Duck is lethargic and stays away fron the other ducks

[TerriL188]

No Miss Lydia I am not but through years of giving goats shots and trying to save chickens that are sick plus I watch a lot of animal vet shows. I have seen them tap a dogs tummy several times. I also watched a video on doing it on a chicken. I did catch another duck and it was nothing like her stomach so I was 90% sure thats what it was. So I did the tap and got 70mL out and decided to stop and see how she does overnight. She was shaking so bad while I was holding her I didnt want to stress her more than I already had. The only thing that bothered me was the stuff I got out of her was almost brown, looked a little like it might have had a little blood in it. Maybe it was just some cells that I was seeing. Well now I guess I just wait and see if she feels better. Terri

 

[TerriL188]

Update on my duck. Checked her this AM and she now has a cough and it looks as though there is a little blood in what she is coughing up. I think the only thing left to do is to put her to sleep I don't think she will have any quality of life now that she is coughing. Thank you all for you help. Terri

 

[chickens really]

Best wishes and sorry the outcome came to this. I have put down a couple myself..

 

[Miss Lydia]

@TerriL188 I am so sorry it ended this way. Never an easy thing to do. Just take heart you tried your best to help her.

 

[TerriL188]

Thank you for your well wishes. Terri

 

[casportpony]

I too am very sorry for your loss.

 

[casportpony]

And I don't know if this will make you feel better or not, but the times I have drained that color fluid, the necropsies of those birds revealed very diseased birds, so you decision, while not an easy one, was the right thing to do.

 

[TerriL188]

And I don't know if this will make you feel better or not, but the times I have drained that color fluid, the necropsies of those birds revealed very diseased birds, so you decision, while not an easy one, was the right thing to do.

Thank you, The look of the fluid really pushed me to end it, I really appreciate your thoughts. Terri

 

[quackiemama]

I am sorry for your loss as well. You seem like a good duck parent.

 

[DuckyDonna]