Ducklings attacked by rats!

[Meghan m83]

Late last night about 2:30am i heard my ducklings very distressed in thier coup. I ran out to see what was wrong to find one covered in blood with an apparent broken/dislocated leg. I immediately took her inside to assess her wounds when two minutes later I heard the other two calling for help, I again ran out wondering what was going on, I had initially thought she had become trapped in something and had been struggling to get out which had resulted in her wounds but upon returning to the coup the second time I found one of the two remaining ducklings dead with a deep puncture to her neck, what ever it was had chewed a hole in the floor of the coup and tried to drag her through.
I now have two ducklings left, one is fine with a few minor scrapes but the other has deep punture wounds and an apparent dislocated leg. I stemed the bleeding with cornflour which is a natural blood clotting agent and wrapped her body in a bandage to stop the other duck pecking at her wounds. She was also given 0.3ml of 100mg/5ml baby nurofen for the pain (she is only about a month old and weighs about 11oz) and some water with honey in for the shock. I was in some doubt wether she would survive the night but she's still with us this morning and is drinking and has had a small amount to eat.
They are wild ducklings that were rescued and I've contacted a wildlife rescue centre that will take them but I can't get there till later.
If anyone has any advice on treating the pain or helping her feel more comfortable I'd really appreciate it.
Apologies for the long post and thank you for taking the time to read it.

 

[GodLovesU]

@Jenbirdee

 

[Jenbirdee]

I contacted Miss Lydia she’s a duck expert on here but she’s not able to get online because no Internet right now and this is what she said

 

[Jenbirdee]

@Meghan m83 how are the ducklings today ? Did the rehab get them yet?

 

[Meghan m83]

Thank you so much to everyone who replied to my post.
I have been utterly traumatised by finding them in that state in the middle of the night.
I initially thought a weasel or a stoat aswell but it's definitely rats! There were a whole load of them under the coup. They had eaten through the bottom to get to them!
I demolished it as soon as I could, I found it too upsetting to look at.
I took the two remaining ducklings to the wildlife rehab center. The bigger of the two was fine, getting away with a few minor scrapes but the little female is seriously hurt. They said her leg was dislocated as I suspected but it's back in socket now. Their main concerns are a possible severed tendon to that same leg where they have been biting her and the other deep bite marks leading to infection. They have been keeping me updated and she seems to be recovering well. It looks like it'll be a long term recovery with lots of physio to get that leg moving again but the prognosis is hopefully good. They did say applying the cornflour to stem the bleeding probably saved her life so that's definitely worth remembering.
They are in the best possible place now.
Thanks again for everyone who took the time to read my post and reply.

 

[Meghan m83]

@Meghan m83 how are the ducklings today ? Did the rehab get them yet?

Thank you for your reply. I've attached an update above.

 

[elanski]

Sorry to hear this. Rats killed my Quail, all 5 of them. They couldn't get them out of the enclosure so they stashed them under the little quail house I guess expecting to come back for them. When I arrived in the morning there were 5 little bodies all lined up in a neat row under there. I never used to use rat poison but I have done after that.