HELP! Very sick 6 week old duckling and no avian vet nearby

[570446]

Hi there! Yesterday I noticed that my favorite duck wasn't standing, eating, or drinking. I removed her from her siblings and quarantined her. I added brewer's yeast to her water, along with electrolytes and some greens, of which she never touched.

Worried about her making it through the night, I decided to bring her into my house and syringe feed her.

We've had some improvements where she has drunken from her water cup and has pooped several times. She is still struggling with standing/walking for a long period of time.

I have attached some photos of her and her poop, cause I've read that it helps with a diagnosis? The photo of when she is standing I presume isn't poop but it came from her mouth or nose. I looked away for one second, sigh.

 

[570446]

She's still alive but seems to be barely hanging on

 

[Miss Lydia]

I'm so sorry. It could be many things. Nutritional, infection failure to thrive although that usually happens earlier than the age of your duck. How old is she and any chance she may have gotten into something toxic?

 

[Isaac 0]

Sounds to me, that she might have eaten something toxic. Have any idea what that would have been wire, maggots, mold? Did she have access to a pond?

 

[570446]

She was roughly six weeks old and passed away about an hour later. Her other siblings seem to be fine. They have access to fresh water to swim in everyday and are enclosed in a wire fence in the daytime, brooder at night still.
I did check the cauliflower that was thrown into their day pen and it did have mold on it. I assume she was the only one who bit into it.

 

[DuckyDonna]

I'm so sorry you lost her. That is such a sad story. Glad you others are doing well!

 

[Isaac 0]

Sorry for your loss! She was beautiful!

 

[570446]

Thank you. She was a very sweet duck

 

[quackiemama]

Oh no I am so sorry for you and her! It is so hard to lose one! She was a very lovely duck!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Very sorry for your loss