Help, young duck unable to walk, seems to have something very wrong with him.

[cheezenkwackers]

He also needs as much supervised swim time as possible.

 

[Lilybljm]

Thank you for caring enough to ask for help.Please keep us updated.

Forgot to update this but it worked great! He made a full recovery. Better late than never.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Thank you for letting us know!!

 

[Debby Duck]

My 5yo drake is recovering from very high potassium level right now. Within several hours Monday night he lost all ability to walk, deteriorating fast. I took him to the vet Tuesday morning.

She ended up doing an IV dextrose push to force the potassium back into the cells. Overnight he started to regain ability to stand, and later that day started to walk. So two days later now he can walk and is doing better but is still weak and not very interested in standing and walking. He's home with me now but in ICU.

My two other ducks had a similar situation weeks ago, but not as extreme. We thought it was botulism or some other toxin, so treated them for that. They have recovered.

I am recently learning how so many things can affect a duck and render them unable to walk. It is nerve wracking.

I hope your little one comes around and you find a cause for it.

 

[Debby Duck]

I missed your last post before doing mine. I'm glad he had a full recovery. Yay!