RidiculousName
In the Brooder
One of my ancona ducks was wounded. I don't know by what, but I suspect either a stray cat because she appears to have been bitten on the neck, but hasn't been killed, so I am assuming whatever attacked her tried to drag her away without shaking her.
I just walked outside because one of my dogs had been barking at something outside of the window, and an uninjured duck was on the wrong side of the short fence I put up to deter my ducks from getting too close to the woods on the west side of my home. I went to put her back on the right side of the fence, and noticed three of my ducks were further from each other than I had ever seen them, and I couldn't find the fourth.
I walked around a bit until I saw her just waddle out of the western woods with blood all over her neck. I poured warm water over the wounds, dabbled it dry with paper towels, and sprayed some vetericyn on it. I noticed later that the vetericyn was four months out of date, so I'll be buying something new tomorrow.. I didn't try to bandage it, because I have no way to keep a bandage on her neck.
Feathers obscured the wounds, but they appear to be very small. There seem to be at least three of them, two on the left side of her neck, and one on the right.
She has lost a lot of blood, and is very lethargic. I herded her back in her coop with her friends.
I think she will survive the night, since the bleeding seems to have stopped. I have read up on caring for duck wounds, and I think I need an oral antibiotic, and a new topical antibiotic to replace the vetericyn I used.
What antibiotics would you recommend? Are there any dosage guides for oral antibiotics applied to ducks?
I just walked outside because one of my dogs had been barking at something outside of the window, and an uninjured duck was on the wrong side of the short fence I put up to deter my ducks from getting too close to the woods on the west side of my home. I went to put her back on the right side of the fence, and noticed three of my ducks were further from each other than I had ever seen them, and I couldn't find the fourth.
I walked around a bit until I saw her just waddle out of the western woods with blood all over her neck. I poured warm water over the wounds, dabbled it dry with paper towels, and sprayed some vetericyn on it. I noticed later that the vetericyn was four months out of date, so I'll be buying something new tomorrow.. I didn't try to bandage it, because I have no way to keep a bandage on her neck.
Feathers obscured the wounds, but they appear to be very small. There seem to be at least three of them, two on the left side of her neck, and one on the right.
She has lost a lot of blood, and is very lethargic. I herded her back in her coop with her friends.
I think she will survive the night, since the bleeding seems to have stopped. I have read up on caring for duck wounds, and I think I need an oral antibiotic, and a new topical antibiotic to replace the vetericyn I used.
What antibiotics would you recommend? Are there any dosage guides for oral antibiotics applied to ducks?
