Duck Penis Prolapse?

[Miss Lydia]

Hey I didn’t mention the sex and drinking 3bird really needs to get a handle on his ducks before they have a bad influence on Pen & Pal.

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Hey I didn’t mention the sex and drinking 3bird really needs to get a handle on his ducks before they have a bad influence on Pen & Pal.

Promiscuous over drinking ducks could deffinetly be a bad influence on those sweet pigeons..

 

[shawluvsbirds]

We just returned from the vet. The report was very good. Angus has good musculature, is not overweight and has "a great looking phallus." With the exception of the history of the prolapsed penis, all else was excellent!

Once again, huge props to all of you and to our amazing vet (who now has files on five of our ducks, I think). We're always so impressed by the research she has done, the questions she asks and the time she takes during the exam. We are very lucky to have her just two minutes away.

Also, Angus deserves huge props! He was amazing. Pretty chill even through some fairly in-depth poking and prodding. Everyone was taken with what a handsome boy he is.

Thinking: We've had a pretty cold and snowy winter, so there has not been much foraging and precious little swimming as of late. The night before Angus first presented with a prolapsed penis, we got a huge swing in temperature and then loads of rain. They all spent more time than they have in a while swimming and playing that evening. The next morning was when we first observed the prolapsed penis. Could it have been the excitement and the expectation of pool sex (you know ducks) and lots of drinking that kicked everything into high gear and caused the initial problem? Perhaps.

Next Steps: While we could return him to the flock right now, as the penis retracted on its own, the vet thinks we should still keep Angus separated from the girls and inside the house for a period of time. Other than that, we'll just observe and make sure everything else is normal. His girls are missing him, and he is missing them, but he's doing alright. Maybe he'll appreciate that this 60F thing actually isn't so bad as we plummet back to the single digits tonight!

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I'm so happy to hear this!
I hate to ask, but did you discuss with your vet what they think the best course of action is whenever this happens and what their suggestion is for ointment to keep it moist and deter infection? Obviously separation. . keeping it clean is a must.
*Please no-one get upset by my asking. . the op has seemed to have had good luck with this vet so I am honestly just curious as to what their recommendation is.

 

[MIDuckLady]

Oh...and yes, this is how he was getting out.

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Gosh, that Angus is a gorgeous sneak of a Drake.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Promiscuous over drinking ducks could deffinetly be a bad influence on those sweet pigeons..

 

[3bird]

I'm so happy to hear this!
I hate to ask, but did you discuss with your vet what they think the best course of action is whenever this happens and what their suggestion is for ointment to keep it moist and deter infection? Obviously separation. . keeping it clean is a must.
*Please no-one get upset by my asking. . the op has seemed to have had good luck with this vet so I am honestly just curious as to what their recommendation is.

Our vet is incredible! We're so lucky. She has not dealt personally with a prolapsed penis in a duck before, but she dealt with similar situations. The focus of our discussion so far has been on the acute condition with a treatment protocol of using a water-based lubricant to manually get everything back into position and then separation from the flock. If the condition recurs or becomes chronic then we've talked about sutures, but we're not there yet.

Angus isn't thrilled to be inside without his girls, and his girls are certainly missing him. We'll keep you updated, but all is going well at the moment for Angus. We do have separate issue as of this evening with Martha, but I'm going to start a new thread for that one.

 

[Melky]

Hope Angus continues to do well cheers!

 

[casportpony]

@3bird , how are all of your ducks doing?

 

[3bird]

@3bird , how are all of your ducks doing?

Thanks for asking! Angus is hanging in there. Much of the snow is now gone, and their little ponds are open, so there is a lot of "spring activity" (aka "dancing"). Angus seems to be successfully deploying and retracting his gear, although it's out a little longer than what we recall in the past sometimes (we're talking minutes). We continue to observe him closely.

Everyone else seems to be doing well. We had our first five-egg morning of the season the other day, and we're consistently getting four, so no complaints there!

 

[casportpony]

Thanks for the update! Got any pictures?