Egg bound duck?

[storiesandglass]

Also I have Tums

 

[storiesandglass]

Does this info apply to ducks as well?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/egg-binding-symptoms-treatment-and-prevention.66978/

 

[Miss Lydia]

Yes it does . Is she eating and drinking? Do you have a small syringe ? You could either put the liquid cal over a small amount of treats or give it to her in a syringe .without a needle. @casportpony can show you in a pic how to use a syringe to give her calcium by mouth .

 

[casportpony]

Okay, I'm out of calcium pills but I do have a bottle of this liquid Cal/Mag - http://www.herbalhealer.com/cal-mag/

Could this work?

" 1 tablespoon - Calcium Carbonate - 600 mg, Magnesium - 300 mg, Vitamin D (calciferol) - 120 IU and Phosporus (calcium) – 50 mg."

That will work. How much does she weigh?

 

[casportpony]

Also I have Tums

That could also be used, though they are big, so they have to be quartered. How many mg's are they?

 

[storiesandglass]

I can confirm that she IS drinking, she's been right next to the water drinking. She just squirted very watery white poop. Good or bad sign?

@casportpony - the Tums are 750mg

 

[casportpony]

I can confirm that she IS drinking, she's been right next to the water drinking.

Drinking is good!

She just squirted very watery white poop. Good or bad sign?

Can you post a picture of it?

@casportpony - the Tums are 750mg

How much does she weigh?

 

[Miss Lydia]

@storiesandglass any updates on you duck?

 

[storiesandglass]

Updates:

On Friday we gave her a quarter of a crushed up TUMS and I sprinkled some on their food (thanks for the advice here and on other threads I dug through) and a warm epsom salt bath and tried to use coconut oil to lube up the cloaca and help her out, at the advice of a local friend - I think the coconut oil amount may have been a bit overkill though and her tail feathers don't seem to be drying out, anyone know anything there?? I'm worried I've stripped her natural oils or something some how - her poor undercarriage is soggy. #thisiswhywecanthavenicethings

Yesterday she seemed a bit perkier, she's been keeping up with the others a little better but she's still slow. She is definitely eating and drinking still... we used triple antibiotic around/inside the cloaca but still nothing.

No egg this morning but the swelling does seem to have gone down a bit.

Pics from last night, sorry they aren't the best quality:



Is it possible this is something OTHER than an egg-bound duck and I've just poked and prodded and irritated this girl for nothing? :-/

 

[Miss Lydia]

How do you know if she has laid if she is in with the others? It could be an infection EYP or something else only way to know for sure would be a vet maybe an X-ray blood work examine? You can try just letting her bathe as often as she like or molting will take care of the oil on her feathers you could try washing off the ones that are Oily with ACV just those that are oily then she’ll oil them up with her own oil . There is also astites when fluid build up inside the abdomen but again no way of knowing for sure.