Duck help

[Rmotley74]

Hello everyone my duck bella is being tube fed Kaytee bird powder and it's twice per day but the past day or 2 at the most I've noticed her poops are smaller and harder is there something I can give her for jic she's not either drinking enough or if she needs a prebiotic to help she needs this feed with her meds so not sure if this is bothering her tummy any advice her meds are antibiotics and antifungal but only has a couple days left on those and she takes prednisone every other day for now

 

[HollowOfWisps]

Hello everyone my duck bella is being tube fed Kaytee bird powder and it's twice per day but the past day or 2 at the most I've noticed her poops are smaller and harder is there something I can give her for jic she's not either drinking enough or if she needs a prebiotic to help she needs this feed with her meds so not sure if this is bothering her tummy any advice her meds are antibiotics and antifungal but only has a couple days left on those and she takes prednisone every other day for now

If she isn’t drinking enough I would increase the water to powder ratio for the Kaytee. Also giving her a probiotic will help counteract the antibiotics killing the good bacteria which can cause stool issues. I like Bene-Bac paste I get off of chewy.

 

[Rmotley74]

Ok so they told me to make it look like puddin so if I thin it out some that should help I mean she acts ok she drinks when I see her outside and she walks around and acts normal for her but I just didn't want her to get constipated she doesn't eat as much other stuff right now just a few vegetable and her feed I'm giving her and some meal worms in her water but I just wanted to make sure also heard about putting some cooking oil on the feed

 

[ruthhope]

I would not use cooking oil. If you must use more than additional fluids, try just a small amount of canned pumpkin -- 1 or 2 tablespoons each day

 

[Rmotley74]

Ok sounds good thank you