DUCKLING WITH WRY NECK HELP!

[BitsyDUCK]

I ave a 11 day old duck and her wry neck is getting worst not better.... I have been giving her poly-vi-sol drops in scrambled eggs but she seems to be getting worst ... what else can I do.... please help!!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Poly vi sol without iron and 400 IU of vitamin e is usually what is recommended. Prick a vitamin e soft gel and put it over her eggs along with the poly vi sol .
Bless her heart.
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[BitsyDUCK]

Maybe I am not dosaging her right? SHE LOVES the eggs I have hers in separate container for her to eat while the others go crazy lol... yes more pronounced now...

 

[casportpony]

I don't think this is wry neck, I think it's some sort of scoliosis. I actually have one just like it right now, and had one like it a few years ago.

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

@BitsyDUCK, this thread has some info that may be helpful (includes @casportpony's post on scoliosis).

This post by a vet may also be useful.

 

[casportpony]

@BitsyDUCK, this thread has some info that may be helpful (includes @casportpony's post on scoliosis).

This post by a vet may also be useful.

Thanks for finding that!

 

[casportpony]

I can look.... but some told me vitamin e and poly-vi-sol drops

The cattle complex has more thiamin than the drops. It's what I used when I treated one with wry neck.

 

[HollowOfWisps]

For whatever reason I'm just seeing the alert for the tag now, but I agree with the above I would skip the poly-vi-sol and go straight to Durvet's b complex along with the vitamin e capsules and continue the scrambled eggs for selenium. If you compare poly-vi-sol with pretty much any poultry supplement the vitamin content of poly-vi-sol is pretty miniscule. When you are dealing with a deficiency you need to bring out the big guns and poly-vi-sol doesn't even provide the bare minimum recommendation of vitamin levels for treating deficiencies in ducks. That's also most likely why your duckling was getting worse when you were treating only with the poly-vi-sol and eggs. I would also recommend to always keep on hand a comprehensive supplement made specifically for poultry along with poultry specific electrolytes. Dosages made for the species that you are dealing with makes a world of a difference. Also with deficiencies if you are not administering the dosage orally via syringe or injecting you have to absolutely make sure they are getting the full dose. If you pour it on her food she needs to be eating every last drop.

 

[BitsyDUCK]

Okay what do you think? I am not really seeing the neck and head bent like it was?

It just started getting better like yesterday.... with the poultry vitiam mixed with scrambled eggs...

 

[Miss Lydia]

Maybe there is something in here you can use to.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/peking-duckling-with-crooked-neck-help.761308/
selenium is another thing that is recommended but eggs have that in it so that good she loves eggs.