Help !! Duck acting like she needs to puke

[nuthatched]

Her crop feels her empty, squishy, and kind of like a balloon. She normally eats pellets and we give the meal worms and vegetable scraps as treats. She has also lost a concerning amount of weight recently.

Ever wormed them?

 

[HappyLttlHens5]

Ever wormed them?

We have given them diatomaceous earth as well as apple cider vinegar, pumpkin seeds, and garlic before as natural wormers. We gave them garlic this past week.

 

[nuthatched]

We have given them diatomaceous earth as well as apple cider vinegar, pumpkin seeds, and garlic before as natural wormers. We gave them garlic this past week.

None of things are dewormers, and garlic is actually toxic to animals, especially birds and cats.
Diotomaeceous Earth will hurt you and your birds respiratory systems.

 

[HappyLttlHens5]

None of things are dewormers, and garlic is actually toxic to animals, especially birds and cats.
Diotomaeceous Earth will hurt you and your birds respiratory systems.

Chickens can eat garlic as part of a healthy diet and it can actually help repel parasites and worms. We have put garlic in their water many times before and it never hurt them. But I don't think she has worms. diatomaceous earth can also help treat external parasites in chickens. I think it might be a respiratory infection, but I don't know how to treat that.

 

[nuthatched]

Chickens can eat garlic as part of a healthy diet and it can actually help repel parasites and worms. We have put garlic in their water many times before and it never hurt them. But I don't think she has worms. diatomaceous earth can also help treat external parasites in chickens. I think it might be a respiratory infection, but I don't know how to treat that.

I'm sorry but that is false, it takes 5% of the body weight of garlic to cause toxicity, and much more than that to even harm worms. By that time, the birds will be suffering from anemia, brain damage and possibly dead
D.E is completely ineffective as a dewormer.
If think it a respiratory infection, you'll need tylan, an antibiotic.

 

[HappyLttlHens5]

Thank you for your advice. Sadly, she passed away this morning. I will use your advice if this ever happens again in the future.