I think my duck may be sick

[poonamkashib]

Oh so sorry your bird in trouble I'm.no expert in ducks or geese but sounds like a respiratory Infection to me

Do u have any medicine avail
You can fine Enrofloxacin 10% easily

Hi, you're in Delhi right? I live in Bangalore.
Is the medicine available at any pharmacy here? And is it okay to give it as a preventative medication even if I'm not sure?

 

[poonamkashib]

I'm thinking the Duck is just stressed and panting can be caused from stress or being too warm. Provide her at all times water deep enough to dunk her head so her nares remain moist.

She does spend a lot of time in my room which is warmer than the others because the ventilation in here isn't great. I'll sit with her in the living room to see how she responds.
She's got a bucket of clean water throughout the day. And it's deep enough that she can submerge her head in close to the base of her neck. I'll try putting some ice cubes into the water and see if that helps her in any way.

 

[poonamkashib]

Duck, geese, chickens, it's all the same really when it comes to one with respiratory issues.

I'll go out on a limb and say that if a duck pants when it is 24 degrees c that it probably has something going on. Note that open mouth breathing and panting look similar, so I would like to see a video of this duck in a cool room so we can determine if it's open mouth breathing or panting.

It is exactly 24 degrees while I write this. So it is a bit cooler today but she was still panting earlier. I put her in a bath this morning and while preening she had a small sneezing fit. What should I be looking for with a respiratory issue?
Like I said she spends a lot of time in my room that is generally much warmer than the others. I will spend some time with her in the living room which is the coolest and see how she is. I'll post another video of her then. I hope that'll help us figure this out.

 

[Saaniya]

Hi, you're in Delhi right? I live in Bangalore.
Is the medicine available at any pharmacy here? And is it okay to give it as a preventative medication even if I'm not sure?

No this med u got on a Veterinary med store where dog cat birds med avail it's not a human med


And your bird sounfs like Respiratory Infection so antibiotic is must in weezing

 

[onaharley]

Oh what a cutie! I had a pekin drake that always sounded congested. It would not matter if it was hot out, cooler, indoors vs outside. He just was like that. I would worry all the time, I finally just accepted the fact that this is his normal breathing. I always kept an eye on it but nothing ever got worse.

 

[poonamkashib]

No this med u got on a Veterinary med store where dog cat birds med avail it's not a human med


And your bird sounfs like Respiratory Infection so antibiotic is must in weezing

Okay, thank you. I will see if I can find some here. I just want to be a little more sure that it is a respiratory infection before I put her through an antibiotic course though.

 

[poonamkashib]

Oh what a cutie! I had a pekin drake that always sounded congested. It would not matter if it was hot out, cooler, indoors vs outside. He just was like that. I would worry all the time, I finally just accepted the fact that this is his normal breathing. I always kept an eye on it but nothing ever got worse.

That's interesting to know. I wonder if it is the same with her. Was there any particular time that it started? She wasn't like this earlier. It's just been over the past 10 days or so.

 

[onaharley]

It started when he was about 5 weeks old. I thought that because he was indoors with all the pine shavings for their bedding was making him sound like this but at 7 weeks they went outside and he still sounded like this...well into 20 weeks old, I finally stopped worrying about as much. But like I say, keep an eye on it in case it gets worse. Pekins are a heavy breed of ducks so it kinda makes sense (to me) that some have a harder breathing pattern.

 

[poonamkashib]

It started when he was about 5 weeks old. I thought that because he was indoors with all the pine shavings for their bedding was making him sound like this but at 7 weeks they went outside and he still sounded like this...well into 20 weeks old, I finally stopped worrying about as much. But like I say, keep an eye on it in case it gets worse. Pekins are a heavy breed of ducks so it kinda makes sense (to me) that some have a harder breathing pattern.

I guess that does make sense. I can't say as of now whether it's getting worse or not. All I know it happens on and off but I'll keep an eye out for any other weird symptoms.

 

[poonamkashib]

So I just wanted to update everyone on what's been happening with her. I kept an eye on her all weekend and noticed that she only pants when she's in my room. I have a mat in there that she loves sitting on and she's always panting when she's on it and her beak becomes very warm. In the living room, she's perfectly fine - steady breathing through her nose. So maybe you guys were right about the heat getting to her.
The only things that are still bothering me are the whistling sound that comes and goes, the occasional sneezing fits and her opening her mouth like she's gagging(?) and scratching the underneath of her beak when she does that. Could that be the respiratory infection Saaniya mentioned?