Duck seems to be in pain - limping

[Whitsr]

Hey all. Just went outside and my runner duck seems to be in pain. She is limping and almost shaking (her body and mouth keeps going). I attached photos of both bottoms of her feet - the video shows the weird movement. She is only holding up one leg.
Here are two videos: Video 1. Video 2

 

[CoriM]

Aw, poor thing. That is weird how she keeps opening her mouth. Her feet look pretty good, although I would be using a toothbrush with colorless iodine and gently scrubbing those cracked areas a couple times a day to prevent bumblefoot from getting in there. I don't know what the trouble could be - could it be an injury from mating, or something wrong with her leg? I would separate her in an area with a buddy where she doesn't have to walk and can rest easy with food and water, and just give her a couple days.

 

[Whitsr]

Aw, poor thing. That is weird how she keeps opening her mouth. Her feet look pretty good, although I would be using a toothbrush with colorless iodine and gently scrubbing those cracked areas a couple times a day to prevent bumblefoot from getting in there. I don't know what the trouble could be - could it be an injury from mating, or something wrong with her leg? I would separate her in an area with a buddy where she doesn't have to walk and can rest easy with food and water, and just give her a couple days.

Got it will do. Haven't tried iodine yet but I will. Is that a maintenance thing I should be doing to all the ducks?

There was a wild male duck that found my pack recently but we chased him off. I know he wasn't around today. I can separate her and one other with her during the day. They are just SO loud if they are separated, they absolutely hate it. But if it's okay I'll try and see how she is in the morning

 

[CoriM]

I think it's a good idea to check your ducks feet every 2-3 weeks just to keep tabs to make sure you don't end up with a bad case of bumble foot. Once you have that, it's kind of intensive intervention and it can take months and months to heal it up. When I see tiny scabs or bad cracks on my ducks feet I just use the iodine to keep them clean and help them heal so they don't get infected. If you do it twice a day and keep them out of the water afterwards for 20 minutes or so, they usually heal up without developing into a bad case of bumblefoot. I know ducks hate being apart. When mine are in my run I just have a see-through dog fence that I use to make a division and that way my ducks still feel close and don't mind. If they are out in their tractor in the yard I can use another plastic dog fence I have to just section a small area off so injured duck doesn't do much walking, but still feels part of the flock. Hope that helps! I hope you can discover if there is a bigger issue with the leg, or maybe it's just a sprain or strain that needs some rest.

 

[Whitsr]

I think it's a good idea to check your ducks feet every 2-3 weeks just to keep tabs to make sure you don't end up with a bad case of bumble foot. Once you have that, it's kind of intensive intervention and it can take months and months to heal it up. When I see tiny scabs or bad cracks on my ducks feet I just use the iodine to keep them clean and help them heal so they don't get infected. If you do it twice a day and keep them out of the water afterwards for 20 minutes or so, they usually heal up without developing into a bad case of bumblefoot. I know ducks hate being apart. When mine are in my run I just have a see-through dog fence that I use to make a division and that way my ducks still feel close and don't mind. If they are out in their tractor in the yard I can use another plastic dog fence I have to just section a small area off so injured duck doesn't do much walking, but still feels part of the flock. Hope that helps! I hope you can discover if there is a bigger issue with the leg, or maybe it's just a sprain or strain that needs some rest.

Thank you this is super helpful

 

[Whitsr]

I think it's a good idea to check your ducks feet every 2-3 weeks just to keep tabs to make sure you don't end up with a bad case of bumble foot. Once you have that, it's kind of intensive intervention and it can take months and months to heal it up. When I see tiny scabs or bad cracks on my ducks feet I just use the iodine to keep them clean and help them heal so they don't get infected. If you do it twice a day and keep them out of the water afterwards for 20 minutes or so, they usually heal up without developing into a bad case of bumblefoot. I know ducks hate being apart. When mine are in my run I just have a see-through dog fence that I use to make a division and that way my ducks still feel close and don't mind. If they are out in their tractor in the yard I can use another plastic dog fence I have to just section a small area off so injured duck doesn't do much walking, but still feels part of the flock. Hope that helps! I hope you can discover if there is a bigger issue with the leg, or maybe it's just a sprain or strain that needs some rest.

Is it safe to assume I could use clear betadine instead of iodine? Looks like it is a type of iodine but clear.

 

[CoriM]

I think so, it's just a lot messier with the staining.

 

[Apolinne]

Did your duck get better ?

 

[Whitsr]

She still limps off and on, but seems okay. She went good for a couple weeks and it came back so I just separate her. There's no visible injuries.