HURRY! Electrolyte recipe?

[Frizzlett]

Every store is closed so the soonest I could get anything would be tomorrow afternoon. He's sort of improving but still unsure at this point.

 

[coffeychicks]

I would give him a rehydration mix by its self no other water and food hope your duck gets well fast

 

[Eggcessive]

I would give him a rehydration mix by its self no other water and food hope your duck gets well fast

Do you have any B Complex tablets? Or any vitamin E in the house? If it is just dehydration, he should improve with just the electrolyte water or sugar water with just a pinch of salt. Gatorade also works.

 

[Frizzlett]

I just did that. I mixed it as fast as I could and now it's their only source of water. Neither my sister nor brother realizes the urgency of getting the water to them. I had a chick in the Spring that died within 20 minutes of getting her home. She probably could have been saved if I would have known about electrolytes, They were my very first chickens so I don't think I did too bad lol. I've still got 3 of the 6 I bought (I gave 2 away and 1 died).

 

[Frizzlett]

There's another one doing the head jerking thing and a few others that look like they're starting to do it.

 

[Frizzlett]

Do you have any B Complex tablets? Or any vitamin E in the house? If it is just dehydration, he should improve with just the electrolyte water or sugar water with just a pinch of salt. Gatorade also works.

Nope. My grandparents might. They live next door so I'll check. I'm leaning towards dehydration because there's now a few doing this.

 

[Frizzlett]

They have B complex! So what do I do with it?

 

[Frizzlett]

They said it has vitamin C in it too. The head jerking isn't as bad as frequently but it's still going. We have a 3rd that just started doing it too. Curses!

 

[Frizzlett]

They were all perfectly fine 20 minutes ago.

 

[Frizzlett]

The spasms are so strong they can't control their heads. When it stops they drink. I took the food away so they would focus on the water. I only had the sugar and salt by the way. I did 2 tablespoons of sugar and 2 of salt in around 2 1/2 to 3 cups of water.