HELP! Harlequin duck's bottom is dragging

[kmanndel]

I have a Welsh Harlequin duck that is at least 5 months old and stays in a fenced in area with another Welsh Harlequin, two Runners, a Mallard, a Khaki Campbell, and a Peking duck. We noticed today that one of the Welsh Harlequins is having a hard time getting up and walking. Her bottom is dragging and using her wings to basically glide over the grass to help her walk. I did notice the Mallard who's a year old try to mate with her. Could he have caused back problems? It looks like she's in pain too.

 

[Isaac 0]

What kind of diet do you feed the ducks?
Could you post a picture or a video of the duck?
Could you grab the duck, and palpate the abdominal area, and note if it feels hard, soft, watery?
Any pictures of her droppings?
It may be best to move her into an area protected from the other birds with feed, and water provided until we can get a better handle on what is going on with her.

 

[kmanndel]

What kind of diet do you feed the ducks?
Could you post a picture or a video of the duck?
Could you grab the duck, and palpate the abdominal area, and note if it feels hard, soft, watery?
Any pictures of her droppings?
It may be best to move her into an area protected from the other birds with feed, and water provided until we can get a better handle on what is going on with her.

What kind of diet do you feed the ducks?
Could you post a picture or a video of the duck?
Could you grab the duck, and palpate the abdominal area, and note if it feels hard, soft, watery?
Any pictures of her droppings?
It may be best to move her into an area protected from the other birds with feed, and water provided until we can get a better handle on what is going on with he

What kind of diet do you feed the ducks?
Could you post a picture or a video of the duck?
Could you grab the duck, and palpate the abdominal area, and note if it feels hard, soft, watery?
Any pictures of her droppings?
It may be best to move her into an area protected from the other birds with feed, and water provided until we can get a better handle on what is going on with her.

I have a video but I don’t know how to upload it. I have her in a cage with our Peking duck that has brain/spine issues. I have some food and water in there. They get medicated food with Niacin.

 

[Miss Lydia]

You’ll need to upload your video onto you tube or Vimeo then copy and paste here.

 

[kmanndel]

Here’s a photo for the time being

 

[kmanndel]

What kind of diet do you feed the ducks?
Could you post a picture or a video of the duck?
Could you grab the duck, and palpate the abdominal area, and note if it feels hard, soft, watery?
Any pictures of her droppings?
It may be best to move her into an area protected from the other birds with feed, and water provided until we can get a better handle on what is going on with her.

Her abdomen felt completely fine when I went to pick her up to put her in the cage.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Is isn't laying yet?

 

[kmanndel]

Is isn't laying yet?

Correction: She's only 3 months old so isn't she too young to start laying?

 

[Miss Lydia]

At 3 months I'd say yes. She def needs protected from a drake too. No mating until laying age.
Any chance she got into something toxic, plant-animal, bug?
You didn't say what your feeding including treats and are you supplementing with niacin if so what kind?

 

[kmanndel]

At 3 months I'd say yes. She def needs protected from a drake too. No mating until laying age.
Any chance she got into something toxic, plant-animal, bug?
You didn't say what your feeding including treats and are you supplementing with niacin if so what kind?

How old is mating age? We only have 1 drake and that would be the one trying to mate with her. The other drake is special needs.
I don't know what feed they're given but we do put Niacin in it. I'll have to talk to my dad about the feed he gives them.
I also don't think she got into anything toxic, the other 6 ducks would probably sick too.