DUCKS!! HELP!!!

[Rcc956]

Hello! As a new duck owner, I don't have a lot of knowledge so I may be wrong. But my 6 weeks old duck started having those symptoms: seizures, imbalance, and the wheezing, after those she stopped eating completely. When I took her to the vet we got an x-ray and we found out that she ate a metal. The toxicity of the metal could be the cause of seizures and weakness in a waterfowl; if you think that it may be the case, you could buy a catheter syringe and feed your ducklings some peanut butter give them a lot of water, it worked with mine the seizures stopped and we could save her without the original treatment for it (the vet didn't have the injections).

Either way, good luck! I hope your babies get better

 

[Isaac 0]

Hello! As a new duck owner, I don't have a lot of knowledge so I may be wrong. But my 6 weeks old duck started having those symptoms: seizures, imbalance, and the wheezing, after those she stopped eating completely. When I took her to the vet we got an x-ray and we found out that she ate a metal. The toxicity of the metal could be the cause of seizures and weakness in a waterfowl; if you think that it may be the case, you could buy a catheter syringe and feed your ducklings some peanut butter give them a lot of water, it worked with mine the seizures stopped and we could save her without the original treatment for it (the vet didn't have the injections).

Either way, good luck! I hope your babies get better

According to the OP, the birds in question, haven't been exposed to anything toxic.

 

[casportpony]

you could buy a catheter syringe and feed your ducklings some peanut butter give them a lot of water,

I agree with lots of water, but Kaytee Exact baby bird food is probably better than peanut butter.

 

[MaryThoreson]

I have been putting small amounts of grit in their food. I worry about getting too much.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Put the grit in a separate bowl they only use it when needed. They don’t need to have them everyday in there feed.