Hey everyone, I'm Chelsea and this a photo of my (about a month old) mouscvy duckling iv named lily.
My boyfriend lives on a sheep farm, and they are trying their luck breeding moscuvies for meat! This is thier first ugh littler? Ducklings? Cluster? I don't really know what you would call all the babies.
So yesterday we came home from camping and noticed my little girl lily stuck in a fence with feathers missing and blood, after freeing her I realised it wasn't the fence that has caused the injuries but I think the drake has pecked her and made a bloody mess. I instanly rang my vet and explained I couldn't take her into them as they wouldn't spend money on her when she's obly worth $15. They gave me some advice on how to clean her up and if I could see all edges on the wound she wouldn't need to be taken in. I cleaned her with a very diluted betadine and water mix ( a very weak tea colour) her woulda look like a big blood blister and iv been cleaning three times a day! (Snice yesterday morning) after the first clean I noticed flies had already got to her and laid maggots, I instantly called my vet back and they said I could use the stuff people use for fly blown sheep but at my own risk as they have no feed back on it. I dabbed the smallest amount over it and gentle squeezed out any maggots I could see.
Today they gave her to me to look after and keep her as a pet if she survives.
Iv made up my old rabbit hutch, with plenty of straw a 30cm tray with 2cm of water and plenty of duckling food, I have covered it in fly screen mesh to stop more flies getting to her. She's eating pooping and swimming around normaly! I have noticed today she has a sore leg, won't walk very far and limps, but nothing feels broken!
So basicly im asking for all the advice I can get in helping with her care, and rasing her.
Also can anyone help with stopping maggots? And how long will her feathers take to grow back? Cheers in advance everyone
