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Update on my girl. - she got through the night and drank a bit infront of us this morning!! i have a funeral this am but after that i will bring a tub of warm with espon salt and saline and let her rest in there for 10-15 minutes and try and get the water into the wounds. i will then try to clear festgers around the wound to get access and to better see whats going on. her neck has manny gashes but its all flesh wounds. im not concerned much about thats its the whole that exposes her organs. poor girl i didnt give her any pain meds as she was bleeding lots yesterday and i didnt want the blood to thin. the bleeding seems to have stopped. she still barely lifts her head only to drink. ii cant bring her to the vet but i will contact her to see what i can do to get her theough this.
 
Hi, So sorry to hear your sad news. Please read this i have sent you, it is amazing.
See what you think, and this dressing is like magic. Anything is worth a try, especially
if you are unable to see a vet, or cannot afford too. You should be proud of yourself,
up until now. Your duck knows you are there for her, and i believe your TLC will give her
the strength to fight. I have also sent this a few weeks ago, on here, as someone else
had the same problem. Good luck, stay strong.


Hi, So sorry to hear your sad news. Have you heard of ALIGINATE dressing. It is brilliant
stuff. If he wound is deep, you can pack it with this dressing. Although i live in UK you
can google it where you live. It is not expensive, Amazon stocks it too. The other reply
you have had, is good advice. But with this dressing especially if it is a gaping wound +
deep, clean with saline the best you can, then cut dressing, to the size you think, and with sterile tweezers, gently place inside wound. In other words pack it up. Then apply
another form of dressing on the top.If you are able get a lightweight bandage, or even
crepe bandage will do. And loosely wrap it around the wound. Leave it up to 2 days or
more. What happens this dressing, eats away at any bad bacteria tissue, in the wound.
And helps new tissue to grow. This stuff is amazing, especially on open gaping wounds.
Keep dressing it for around 10 days even longer. You will see the wound starting to close
in, each time you change it. It will not hurt her, when you take it out, and it will not look
nice either. Even smell a little. But that is all the dead tissue that the dressing has drawn out. We have used it many a time, if you cover her eyes and talk to her she will not notice, when you change it. I have copied and pasted it, for you to read. As then you
will understand better. Anything is worth a try, bless her. But of course it is up to you.
Thought i would let you know, as this dressing is brilliant. You can buy diffrent sizes they
also do it like rope. Where you cut it to size. You are doing well, she knows you are
there for her. And i believe that is giving her the strength not to give up. :love


What Is an Alginate Dressing?
Alginate dressings are absorbent wound care products that contain sodium and calcium fibers derived from seaweed. They come in the form of flat dressings that can be placed over open ulcers and rope dressings that are used for packing the wound, which absorb fluids and promote healing with pressure ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, or venous ulcers. An individual dressing is able to absorb up to 20 times its own weight. These dressings, which are easy to use, mold themselves to the shape of the wound, which helps ensure that they absorb wound drainage properly. This also makes these dressings ideal for using on ulcers in areas that are difficult to dress, such as heels and sacral areas.

How Do Alginate Dressings Work?
Alginate dressings are dry when initially placed on an open wound and become larger and more gel-like as they draw in fluids. This helps clear out the wound, prevents it from becoming dry, and protects it from harmful bacteria, which helps lower the risk of infection. These dressings also help promote new skin growth during the wound healing process by ensuring that the wound area stays moist. This encourages natural debridement via enzymes, which supplements the wound care provided by wound care practitioners in a clinical setting. The debridement process removes dead or damaged skin, promoting a healthier wound environment that aids wound healing.

Alginate dressings can also help wounds that are bleeding. The calcium in these dressings helps stabilize blood flow, which slows bleeding.

