HELP my duckling is floping and cant stand up! URGENT HELP.

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Miss Lydia said:
Trying to get up is a good sign and drinking water is another good one. If he hit his head or you hit him accidently with the net his neck could be sprained And can most likely heal if given time. But listen chasing ducklings/ducks is not good for them their little legs aren't meant for running and can cause serious injury. I'd suggest you make somekind of fenced area for them so when time to go back inside you can calmly herd them into a corner very slowly or offer some kind of yummy treat and teach them to come to you then gently pick them up one at a time and back into the bin Dog Xpens are nice or plastic poultry fencing from Lowes is very easy to put up and makes a nice fenced area for ducklings to play in. How is the lil one holding it's neck?
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he is still not moving his neck. What and how will I feed him. I have faith that he will survive. We moved him inside.
 
adroit14 said:
he is still not moving his neck. What and how will I feed him. I have faith that he will survive. We moved him inside.
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Good for you he needs to be in a quiet spot where there isn't alot of noise so he can rest and recoup. if the little one is drinking why not take a bit of feed and put some warm water on it and make like a watery gruel and see if that interests him. Not much just a little to start but the lil one needs to eat. How is he holding his neck is it laying down on the floor where is it's head and neck what position?

We have no idea how long to heal since we don't know exactly what happened. Maybe by tomorrow or maybe days.
 
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Miss Lydia said:
Good for you he needs to be in a quiet spot where there isn't alot of noise so he can rest and recoup. if the little one is drinking why not take a bit of feed and put some warm water on it and make like a watery gruel and see if that interests him. Not much just a little to start but the lil one needs to eat. How is he holding his neck is it laying down on the floor where is it's head and neck what position?

We have no idea how long to heal since we don't know exactly what happened. Maybe by tomorrow or maybe days.
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His neck is laying on the doughnut. Is he in pain. If he is, will asprin help. Silly question, I know im just asking.
 
adroit14 said:
His neck is laying on the doughnut. Is he in pain. If he is, will asprin help. Silly question, I know im just asking.
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Agreeing with what @Amiga said. You don't know if the duck is in pain, so don't give it any kind of things like aspirin unless a vet advises you to do that. Without getting too far down in the weeds on this, aspirin is in a class of drugs that cause blood thinning, which can mean bleeding easily. Try to keep him comfortable and see how it goes without the aspirin.
 

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