duckling "throwing up"?

[quackkquack__]

So I didn't really know where to put this forum but I need help with my little duckling, Newt.

Hes currently on the way to being 4 weeks old (in 2 more days) and yesterday while he was was swimming, he kept opening his mouth and acting as if he were about to throw up. Turns out, he did. Well, kind of. He spit out a small piece of pine shaving.
He kept doing the motion a few times and it seemed like he had gotten more of it up but right as he was about to spit it out, he swallowed it again. After a few minutes of doing that again and not getting anything up, he resumed playing in the bathtub and acting fine.
Today, he went swimming again and he did the same thing but he didn't get anything up as he swallowed it again, He did have saliva (I'm assuming--) dripping a bit from his mouth.
He does get pine shavings in his food and water, mostly his water.
He kicks it into his food so I raised his food and hes only gotten maybe 3-4 pieces in it but that's about it. In his water though, he likes to pick up pine shavings then dip his beak in the water and the pine shavings go into the water before he begins to drink..

My main concern is how to help him get the pine shavings out of him (if he still has it stuck in him, which I'm assuming so..) and what to do about his bedding.
Thanks! ^^

 

[Aunt Angus]

So I didn't really know where to put this forum but I need help with my little duckling, Newt.

Hes currently on the way to being 4 weeks old (in 2 more days) and yesterday while he was was swimming, he kept opening his mouth and acting as if he were about to throw up. Turns out, he did. Well, kind of. He spit out a small piece of pine shaving.
He kept doing the motion a few times and it seemed like he had gotten more of it up but right as he was about to spit it out, he swallowed it again. After a few minutes of doing that again and not getting anything up, he resumed playing in the bathtub and acting fine.
Today, he went swimming again and he did the same thing but he didn't get anything up as he swallowed it again, He did have saliva (I'm assuming--) dripping a bit from his mouth.
He does get pine shavings in his food and water, mostly his water.
He kicks it into his food so I raised his food and hes only gotten maybe 3-4 pieces in it but that's about it. In his water though, he likes to pick up pine shavings then dip his beak in the water and the pine shavings go into the water before he begins to drink..

My main concern is how to help him get the pine shavings out of him (if he still has it stuck in him, which I'm assuming so..) and what to do about his bedding.
Thanks! ^^

Does he have access to grit? If not, you might want to give him some. Grit will help break up whatever is in his crop. Ducks get into everythinggggg...

 

[BelovedBirds]

So I didn't really know where to put this forum but I need help with my little duckling, Newt.

Hes currently on the way to being 4 weeks old (in 2 more days) and yesterday while he was was swimming, he kept opening his mouth and acting as if he were about to throw up. Turns out, he did. Well, kind of. He spit out a small piece of pine shaving.
He kept doing the motion a few times and it seemed like he had gotten more of it up but right as he was about to spit it out, he swallowed it again. After a few minutes of doing that again and not getting anything up, he resumed playing in the bathtub and acting fine.
Today, he went swimming again and he did the same thing but he didn't get anything up as he swallowed it again, He did have saliva (I'm assuming--) dripping a bit from his mouth.
He does get pine shavings in his food and water, mostly his water.
He kicks it into his food so I raised his food and hes only gotten maybe 3-4 pieces in it but that's about it. In his water though, he likes to pick up pine shavings then dip his beak in the water and the pine shavings go into the water before he begins to drink..

My main concern is how to help him get the pine shavings out of him (if he still has it stuck in him, which I'm assuming so..) and what to do about his bedding.
Thanks! ^^

does he have 24/7 access to food and water still? Does he have access to chick grit?

 

[quackkquack__]

Does he have access to grit? If not, you might want to give him some. Grit will help break up whatever is in his crop. Ducks get into everythinggggg...

Hes currently on Dumor Chick Starter/Grower, slowly being transferred over to some adult food.

 

[quackkquack__]

does he have 24/7 access to food and water still? Does he have access to chick grit?

Yes he has access to his food and water 24/7.
Hes still currently on Dumor Chick Starter/Grower, slowly being transferred over to his adult food.

 

[Aunt Angus]

What about grit?

 

[quackkquack__]

What about grit?

No, he doesn't have grit.

 

[Aunt Angus]

No, he doesn't have grit.

I'd get that going asap. Unless he's outside already. If he is, he can get grit from the dirt, etc.

 

[BelovedBirds]

No, he doesn't have grit.

I would try some grit then, some chick grit, not adult grit. If you cant get any soon, I'd just offer him a tray with some dirt and nice very small stones from outdoors. That will hopefully help him to digest any eaten wood shavings and prevent them from causing any block.

 

[quackkquack__]

Hey, again with Newt.
He currently is growing wing feathers and one of his wings is sticking up.
His wing is tucked in but the tip of it is sticking up, it's been like that for almost a week now (I think ever since he started growing wing feathers)
I've tried to tuck it back in but he just takes it right back out, here are some pictures (not really good pictures because he was swimming at the time--)

And I have one question concerning eggs. We are going to pick up call duck eggs today (so they aren't being shipped) and I was wondering if I needed to store them for 24 hours before putting them in the incubator? I wasn't sure if you just did this with shipped eggs or what--