Duck with Bumblefoot (Warning Viewer Discretion Is Advised)

[Miss Lydia]

OMGOSH, don't search tube feeding on Google images, I can't even explain how horrifying it is! I started crying and I never cry. Mangled birds everywhere! I never knew that big factories were THAT bad!

I could never go there.

 

[casportpony]

You'll want to start of with 20-30 ml several times a day. Is he really drinking enough? What does his poop look like? Can you buy a kitchen scale so you can get daily weights on him?

-Kathy

He drinks a lot when I give him a bath, which is 3 times a day, and he sips at his water dish. His poop is usually mostly water with like dark green, string like, stuff in it, and sometimes it's yellow liquid (sorry Tevyes Dad, had to explain it ). It's definatly different than it usually is. I'll convince mum to get a kitchen scale.

I suspect that he's not eating because he has worms, coccidiosis, a bacterial infection, or a disease. The lame leg might be related, it might not. Probably best to get him to a vet ASAP. You could try one day of tube feeding, and if his poop still looks off, he's sick. This is day four of not eatin?

-Kathy

 

[Miss Lydia]

I suspect that he's not eating because he has worms, coccidiosis, a bacterial infection, or a disease. The lame leg might be related, it might not. Probably best to get him to a vet ASAP. You could try one day of tube feeding, and if his poop still looks off, he's sick. This is day four of not eatin?

-Kathy

@DiamondSwan

 

[DiamondSwan]

I suspect that he's not eating because he has worms, coccidiosis, a bacterial infection, or a disease. The lame leg might be related, it might not. Probably best to get him to a vet ASAP. You could try one day of tube feeding, and if his poop still looks off, he's sick. This is day four of not eatin?

-Kathy

This is day 4 yes. Worms, coccidiosis, geesh. Man, hopefully none of the others got it too. I'm especially worried about the babies I have in the house. We made an appointment for the vet today at 2:00.

 

[casportpony]

I suspect that he's not eating because he has worms, coccidiosis, a bacterial infection, or a disease. The lame leg might be related, it might not. Probably best to get him to a vet ASAP. You could try one day of tube feeding, and if his poop still looks off, he's sick. This is day four of not eatin?

-Kathy

This is day 4 yes. Worms, coccidiosis, geesh. Man, hopefully none of the others got it too. I'm especially worried about the babies I have in the house. We made an appointment for the vet today at 2:00.

Good, glad you can get him in. Just keep the babies away from him and they should be fine. Hey, while you're at the vet, ask them to teach you how to tube feed, they should be willing to do that for free.

-Kathy

 

[DiamondSwan]

Good, glad you can get him in. Just keep the babies away from him and they should be fine. Hey, while you're at the vet, ask them to teach you how to tube feed, they should be willing to do that for free.

-Kathy

Sure thing!

 

[DiamondSwan]

I have the chicks and ducklings in the bathroom, and I've been giving Flapper a bath in there. The ducklings have baths in the same tub. I've been giving them ACV in their water though, so that should keep them from getting anything.

 

[Lamaremybabies]

OMGOSH, don't search tube feeding on Google images, I can't even explain how horrifying it is! I started crying and I never cry. Mangled birds everywhere! I never knew that big factories were THAT bad!

Yeah they're really bad.

 

[DiamondSwan]

Yeah they're really bad.

That's how I feel about it, those poor duckies.

 

[casportpony]

I have the chicks and ducklings in the bathroom, and I've been giving Flapper a bath in there. The ducklings have baths in the same tub. I've been giving them ACV in their water though, so that should keep them from getting anything.

Clean the tub with bleach before you use it again.

-Kathy