Duck issue please help

[yumachick2015]

Well we’ll all be
Pulling for her. Glad to hear she’s otherwise doing well. It’s kinda scary to look at but so? It may take a lot of dedication to treat her I’m
Happy you’re going to give it a chance. Personally I would love to see updates on her. Her condition fascinated me I guess because when I was younger I worked for a vet and I was the one giving treatments to a little Boston Terrier....anyways you might want to put away the kiddy pool OR allow her time in the water then treat her skin and put the pool away.
Best wishes. Keep us posted

Yes this is a very interesting and sad case. Not one that I thought I would be posting about. I have a team of poultry vets going wow too. I will give her a shot because she is such a great pet but don’t want her to suffer either.

 

[WVduckchick]

Definitely deserves to give it a go with some treatment.

 

[yumachick2015]

Not sure how you plan to apply the ivermectin, but I had success with chicken leg mites by mixing the ivermectin pour-on in a plastic baggie with a spoonful of Vaseline. Just squish it together, it doesn’t really mix. But helped me with application.

Thank you for that. I’m gonna try that. I want her to feel better

 

[yumachick2015]

Definitely deserves to give it a go with some treatment.

She is a great duck. She goes up the stairs by hopping to the doggy door every morning for meal worms.

 

[yumachick2015]

The choice is yours to make. Other than it being strange to look at what is her quality of life? Does she otherwise act normal? Is she eating and drinking?

 

[yumachick2015]

What she use to look like I don’t want people to think I neglect her because I
Don’t. I love her

 

[WVduckchick]

What she use to look like I don’t want people to think I neglect her because I
Don’t. I love her

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

That's crazy that it happened so quickly. Might be a compromised immune system involved. Definitely try treating. I personally would do the ivermectin and possibly coat it with Vaseline to soften and smother anything living on her head. Give her a chance and see how it goes.

 

[casportpony]

Yes bought ivermectin and some other topical poultry ointment. Hope for the best. She is very active, social and eating and drinking. I will try the treatment and if I don’t see improvement in 3 days then I will put her down.

Give her more than three days. All of the information I found says that it will take several ivermectin treatments.

Edited to add:
"The suggested ivermectin dosing regimen is 200 to 400 μg/kg given orally or topically for two to three treatments at 10-day intervals. For most species, give 200 μg/kg, and repeat in 10 to 14 days. Canaries usually require a longer treatment period than budgerigars do; three to six treatments are often needed before resolution is achieved. "

 

[MissChick@dee]

What she use to look like I don’t want people to think I neglect her because I
Don’t. I love her

What a great picture!