Duck passed away, need help finding out how

[Aelburn]

I recently purchased a Pekin duck who passed away from an unknown cause.

She was about 2 and a half months old, and acted completely fine up until about a week ago. Her right leg gave out Saturday, May 9th, and along with that her appetite decreased substantially. On Friday, May 15th, her left leg completely gave out, and at that point she had completely stopped eating and drinking.

She passed away a few hours ago, and I am confused as to what happened to her. Did she have some sort of disease? A tumor?
Any help is appreciated, thank you!

 

[artsyrobin]

A few things come to mind, what feed was she on? You could send for a necropsy, state university Ag dept, she would have to be refrigerated until you send her

 

[Isaac 0]

Yeah, your best bet is to have her examined at an AG state necropsy lab, we're not going to be able to give a confident cause of death by just her symptoms over the internet.

 

[DucksOhio]

So sorry to hear about your loss.