How to Use an Alginate Dressing
Treating wounds with alginate dressings is a straightforward process if you follow the correct wound care procedure using these steps:

  1. Use normal saline solution to clean the wound area.
  2. Pat the area around the wound dry.
  3. Place the alginate dressing over the wound.
  4. Secure a secondary dressing over the alginate dressing to hold it in place.
  5. Change the dressing every one to three days, or when fluid starts to seep out from the edges of the dressings.
  6. Before removing the alginate during a dressing change, use saline to dampen it in order to lower the risk of damaging the surrounding skin
 
@NorthernChick1 so sorry I wasn't able to get your tag I didn't have internet till this morning. I hope after you clean your duck up and clip away feathers you'll post a pic of the wound so we can see how deep and open it is. Not sure if you can order the Alginate dressing over Amazon but it sounds like some good stuff. especially for a wound like your duck has. Hopefully she'll be strong enough and out of shock so you can clean her up. Bite wounds need to be cleaned because of the bacteria animals carry in their mouths.
 
Hi Again.
How is she ???? as for the Aliginate dressing, yes Amazon do stock it. i
am in UK, and i always buy it from Amazon. Because it is next day delivery on most
items. I have copied it for you to have an idea. But if you type in Aliginate dressing they
will all come up. They are not that expensive, if her wound is deep, this dressing is
amazing. Hope this helps thinking of you, and of course your duck. Not sure where
you live, but you should also have an Amazon too. Just type in Alginate dressing, the one below is the same, just diffrent companies, with diffrent names for it. Honestly i have used it loads of times, and it is brilliant, especially for a deep wound.
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hi everyone sorry for the delay in updates, work has been crazy and sleep has been minimal.
So the occured mond
She got through monday in immense pain. (i beleive). Tuesday after work i went and saw my vet and she gave me pain killers/antiinflamatories. I can write the type of drug and the dossage for reference in case someone reads this thread for help if they fall into a similar situation.
So tuesday night i got home and administered the drug. After 15minutes i took her out of her cage, bathed her in water and espom salt and cleaned the wounds as much as i could. After the wash i covered her face, flipped her over and assessed the wounds. After the wounds were cleaned i could see that they weren't as bad as i thought and the gaping wound that i thought was very bad ended up actually just being a deepish wound that was only torn muscle and not in fact showing organs. So after this i sprayed every wound (4) with saline, put pollysporin and covered the large neck wound with gauze and stretchy medical bandage. When i put her back in the cage her tail started going and she made the typical "happy muscovy" bubbly sound! I was so happy the pain killer seemed to have had effect. So this took about 30minutes. She drank a little and ate a few meal worms. I let her rest and when i came back later that night she was resting completly lied down with her neck and head being flat on the ground.
Wednesday morning i checked on her and the dressing was still well put, she was lying down flat again but when she noticed me she lifted her head and stood up with ease and drank a little water. Last night i got home late, again always lying down, she got up and i administered her pain killers, got her to drink and she walked around in the wood room while stretching a little, after that i left her to rest. I did not take the bandages off yet.
This morning, still the same she was lying down her head on the ground. i walked in and she got up and i got her to drink a little.
Now today after work i will give her another dose of pain killers, ill take off the dressings flip her over and see if things are starting to heal.
I will be posting photos i took of the wounds fron tuesday. and tonight i will post some of in the now. If this works and she starts to heal well the vet will give me antibiotics in case that theres infection. I am soo glad i didnt get my boyfriend to cull her!! Shes fighting and its looking good right now!
 
Also she needs a name!! i never named my ducks or chickens. but seing as how she affects me and how tough she is i beleive she deserves a name. i got her at a day old with all my other chickens and another duck. her nuddy passed away sick this winter and she toughed out everything. she was pecked on really bad at a few months old by chickens, she was dragged by the wing by a friends dog, she got frosbitten feet this winter as it was my first winter with poultry. she got an eye infection this spring and now this! the poor duck never got a break but always thoughed everything out. if she makes it through this she will make it through anything! im very close to her shes by baby. if any of you have ideas shoot them in the comments! heres a photo of when she got pecked at a few months old.
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