Help my duck is having seizures!!!

[ThePaulsRanch]

My duckling was having as terrible seizures, like above video. But so many and so often, a few of her pin feathers started to bleed. Someone on here suggested super B vitamin for humans. Crush up the whole pill in a gallon of water, and give for 3 days. Then cut back to a half or a fourth of the pill in a gallon of water for another 3 days. Well, within 15 hours of my duckling receiving this, she has had only a few seizures, compared to one every 5 minutes!

 

[CarolinaQuackers]

Not sure if this will work but this is a video my husband took for me while I was at work to give you an idea of what's going on

Our black cayuga is having a similiar instance of seizures lately too. I don't know if she got into something, or what. It lasts a minute and her head shakes around, but all the other ducks crowd around her and quack at her to calm her down. We are trying to figure out what is happening too!

 

[Miss Lydia]

How old is she? what do you feed them including supplements and how long has this been going on?

@CayugaJana

 

[CarolinaQuackers]

She is 11 weeks old, going on 12. She is a black cayuga duck, and she eats the same as the rest of the ducks. Brewers yeast supplement, occasional peas, sweet potatoes, occasional sprulina powder and frozen corn. They forage too. She is the only one doing it. I would say it's been going on for about a week. She tosses her head back and forth and yesterday she fell over backwards flat. After about 30 sec she's done! Tired, but she acts normal. Sure scares me and my kids though.

How old is she? what do you feed them including supplements and how long has this been going on?

@CayugaJana

 

[CarolinaQuackers]

Ok, so she just had another one. She was on her back this time lying still. She won't eat or drink. Please Help! She is up walking, but won't do anything else. Should I separate her from the others? Feed her with an eyedropper?

 

[Miss Lydia]

They aren't getting any type of feed? They need to be eating a balanced diet of grains. Not just fruits and veggies and what they are getting in foraging. Plus for now put her one a liquid B Complex to go with a complete feed like Purina Flock Raiser crumbles. You can get the liquid B at TSC in the cattle dept. it will say injectable but is given to our birds orally. If she isn't eating then you'll have syringe this into her bill slowly so she swallows after each time so she doesn't aspirate. 1ml daily. Try to get her to eat by mixing warm water into her feed. I'd keep her separated but where they can all see each other. Stress can cause seizures also so the less stress she is under the better. Make sure she doesn't have an open container of water close she could drown when having a seizure.

 

[CayugaJana]

Go get the b complex from your feed store or tractor supply. Give it to her immediately. It should help her. If you are not giving them any type of feed, it’s likely the reason she’s having seizures. She’s not getting a balanced enough diet. Let us know how’s she’s doing after you get some of the b complex in her.

 

[CarolinaQuackers]

They aren't getting any type of feed? They need to be eating a balanced diet of grains. Not just fruits and veggies and what they are getting in foraging. Plus for now put her one a liquid B Complex to go with a complete feed like Purina Flock Raiser crumbles. You can get the liquid B at TSC in the cattle dept. it will say injectable but is given to our birds orally. If she isn't eating then you'll have syringe this into her bill slowly so she swallows after each time so she doesn't aspirate. 1ml daily. Try to get her to eat by mixing warm water into her feed. I'd keep her separated but where they can all see each other. Stress can cause seizures also so the less stress she is under the better. Make sure she doesn't have an open container of water close she could drown when having a seizure.

Oh, YES they are on a flock raiser crumble. I'm saying today we noticed she will not eat. I have given her 1 ml of Vit B and she just looks like shes in a daze. She did play in the pool, but she won't eat. We will mix her food with water and syringe it in then. I am hoping she comes out of this!!

THanks for your advice!!

 

[CarolinaQuackers]

Oh, she also acts like she cant open her mouth. She hasn't quacked either in the last hour.

 

[CayugaJana]

Hopefully by tomorrow she will be acting a little better. If she won’t eat, syringe feeding is a good idea.