HELP... sick Call Duck

auburnkurls

In the Brooder
7 Years
May 24, 2012
16
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Lakewood, WA
My little male call duck is sick all of a sudden. Meaning; about 2 hours ago he was happy as can be and acting completely normal. Just now though, he was laying in the shade. Andrew picked him up and put Lucky in the pool as he had just dumped and refilled it. Lucky didn't move. The water came up over him and he fell to the side. Andrew pulled him out and Lucky seemed to have a seizure moving his head in circles. He is calm now and just sitting in the shade. It's warm today but not excessively hot and all the other birds are just fine. The only thing we can think of is that he ate something poisonous. And the only poisonous thing we can thin of is that possibly our neighbor put out slug bait and Lucky ate a slug. Any thoughts, ideas, suggestions......

<edit> He passed away shortly after posting this. :(
 
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My little male call duck is sick all of a sudden. Meaning; about 2 hours ago he was happy as can be and acting completely normal. Just now though, he was laying in the shade. Andrew picked him up and put Lucky in the pool as he had just dumped and refilled it. Lucky didn't move. The water came up over him and he fell to the side. Andrew pulled him out and Lucky seemed to have a seizure moving his head in circles. He is calm now and just sitting in the shade. It's warm today but not excessively hot and all the other birds are just fine. The only thing we can think of is that he ate something poisonous. And the only poisonous thing we can thin of is that possibly our neighbor put out slug bait and Lucky ate a slug. Any thoughts, ideas, suggestions......

<edit> He passed away shortly after posting this. :(
I'm so sorry it does sound like some type of poisoning . keep this in your book marks for future reference https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/700526/flushes-for-aiding-in-toxin-removal#post_9508213
 
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