Duck with Hereditary myopathy

[Duck4life]

Hi,i have a baby pekin and has leg problems we took her in to an avian doctor and got told she has the deformity and says she needs to be put down because she is in pain but we want her to live with a good quality of life do you think removing the legs would be ok for her we would care for her all the time.Thank you so much

 

[Miss Lydia]

And please post pics of your ducklings legs. How did he come to that diagnosis?

 

[Isaac 0]

Hi, Welcome to BYC!

Before culling the bird, could you take a look at this post? Leg problems in young Pekins is almost always caused by a niacin deficient diet. There are a few pictures, let us know if they match up with how your bird looks.


https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/niacin-deficiency-in-waterfowl.1367557/

 

[DuckyDonna]

Removing the duck's legs would be a bit on the extreme side of things. Please take a look at @Isaac 0 and @Miss Lydia's posts before thinking about doing that!

 

[Duck4life]

she has no symptoms of pain and can hop around

 

[BloomBunny]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/niacin-deficiency-in-waterfowl.1367557/#post-22517848

 

[Isaac 0]

I didn't see you wanted to remove their legs, that is way too extreme!

 

[Treighnor]

Hi,i have a baby pekin and has leg problems we took her in to an avian doctor and got told she has the deformity and says she needs to be put down because she is in pain but we want her to live with a good quality of life do you think removing the legs would be ok for her we would care for her all the time.Thank you so much

There is no way she would have any quality of life with her legs removed. It would be far kinder to put her down. A friend told me that she had a duckling with bad leg and put her in a pond to take the weight off the legs. The duck would paddle and the legs healed correctly. One possibility, but if that doesn't work it would be kindest to euthanize.

 

[Treighnor]

There is no way she would have any quality of life with her legs removed. It would be far kinder to put her down. A friend told me that she had a duckling with bad leg and put her in a pond to take the weight off the legs. The duck would paddle and the legs healed correctly. One possibility, but if that doesn't work it would be kindest to euthanize.

I use a kiddie pool for my ducks.

 

[Duck4life]

Hi,im sorry i just got email from the vet i put the wrong disease I have a email its nothing i put here i will put the diagnosis