Help! Mandarin duckling with gammy leg/foot

[quackiemama]

Yay for Limpy but I am sorry about your other one!

 

[duck-lady]

@Miss Lydia I didn't do anything! I wouldnt say it is healthy but it's a darn sight better than yesterday!

 

[quackiemama]

I hope that little webbed foot gets all healed up

 

[Miss Lydia]

Warm to touch like blood flow is good? Could the little one gotten stepped on? Looks bruised.

 

[duck-lady]

Yesterday there was nothing... In the first pics the ankle is swollen and bruised but the foot was dry, pretty much crispy but since I put him back with the others it is now warmer, hydrated, like all of a sudden the blood flow returned.

So here is a vid of him getting about. Dont judge, there is all sorts around on the floor, as we just finished decorating, and this is just to show you... Although why the PG tips box is on the floor is beyond me.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Is Limpy still dragging his leg an foot.

 

[duck-lady]

Yes he is.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I think to help him recover I’d limit his moving to just some swim time supervised. And get him on a liquid b complex. That will help with muscle strength. And if there is a deficiency it’s usually a niacin one. I swear it looks like an injury to me.Any chance of getting a vet to look at it?

 

[duck-lady]

I concur that it's an injury. As i said i initially started treating it as if it were a break, assuming he got stomped or squished or twisted by the other ducklings. I still think it is a break but since I contacted our local exotic vet to ask a question about pinioning and they didnt even know what I was talking about I really dont hold much confidence in them and worry they would just say to put him down even if it weren't necessary.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Surely they would know how to splint a break. And if they even mentioned putting him down it’s your call not theirs.