help needed I found a wild duck and I think her leg is broken

[duckie228]

I apologize I am new at this, but I live in an area where we have ducks all over the place. I friend of mine was telling me when she was leaving for work she noticed one of her ducky teenagers was laying underneath a tree not moving much. I told her I would check it out on my way home. Sure enough the duck was still there, and when i approached her she was laying down with her foot extended out form under her body, of course got scared but could not run just flopped around. I picked her up she was covered in ants and brought her home with me. I filled up the tub with water and put her in it and she still has not moved her foot. I'm not sure If she has swelling or not I can't really get a good look. I know she is scared and I'm trying not to make the situation worse for her. She drank a little water and I threw some koi pellets in the water but she doesn't seem interested she tried them then spit them back out. I'm not sure what to do for her I don't like to see any animal like this.

 

[animalz11]

She needs to eat, and if she doesn't, something is very wrong. If she is a wild ducks she will not recognise the pellets as food, try going to a pet store and buying some feeder fish and let them in the water, no duck can resist this.
But firsty, I'd say you should take her to a vet ASAP, if she has internal bleeding possible from being attacked, she wont last long unless a vet can fix her.
Usually, with dog attackes, there are more problems inside then out as dogs shake their prey.
As you say, the ants were all over her, try to look (very gently) for any wounds that the ants could have oppened.

If you do decide to take her to the vet (which you really should), take her in a box or other container that is very dark, or cover anything you carry her in with a dark towel as this will reduce her stress, also make sure she doesn't strugle too much or she could injure herself further.

Thanks you for taking her from those ants, she would have died for sure without your help.

 

[duckie228]

As soon as my boyfriend gets home I will have him help me with her she's very scared of me and I don't want to hurt her. We unfortunately don't have any vets around here that deal with undomesticated animals. It seems everyone I call they tell me they can't help me. I am going to try to see if she will eat some peas tonight until I can get some fish tomorrow, and some one also told me I can put pedialite in her water? I will continue the search tomorrow, I just hope she hangs inn there through the night. She is still a young duck doe's have her feathers in yet her wings are still pretty bare and it looks like she has several bald spots on her back I will take a further look as soon as i get some help. Could I let her swim in epsom salts would that hurt her? I appreciate the help

 

[duckmamma]

How's the duck? Could you possibly, very gently life it onto a towel and take a look under its feathers for bite marks? If you see any, you could swab some warm sudsy water (plain liquid soap) onto the wounds and rinse and pat dry. She should be placed on a towel folded into a donut nest shape. Do you have a heating pad? You could put it under a couple towels on a low setting, to keep her warm if she's shivering in any way.
If you dig up some worms outside (get them from an area that's uncontaminated by pesticides/weed killers/chemicals), most young ducks will eat worms unless they're very sick.

 

[duckie228]

We gave her a good soak in some Epson salts and she seems to be eating pretty well. I gave her some eggswit some brewers yeast on it and put some pedialite in her water. She made it throgh the night. Im almost positve her leg is.broken it is very limp opposed to the other one. i am going to the feed store to see if they have anything i can give her.Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Miss Lydia]

https://www.google.com/#hl=en&sclie....,cf.osb&fp=b312ad3a89945629&biw=1440&bih=767 here is info on what to do for a broken leg. as far as epsom salt water, it's good for brusing, strains and wound healing but also works as a laxative so be careful and not let her drink it. You may want to soak her in something like a plastic wash pan so she wouldn't have as much of a chance to drink the water. I hope you can help her. please keep us posted. Most important is letting her rest without using her leg much except in the tub, water therapy would be good for her.