard for the bird to walk.

Supportive care, along with calcium supplementation, are all good, and consider starting her on an NSAID such as aspirin to reduce any inflammation going on. If you have access to meloxicam, or carprofen those would work as well. The aspirin dose in birds is 5mg/kg once a day. Hopefully, you see improvement quite soon.