Duck with dead dew claw toe

[Stefjewell]

We have 3 Pekin ducks, one of them we recently noticed has a dead dew claw toe. It’s hard and black. She is favoring that foot a little. She eats and drinks fine, and the other 2 ducks are completely normal. We have moved her inside to keep her isolated. She is a little over a year old. I have read stuff about frostbite but it’s her dew claw toe and am not sure how only that one toe would be affected. We live in Colorado and the weather has been cold but not in the recent days preceding the black toe. Will the toe fall off by its self? Has anyone ever had this with their ducks?

 

[Trimurtisan]

Can you provide pictures of the affected toe? It would help some if the experts here make suggestions. I'm not experienced with anything like the problem you've described, but maybe some of these folks have.
@casportpony
@Miss Lydia
@Eggcessive
@duluthralphie

 

[Eggcessive]

Welcome to BYC. I am not a duck owner, but it does sound like the toe may have become wet and gotten frostbite, or suffered a crush injury from being stepped on or getting stuck. Can you post any pictures? If it is black and becomes dry and leathery, it will just fall off at some point.
The pictures below show severe frost bite in a foot and another where a duck has lost both feet:

 

[Stefjewell]

Here is a picture of the toe.

 

[Stefjewell]

Welcome to BYC. I am not a duck owner, but it does sound like the toe may have become wet and gotten frostbite, or suffered a crush injury from being stepped on or getting stuck. Can you post any pictures? If it is black and becomes dry and leathery, it will just fall off at some point.
The pictures below show severe frost bite in a foot and another where a duck has lost both feet:

Welcome to BYC. I am not a duck owner, but it does sound like the toe may have become wet and gotten frostbite, or suffered a crush injury from being stepped on or getting stuck. Can you post any pictures? If it is black and becomes dry and leathery, it will just fall off at some point.
The pictures below show severe frost bite in a foot and another where a duck has lost both feet:

Did the feet just fall off or did they have to amputate?

 

[casportpony]

Poor girl. How would you feel about removing it? Is a vet an option? If mine, I would remove it then keep the leg wrapped until it healed.

 

[Eggcessive]

Most of the cases that I have seen here on BYC that were severe enough, just fall off eventually after a month give or take. I would use a little Betadine on it, if you can do it when it is not going to freeze, or bring her inside until it dries. Some would use Vetericyn or plain Neosporin. The black tissue is dead, but it may still feel painful above the dead tissue.

 

[Gray Farms]

Yep, that toe is going to fall off. I personally wouldn't mess with it unless it should become infected. She will adapt without it. I once hat a Muscovy drake that got frostbite bad and lost both feet entirely. His name became Stumpy. He couldn't breed anymore but got around just fine.

 

[duluthralphie]

Can you provide pictures of the affected toe? It would help some if the experts here make suggestions. I'm not experienced with anything like the problem you've described, but maybe some of these folks have.
@casportpony
@Miss Lydia
@Eggcessive
@duluthralphie

No idea what it is.. but frostbite makes sense.


I have several birds with no feet or toes from the cold.. they heal up fine and walk on stumps..

I even named one Hobbles..


But it’s on a dux, so, well,,


Who cares!!









Good luck finding out whatever it is.

 

[Stefjewell]

Thank you all for your posts I really appreciate it.