Hello.
One of my one-year-old female Indian Runner duck has not been able to walk anymore since this morning at least.
Here she is :
(Her name is Daphnée.)
What happened is...
...3-days-ago, I noticed Daphnée had very slightly ruffled feathers.
I found it to be weird and tought she was hurting, so I monitored her closely... but eventually, since she actually behaved normally and sounded fine, I did not think she had somehing severe, and thus, she needed me to help her in whatever manner...
Nevertheless, I still was watching her. Just in case...
And yesterday, I found something weird on her : some of her tail feathers were curling up. Like if she was turning into a drake - and yes : I know it is possible...
Obviously, I then believed her problem was she was just changing her gender...
(I don't know how the process goes, and if it is painful...?)
...I have drakes, but since they are separated from the girls for the time being, I have wondered if Daphnée was not turning into a drake by some need for dominance...? I have indeed found, during the last months, she is the kind that mates others hens when hormones are out of control...
But nevetheless, I had no time to get used to this idea.
Indeed, a real problem eventually arised yesterday afternoon : Daphnée started to fall over when walking, and then eventually just stopped following her flock in order to rest...
I of course thought she could have a bumblefoot, so, in the evening, I - surprisingly - easily managed to catch and hold her, and then carefully looked at her feet.
And I found she really suffered from bumblefoot underneath her TWO feet...
Since it was late then, I decided to wait for the morning in order to treat her.
And this morning, I found Daphnée almost entirely paralysed : she could not walk anymore, and tended to sit on her legs and/or to flap her wings when she tried to move.
...I don't think her abscesses can cause such difficulties to walk, or even such a behaviour (she is not quacking very much anymore, and even though she is afraid of me, she almost let me catch and hold her...).
...What is her actual problem?
(And is she actually turning into a drake?)
And what do I do?
I sadly can not go to the vet for the time being.
(And no vet means no antibiotics.)
Today is just not possible for me; and even if it was, I have to admit I don't have enough money anymore, given I had recently to pay almost 300 EUROS of vet fees... (for kittens that are not even mines...)
...This morning, I still took the initiative to bath Daphnée in a basin with warm water and Epsom Salt - during 35 minutes exactly.
I then tried to determine where her problem is coming from (apart from her feet), but I just could tell she was not hurting anywhere - or maybe in her vent, since when I touched her vent to see if she was not eggbound, she reacted strongly (but I can not tell if it is because of pain or because of hormones)...?
Bathing her was easy, since even though she was afraid (she was trembling), she did not try - or was not able - to get out of the basin...
And after her bath, I could - still - easily dry her with papers, and then put Cade Oil on her (feet) abscesses - in order to eventually dry them so to remove them when possible...
But what can I do better?
What about the fact she can not walk anymore...?
I am keeping her isolated in a run for now, so she has no other choice than to rest...
(And I put Baked Soda in her water, just in case it could help her...)
(...And just to say : I really don't know if she is still laying.)
One of my one-year-old female Indian Runner duck has not been able to walk anymore since this morning at least.
Here she is :
(Her name is Daphnée.)
What happened is...
...3-days-ago, I noticed Daphnée had very slightly ruffled feathers.
I found it to be weird and tought she was hurting, so I monitored her closely... but eventually, since she actually behaved normally and sounded fine, I did not think she had somehing severe, and thus, she needed me to help her in whatever manner...
Nevertheless, I still was watching her. Just in case...
And yesterday, I found something weird on her : some of her tail feathers were curling up. Like if she was turning into a drake - and yes : I know it is possible...
Obviously, I then believed her problem was she was just changing her gender...
(I don't know how the process goes, and if it is painful...?)
...I have drakes, but since they are separated from the girls for the time being, I have wondered if Daphnée was not turning into a drake by some need for dominance...? I have indeed found, during the last months, she is the kind that mates others hens when hormones are out of control...
But nevetheless, I had no time to get used to this idea.
Indeed, a real problem eventually arised yesterday afternoon : Daphnée started to fall over when walking, and then eventually just stopped following her flock in order to rest...
I of course thought she could have a bumblefoot, so, in the evening, I - surprisingly - easily managed to catch and hold her, and then carefully looked at her feet.
And I found she really suffered from bumblefoot underneath her TWO feet...
Since it was late then, I decided to wait for the morning in order to treat her.
And this morning, I found Daphnée almost entirely paralysed : she could not walk anymore, and tended to sit on her legs and/or to flap her wings when she tried to move.
...I don't think her abscesses can cause such difficulties to walk, or even such a behaviour (she is not quacking very much anymore, and even though she is afraid of me, she almost let me catch and hold her...).
...What is her actual problem?
(And is she actually turning into a drake?)
And what do I do?
I sadly can not go to the vet for the time being.
(And no vet means no antibiotics.)
Today is just not possible for me; and even if it was, I have to admit I don't have enough money anymore, given I had recently to pay almost 300 EUROS of vet fees... (for kittens that are not even mines...)
...This morning, I still took the initiative to bath Daphnée in a basin with warm water and Epsom Salt - during 35 minutes exactly.
I then tried to determine where her problem is coming from (apart from her feet), but I just could tell she was not hurting anywhere - or maybe in her vent, since when I touched her vent to see if she was not eggbound, she reacted strongly (but I can not tell if it is because of pain or because of hormones)...?
Bathing her was easy, since even though she was afraid (she was trembling), she did not try - or was not able - to get out of the basin...
And after her bath, I could - still - easily dry her with papers, and then put Cade Oil on her (feet) abscesses - in order to eventually dry them so to remove them when possible...
But what can I do better?
What about the fact she can not walk anymore...?
I am keeping her isolated in a run for now, so she has no other choice than to rest...
(And I put Baked Soda in her water, just in case it could help her...)
(...And just to say : I really don't know if she is still laying.)
