Help! Ducks attacked by mink!

[Lukemjm]

I found the dosing info:
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Can you give it to her orally?

Thank you! She should be able to take it orally, she has been drinking a little when I give her water .

 

[casportpony]

I'm thinking you need to give it to her with a syringe.

 

[Lukemjm]

This medication is powder and comes in packs that are 500 mg.

Sorry, I misremembered, they are 200mg packets. But yes they are powder. I dissolved one packet into one quart of water, which would be around .25g/L which is what was laid out in the spreadsheet, but she won't be able to drink close to all of it. Should I make a more concentrated solution and feed it to her with a syringe?

 

[Lukemjm]

I'm thinking you need to give it to her with a syringe.

Which dosing should I use from the chart for this? The water one? 500mg per gallon?

 

[Lukemjm]

Poop update from Carmella:
The bright green, and the dark clump are fresh. The brownish stuff is old.

 

[Lukemjm]

Carmella is still moaning and dropped over, but her temperature has gone down back to normal in the last 3 hours and she is no longer producing mucus. It is well past bedtime for both me and the ducks. I will see how they are doing in the morning. Laid down fresh pine shavings for them, put some mushy food out for them, and gave them good night pats. I hope they will be ok in the morning, but at this point I am coming to terms with saying goodbye at least to one of them. But we will see. All I can do now is hope and pray.

Thanks everyone for all your help .

 

[Texag87]

Do not give up hope. You and your duckies still have the power of BYC prayer going for you. I never thought Rou would make it through the first night.

 

[Miss Lydia]

@Lukemjm hows Carmella this morning?

 

[DuckyDonna]

I have some vitamins for their water, I've been putting that in there. And I entirely rebuilt the duck run, with a wood floor and no holes, nothing that can be dug through. The biggest holes are the chicken wire which I've heard some small weasles can squeeze through. New coop as well, with no gaps or holes bigger than 1/4".

Also got a trap for the varmint and I'm going to put that out tonight.

You need hardware cloth instead of chicken wire on the coop!

 

[DuckyDonna]

I cannot think of the word for it but do you have one of those things that a needle attaches to to inject medication? It might be time to dissolve a tablet and force it down her. I really feel sorry for your duck and you.

It's a catheter tip syringe that you need or a luer lock catheter should work. Maybe if you go to a pharmacy they can help you. Do you have any small tubing like you'd use in an aquarium? That might work too if you could shove it onto a syringe.