So my three ducks are doing quite well, but I just got a 4th mallard duckling that somebody didn't want anymore. S/He's been solitary from pretty early on, since they had no other baby ducks, and the bigger ducks would go after the baby. Currently he's staying in my room now that my trio are outside in their hutch at night. Baby is doing pretty well, eats and drinks, sleeps, and is getting in his feathers.
He's a bit scruffy looking, and when I got him he had some cracks or scratches on the bottoms of his feet. Most have healed up already after just having him a week, but the pads/soles/what would you call those? of his feet have what looks like deep cuts or cracks, and are crusted with a yellowy mass. For anyone familiar with reptiles, it looks like mouth rot, just on his feet. It doesn't look like bumblefoot based on what I searched here, but I wasn't sure what else to look for.
I've been putting neosporin on his feet 1-2 times a day, trying to keep his pen as clean as possible (I swear he poos twice as often as any of my three did), and I'm glad it's improved as much as it has, it just doesn't look like the pads are getting better. Any suggestions would be helpful. I've also given him the apple cider vinegar water mixture once, just because he seems very scruffy and not the healthiest duckling ever.
Another issue is that my three keep trying to attack the baby if they can. When he's outside he's in a wire rabbit pen just out of reach so they can't get ahold of him through the fencing, but he does seem to enjoy their company. He's not really bonded with people at all, and while he'll sit for a while and take peas from me, he panics whenever I approach his pen, he bites and wiggles if picked up, and he'll take off at a dead run if I let him. Which made for quite the fiasco when he got away from me and my three were out in the yard. I had to chase him down before my ducks could catch him, and they were trying.
Well that got kind of long, but any tips or comments are welcome! I can get a picture of his feet if that would help, I just dont have one on hand at the moment.
He's a bit scruffy looking, and when I got him he had some cracks or scratches on the bottoms of his feet. Most have healed up already after just having him a week, but the pads/soles/what would you call those? of his feet have what looks like deep cuts or cracks, and are crusted with a yellowy mass. For anyone familiar with reptiles, it looks like mouth rot, just on his feet. It doesn't look like bumblefoot based on what I searched here, but I wasn't sure what else to look for.
I've been putting neosporin on his feet 1-2 times a day, trying to keep his pen as clean as possible (I swear he poos twice as often as any of my three did), and I'm glad it's improved as much as it has, it just doesn't look like the pads are getting better. Any suggestions would be helpful. I've also given him the apple cider vinegar water mixture once, just because he seems very scruffy and not the healthiest duckling ever.
Another issue is that my three keep trying to attack the baby if they can. When he's outside he's in a wire rabbit pen just out of reach so they can't get ahold of him through the fencing, but he does seem to enjoy their company. He's not really bonded with people at all, and while he'll sit for a while and take peas from me, he panics whenever I approach his pen, he bites and wiggles if picked up, and he'll take off at a dead run if I let him. Which made for quite the fiasco when he got away from me and my three were out in the yard. I had to chase him down before my ducks could catch him, and they were trying.
Well that got kind of long, but any tips or comments are welcome! I can get a picture of his feet if that would help, I just dont have one on hand at the moment.
The splits look smoother with less buildup, though he had to get neosporin put on his bill as well after he freaked out and tried to get out through the bars of his pen. Matching skinned marks under either nostril. :/ Poor baby. 
