Mimi13
fuhgettaboutit
I noticed late yesterday my 6 mo old Welsh Harlequin duck’s right cheek was swollen causing her eye to recess and close. I noticed she wasn’t roaming around the yard with the others late in the day, but she had been just a few hours earlier. All 5 ducks free range in an enclosed yard along with my chickens.
I realize these pictures aren’t the clearest, but they do show the swelling. Her bottom eye lid is bare, no fluff or feathers. My initial thought was she had been stung/bitten, but I rubbed her feathers backward on her cheek looking for a bite mark and couldn’t find one. But then I wondered how in the world would a stinger reach through all that facial fluff.
Now here’s the scary part. When I first brought her inside there were a few tiny bubbles in the affected eye. I know MG will be mentioned and I hope beyond hope that isn’t the case. I’ve never had any bird in my flock present with MG symptoms. However, if worse comes to worse, how do I confirm such?
My old dog looking on and being thankful she isn’t the sick one.
I am able to open her eyelid and see her eyeball. Nothing strange other than the swelling making her eyeball recessed. Oh, and the initial bubbles I found. Before I put her back outside last night I put a string of Terramycin in her eye.
I took this clip of her this morning. Her cheek doesn’t appear any more swollen than yesterday. However, this morning she is scratching at the eye and also shaking her head.
I turned them out and all 5 ducks eventually made their way to my back door. My DH said he thought her eye was crusted over. Even though I had not noticed any crusting I went outside and got her to check. There was no crusting, but there were a few more bubbles.
Dear Lord (and BYCer’s), please help me figure out what’s wrong with my little Quinny. I have only had ducks for 6 months now.
(I apologize for the quality of the video. I do not know what could be causing the distorted nature.)
I realize these pictures aren’t the clearest, but they do show the swelling. Her bottom eye lid is bare, no fluff or feathers. My initial thought was she had been stung/bitten, but I rubbed her feathers backward on her cheek looking for a bite mark and couldn’t find one. But then I wondered how in the world would a stinger reach through all that facial fluff.
Now here’s the scary part. When I first brought her inside there were a few tiny bubbles in the affected eye. I know MG will be mentioned and I hope beyond hope that isn’t the case. I’ve never had any bird in my flock present with MG symptoms. However, if worse comes to worse, how do I confirm such?
My old dog looking on and being thankful she isn’t the sick one.
I am able to open her eyelid and see her eyeball. Nothing strange other than the swelling making her eyeball recessed. Oh, and the initial bubbles I found. Before I put her back outside last night I put a string of Terramycin in her eye.
I took this clip of her this morning. Her cheek doesn’t appear any more swollen than yesterday. However, this morning she is scratching at the eye and also shaking her head.
I turned them out and all 5 ducks eventually made their way to my back door. My DH said he thought her eye was crusted over. Even though I had not noticed any crusting I went outside and got her to check. There was no crusting, but there were a few more bubbles.
Dear Lord (and BYCer’s), please help me figure out what’s wrong with my little Quinny. I have only had ducks for 6 months now.
(I apologize for the quality of the video. I do not know what could be causing the distorted nature.)
