Duck limping with no visible injures?

[GranderTheGander]

Thank you! Do you know the best place to buy duck food from? Also, where do you get niacin?

You can order the Purina Mazuri Waterfowl Starter, Breeder or Maintenance, with free shipping, from chewy.com, but it is expensive feed, compared to what can be bought locally in many places. They also have less expensive duck/goose food by a company called Kalmbach Feeds.

 

[Bochama]

Thank you! I went to the store yesterday looking for brewers yeast, but I couldn't find any! Thanks again!

try getting vitamin B3 complex which are meant for humans. many articles here will let you know how much to use. I will attach a link where you can buy it incase you dont find it at the pharmacy.

https://qa.iherb.com/search?kw=vitamin B3

 

[Miss Cheep]

OK, so I went tractor supply today, here is what I got, front and back.

Sorry if the second pic isn't that good. Our garage doesn't have good lighting.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Looks like good feed but if you have one limping and there are no signs of bumble on the bottom of the foot and no swelling or excessive heat then maybe try Liquid B complex. It will say injectable but we use it orally. It can be found at TSC and given over a small amount of treat 1ml.

 

[Miss Cheep]

Looks like good feed but if you have one limping and there are no signs of bumble on the bottom of the foot and no swelling or excessive heat then maybe try Liquid B complex. It will say injectable but we use it orally. It can be found at TSC and given over a small amount of treat 1ml.

Thank you! I will try to get some ASAP!

 

[Miss Lydia]

This may be given forever too. So don't give up if you don't see improvement in a week. The longer they have had the problem the longer it can take.

 

[Miss Cheep]

Ok guys here is a update, I caught him to double check he had no bumblefoot the other day, and I had him lay on the ground and held both his feet like he was stretching, and I noticed his left foot, (foot he is favoring) the ends of his toes were about a inch behind his good foot. Do you think his leg could be bunched up from holding it in that position for so long? We have been feeding him the special duck food, and I made sure and cleaned his foot really well when I caught him, so if there was a thorn or something I would have seen it. Do you know what is wrong with him and how to fix it? From when I checked for bumblefoot there was absolutely nothing wrong with that duck, besides his other leg being a little shorter than the other. Also, when we first got him, he walked perfectly normal! Argh, this duck is frustrating me!!

 

[Miss Lydia]

If one leg is shorter than the other that is most likely why he is limping? Your giving him liquid B complex? and having him contained where he isn't doing any running? If you can get a video of him walking and also some pictures of his leg and foot?

 

[Miss Cheep]

He's not isolated, he hasn't run in awhile, here are a couple pics of him and his feet. His left foot is the injured one. Tell me if the video doesn't work. The right foot is his good foot, I think it looks like that because it's the only one he's been using for a couple months.

 

[Miss Cheep]

Wait why did the video not post