Duck leg/foot pain relief options?

[Miss Lydia]

@casportpony please reply about antibiotics!

 

[HeatherKellyB]

I only have eight tablets of 62.5mg Clavamox, so unless the dosage can be split, I don't believe it's enough, especially if it's twice a day. The other meds are capsules (that will likely need to be halved or quartered) and I'm not sure how to get a powdered med into her. She doesn't like anything I offer her, other than her duck feed and water.

 

[casportpony]

Can you upload a video of the duck walking to YouTube or Vimeo then copy and paste the link here?

 

[casportpony]

I only have eight tablets of 62.5mg Clavamox, so unless the dosage can be split, I don't believe it's enough, especially if it's twice a day. The other meds are capsules (that will likely need to be halved or quartered) and I'm not sure how to get a powdered med into her. She doesn't like anything I offer her, other than her duck feed and water.

The duck Clavamox dose is quite high compared to cats and dogs, so you can't use that. What are the other ones you have?

 

[casportpony]

I do have amoxicillin and clindamycin, clavamox and metronidazole (not sure if that's an antibiotic)

How much does the duck weigh? How many mg are the clindamycin, and how many do you have?

 

[HeatherKellyB]

Unfortunately I can't find my clindamycin. I am searching for it but worry someone may have helped themselves to it. If I'm unable to find that, I do have at least fifty 500 mg amoxicillin. I am happy to order something if it's available to order and get here in time to help.

 

[HeatherKellyB]

Honey is 10lbs. I will get her inside and take a video of her walking. She puts the foot down to use but only a tiny bit, just enough to get her other foot to move. She lays on the opposite side with her injured foot off the ground. Anytime I am helping her, the injured foot is held up and I am carrying her weight. She has learned to use my hands as a crutch to only use the good foot, but that's only when I am holding her up.

 

[HeatherKellyB]

I also have 17 tablets of cipro 500mg & 15 tablets amoxicillin 875mg. I have one more place to look for the clindamycin

 

[HeatherKellyB]

Although this probably doesn't make a difference, I found a few more Clavamox, so I have a total of eleven 62.5mg tablets. I know you said the dosage was higher for ducks, but I didn't know if this amount would work, or anything I have will work, until I can order something better. I will be posting a video very soon

 

[HeatherKellyB]