hi, well i'm not sure and there is really no vet around, so folks that i have asked suggested everything from lack of nutrients, non-visible injury, worms, bacteria, toxin from the pond being so low this summer, .....I've been able to hopefully correctly rule out anything that would include/display respiratory, also her wings are not hanging or splayed when she sits, she is preening, eating, drinking, and seems to appreciate tepid bath time, so we thought that we would do a flush for 3 days, i'm using a quality pro-biotic, I will call around to perhaps get some tylosin, have some on hand asap, this morning we thought that we would offer her (and him) some lightly steamed (well soaked overnight) organic steel cut oats, along with some banana, kale, their mash, a good sprinkle of nutritional yeast......does this sound all ok? Thought about separating her, just to give her complete individual attention and space, no mating happening, and actually Ronnie is being a good friend to her, waiting until she eats a little before his beak barges in, and sleeping closer by than usual, he does occasionally and very gently nip at her feathers just to get her up and walking.......It's a big learning curve to NOT have vet's andall the medicine one might need to help, right on hand....thanks for helping lila and us thru this!
we really do.thank you so much! ok, I will also follow the directions for the electrolytes......the fermented food sounds like something we would be very interested in learning more about for them too. it's just about 7am here right now, I will ask a friend/neighbour to get a short video and poop photos tdy...........asap
ok great, lila laid an egg and kept walking the first day she arrived, then during the summer of 2016 she laid another 4-5 eggs she made her nest in a comfy corner etc, but paid no attention to the egg(s) after she laid it, it was a good egg (S) then this spring and summer she laid another 6-7 over a few weeks, prepared nested in early morning, laid the egg and then wanted to go out foraging and swimming.....last couple were very rubbery....
lila (white Muscovy) is quite uninterested in greens, over the past 2 yrs we managed to find some here and there that she'll eat in small quantities, our drake friend eats alot more, is organic tofu ok for them as well, it is one of the foods that she loves, and will eat in addition to mash. She has had a good swim in bathtub and is now resting in a crate in the bathroom for a while, a friend said they will come by this afternoon to take photos etc... but here's my report, lila seems to use her legs well in water to turn, and her neck muscles all seem ok, and when I lifted her out of the tub, she stood ok and started preening, still standing, it was when she started to take a step towards the crate that she went down, I helped her to stand again, she was fine, I put her closer to the crate, so she just had to lift a leg over the edge into the crate, when she did this she went down, no longer pitching forward like the first day, but straight down quickly. Once inside the crate she stood to continue cleaning/preening/drinking.....her eyes are bright she alert....her poop in greenish mostly right now (in the bath water)......could this be an accumulated lack of nutrients? (she does eat peas, a little bit of berries, and lots of foraging around pond until winter)
