Injured Duckling

[ShyanneW]

Hello!

I came home from running errands and one of my ducklings is bleeding. I’m not sure how (s)he hurt themselves, but there’s not a ton of blood (picture attached), so I’m not super concerned, but what should I use to clean it?

 

[Matthewstee]

I have two blue Swedish ducks, I used alcohol, for one of my ducks, it worked fine, however, thins could be different with your duck.

 

[Matthewstee]

I have two blue Swedish ducks, and I used alcohol, on them, they were fine. It may be different for your your duck

 

[Matthewstee]

oh, wait I posted the same message twice whoops.

 

[ShyanneW]

After examining a little further and using some warm water to clean it a little, it looks like SOMEONE (definitely could not have my other two angel ducklings ) pulled his little feather off.

I’ll wipe it down with some alcohol today,but should I continue to clean it? Or just let the duckling heal on its own, and monitor it?

 

[Matthewstee]

I would wait a day and see if it gets better if it does not get better do the same thing, then if it still does not get better, treat every day.

 

[Isaac 0]

With it being that minor, washing it off with water to keep the wound clean will be sufficient, there are poultry sprays that you can use too if you'd like.

 

[ShyanneW]

I’ll probably just keep washing it with the water if it gets dirty again, I’m big on letting the animals heal on their own (if they can, of course).

Should I be worried though? This is the “outcast” duckling, the other two seem to have paired off, but have never bullied this one. I can’t be sure they did it, because I wasn’t home, but I don’t want them to hurt this duckling again if that is what happened. They’ve grown up together, and like I said, bullying has never been a problem before.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Can you imagine pouring alcohol over that ? Ouch

 

[quackiemama]

Awww I hope your little one heals up! I would not want to put alcohol on that poor little thing either. That would sting.