Duck with a crest problem

[ChickyMcduckerton]

Hi everyone. I hope I can get some help with this.. I have a male crested duck, well duckling. He's been growing well and his crest which looked centered at first started to droop down to one side and it blocks his vision. When he was small I could put a loose scrunchie on him which would hold it back a bit so he could see and wouldn't have dirt in his eye and so forth. However now that he is getting bigger it's not working anymore. It's literally going over the hair tie and covering his eye/face. Not sure what to do now. Any ideas or advice would be appreciated. Thanks

 

[Quackers3211]

Could you please post a pic?

 

[ChickyMcduckerton]

Could you please post a pic?

(I had to have my husband hold him. He does Not want to hold still for me.)

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

Awe. I don't know much about crested ducks, but can you trim his crest?

 

[1cock2hens]

no you cant trim the crest it is a fatty deposit over a hole in the skull. crested ducks only have a crest because of a genetic fault

 

[Miss Lydia]

Can it be trimmed seems you'd be able to feel the fatty tissue and not cut it. Poor baby needs to be able to see. That's a huge crest for sure a little one.

 

[ChickyMcduckerton]

I don't think I can. It sort of feels like a marshmallow so I don't know where flesh meet feather. Also, he doesn't hold still. Last thing I wanna do is hurt him.

 

[Miss Lydia]

What about vet wrap it sticks to itself and can be trimmed to size width wise?

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

no you cant trim the crest it is a fatty deposit over a hole in the skull. crested ducks only have a crest because of a genetic fault

I knew what it was caused by, just didn't know if the feathers could be trimmed.

 

[sourland]

Huge crest indeed. In some cases, excessive feathering can be trimmed, but that's not the situation here. My gut says that the only solution would be surgical removal of a large part of the crest by a veterinarian, and I'm not certain that is a possibility.