Duckling looking swollen...?

[DreamSoulpatch]

I have a duckling whose chest and neck are really swollen and when I touch it, it's squishy.

Any ideas? The ducklings like to roam around my yard, catching bugs. We have a tree with a beehive in it, could he have possibly been stung?

 

[Eggcessive]

If the swelling is just in the crop area, it may be a full crop, but if it is all around the neck it could be a leaking air sac, or subcutaneous emphysema from a possible injury. It is kind of like a collapsed lung in people. If the duck appears in distress, it can be deflated using an 18 gauge needle under the skin and pushing the air out. If you think that it is from bee stings, then you could use 1/2 of a Benadryl tablet orally. Here is a link to read: http://ijasvm.com/ijasvmadmin/upload/IJASVM_5113cbc51d31b.pdf

 

[DreamSoulpatch]

What if it is the crop? What do I do?

 

[Eggcessive]

Crops can be full during the day, and then should empty by morning after not eating at night. If the crop is big and hard, it could be impacted with grass or other things that won't go down, or big and balloon-like and squishy, which is called sour crop, and usually do to long-standing impacted crop. You may find better advice on the duck thread here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/threads/add/forumId/42, but here is a crop link about chickens: http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/04/answers-from-chicken-vet-on-impacted.html

 

[kayla4691]

If the swelling is just in the crop area, it may be a full crop, but if it is all around the neck it could be a leaking air sac, or subcutaneous emphysema from a possible injury. It is kind of like a collapsed lung in people. If the duck appears in distress, it can be deflated using an 18 gauge needle under the skin and pushing the air out. If you think that it is from bee stings, then you could use 1/2 of a Benadryl tablet orally. Here is a link to read: http://ijasvm.com/ijasvmadmin/upload/IJASVM_5113cbc51d31b.pdf

hi my duck has this subcutaneous emphysema from a broken rib.. I just want some advice on what to do next. yesterday they leaked the air out and not even 12 hours later he once again swelled up with air under the skin.. so. they gave me 3 options: 1. they could let the air out and send him home and hope he doesn't do it again. 2. they could put a stent and cathedar in him so the air can be released easily if he happened to blow up again. 3. they can do surgery and go and find the hole that is leaking air and then close it and then be done with the problem.. im just worried about any mortality rate and the anesthetic and I really just want some more opinions.. money isn't an issue and because a nice man on facebook offered to cover the vet bill and let me pay him back overtime.. PLEASE GIVE ME ADVICE AND TELL ME WHAT YOU WOULD DO IF THIS WERE YOUR DUCK!