Is my duck sick?

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Hi to everyone here, My name is Trina, and my daughter is Caitlyn.
We have a 11 month old jumbo Peking duck named Fred, who is absolutely wonderful and funny. We also have a 2 month old male jumbo Peking named Theo. Then we have 2 female 2 month old khaki Campbell one is Pixie, she is the smallest, and her sister is Ruby.
Today we noticed that little Pixie just didn’t seem to be her self. She is trembling, does seem to want to do much, she did eat some and drink water. She also vomited some. Does anyone have a thoughts or suggestions. Please let us know.
Thanks
Trina and Caitlyn
 
Toliver said:
Hi to everyone here, My name is Trina, and my daughter is Caitlyn.
We have a 11 month old jumbo Peking duck named Fred, who is absolutely wonderful and funny. We also have a 2 month old male jumbo Peking named Theo. Then we have 2 female 2 month old khaki Campbell one is Pixie, she is the smallest, and her sister is Ruby.
Today we noticed that little Pixie just didn’t seem to be her self. She is trembling, does seem to want to do much, she did eat some and drink water. She also vomited some. Does anyone have a thoughts or suggestions. Please let us know.
Thanks
Trina and Caitlyn
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Welcome.

Pixie's symptoms are non-specific signs of ill health. Likely not serious and self limiting.

She needs to be kept quiet and calm, hydrated and fed. Can you bring her into the house in a box or dog crate, where you can keep an eye on her? Her sister might come in with her if either has separation issues. I personally use a dog crate with puppy pads for my ducky sickroom. I have an old sheet that I can screen 3 sides to reduce drafts, and fully cover the dog crate over night.

You might put Rooster Booster Poultry Cell in the water to give some extra vitamins and minerals.

It is likely she will recover in a few days. If she eats little or stops eating, use oral rehydration solution in place of water. It's best to use unflavored (i get that at Walmart) but grape flavor has less artificial flavor and coloring than the other flavors if you cannot find unflavored..

Keep offering treats to build her appetite: peas or mealworms rather than lettuce or water melon as the former 2 contain protein.

I hope she does ok: let us know if any other symptoms develop and how you get on with her care
 
@ruthhope has given good advice. I would follow that and yes, I would bring her sister friend in with her. Do you have the two month old females in with the older males? Perhaps Fred was trying to mate with her? She is too young for that and also too small. A female should be at least 4 1/2 months old before being with an older male. And I would be concerned that even as an adult, she can be injured by a fully grown jumbo.
 

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