Fox attacked my duck! PLEASE HELP!!!

[Haunted55]

Yes please let us know how they are doing. and Welcome to the forum and BYC.

Xs 2!

 

[62491]

For an update:
Now it is day 18 after the attack. Each day we could see progress, although just a little.
This is how we (my husband and I) cared for them:
We would soak their bodies in an Epsom salt solution for 15 minutes 2x a day for the 1st few days or when we could smell infection brewing. After force feeding with an eyedropper, eventually they started eating and drinking on their own. We continued with the raw egg solution for about the 1st 5 days, then switched to cracked corn. We did have to leave them during the day because we do work. They didn't move, except for their head so we put their water and food right by them so they could reach it without needing to move their bodies, just their head and neck. We would prop their bodies with a rolled towel so they didn't roll over too much. This went on for about 2 weeks and because they weren't moving, except for their head, we started to re-think our decision about not putting them down. We were discouraged. Days 12-14, we thought putting them out in their pen with the other ducks might motivate them to move about which did. Inside their pen (which is a large dog kennel) we put them in a dog cage inside their kennel. We found the other ducks would attack them due to their injuries so they would need to be separated. We monitored them closely to make sure they could reach the food and water inside their dog cage. The next morning, all the sudden they started standing but stayed in the same spot. Then day after, they started walking but very difficult, each day moving better. The one that was injured the most was moving so well, we put him out with the other ducks, but only for about an hour and progressed each day. We would only allow him out while we were right there because the other ducks would attack. Now he is out running with the group full time. The other one seems to have a broken wing so he is still inside the dog cage but standing, not moving around much, but is moving. During the day when the other ducks are out of the kennel, we open the dog cage to allow him to have the full space of the kennel. We let him outside yesterday with the others, but the ducks attacked him so he isn't ready yet. The same vet we called, (the one prescribed wine for the ducks) came out for a lame horse. He said, the duck with the broken wing didn't need to be set because he was able to hold the wing in place, it just dropped down a little. A happy almost ending.
Just remember:
So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Hope this helps. I better get to work.

 

[Miss Lydia]

For an update:
Now it is day 18 after the attack. Each day we could see progress, although just a little.
This is how we (my husband and I) cared for them:
We would soak their bodies in an Epsom salt solution for 15 minutes 2x a day for the 1st few days or when we could smell infection brewing. After force feeding with an eyedropper, eventually they started eating and drinking on their own. We continued with the raw egg solution for about the 1st 5 days, then switched to cracked corn. We did have to leave them during the day because we do work. They didn't move, except for their head so we put their water and food right by them so they could reach it without needing to move their bodies, just their head and neck. We would prop their bodies with a rolled towel so they didn't roll over too much. This went on for about 2 weeks and because they weren't moving, except for their head, we started to re-think our decision about not putting them down. We were discouraged. Days 12-14, we thought putting them out in their pen with the other ducks might motivate them to move about which did. Inside their pen (which is a large dog kennel) we put them in a dog cage inside their kennel. We found the other ducks would attack them due to their injuries so they would need to be separated. We monitored them closely to make sure they could reach the food and water inside their dog cage. The next morning, all the sudden they started standing but stayed in the same spot. Then day after, they started walking but very difficult, each day moving better. The one that was injured the most was moving so well, we put him out with the other ducks, but only for about an hour and progressed each day. We would only allow him out while we were right there because the other ducks would attack. Now he is out running with the group full time. The other one seems to have a broken wing so he is still inside the dog cage but standing, not moving around much, but is moving. During the day when the other ducks are out of the kennel, we open the dog cage to allow him to have the full space of the kennel. We let him outside yesterday with the others, but the ducks attacked him so he isn't ready yet. The same vet we called, (the one prescribed wine for the ducks) came out for a lame horse. He said, the duck with the broken wing didn't need to be set because he was able to hold the wing in place, it just dropped down a little. A happy almost ending.
Just remember:
So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Hope this helps. I better get to work.

So happy to hear you went the extra mile, Bless you. and how pleased you must be to see them almost fully recovered. Wonderful news. and thank you for telling us how it all came about.

 

[Haunted55]

I agree Miss L, it is nice to have an update to a thread and I too am so glad there is improvement of this kind!