Duck wont walk-HELP-what's wrong with her?

[daze333]

Come to think of it, this am one of the duck eggs was cracked down the long side. She is not eating that I can tell. She is nervous. She did pooh though and it is green and white and runny like normal duck pooh.

 

[duckyfromoz]

If the poo is normal - that is a good sign - but not eating isnt good. A sick duck will often excrete a mint green poo. It can be a sign if an internal infection somewhere.

If she continues to not eat- you will notice a difference in her droppings. If she was the one that laid the cracked egg..and it was cracked inside her- she may be suffering discomfort from trying to pass the egg. It is rare- but it can happen that an egg can break inside the duck.

 

[Bleenie]

one of my Muscovy drakelets(2.5mo old) just recently was having trouble walking. he wasn't walking almost at all in the pen so i ended up beinging him inside and he was in here for a few days on vitamins & antibiotics just in case. He started improving and is now walking and standing fine. i moved him back out today but i will be checking on him before they go to bed tonight.

I dont know what was wrong with him either except for maybe a touch of heavy metal poisoning.

 

[daze333]

Thank you for all your ideas! I will keep her inside and monitor her eating/drinking. She did scoot herself over a bit last time I was in there. Seems an improvement from earlier.

 

[daze333]

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Now that it dried a little, her first pooh does have a small amount of minty stuff. Then her next pooh was big and dark olive green and stinky. What does this mean? It still does not look like she is eating.

 

[daze333]

If it is an infection-what type of antibiotic should I use? I think the only one I have is terramycin.

 

[Bleenie]

every once in a while ducks will poo a really dark, tarry-looking nasty, smelly poo... I believe it's called Cecal poop? It's totally normal, just smells & looks nasty! Terramycin should be fine, i put my boy on Durramycin(i think it's the same) and he's improved(not that it's the same issue).

 

[daze333]

Ok, I gave her vitamins and terramycin and she laid an egg this am and looks to be a little stronger. She can stand with help balancing now.

How long should I keep her in and on antibiotics? I figure like a person in the hospital keep her until things are normal, eating, drinking, walking. Is that right?
Thanks again for your help! You probably save my duckie!
Sherry

 

[daze333]

Hey bleenie,
I am in NW Washington too! Where are you located? I am in Port Angeles.

 

[Bleenie]

I am down near Puyallup. You can keep her in the antibiotics for up to 10 days. it's great that she's improving already & even laid an egg! Maybe it was just all this cruddy cold weather that's caused it?