Is there any way to tell which duck laid an egg?

[DuckyDonna]

If you don't have money for a vet, but are worried about worms, some vets will let you just bring in their feces for a fecal float test to see what worms they have an overload in and then you will know what to treat for without breaking the bank.

ok but how will I know which pile of doo do is hers? I guess I'd have to watch and see what she poos out? I wonder can you actually see the worms in the poo? Also not sure if there are vets around here that see ducks but I will find out

 

[Cayuga momma]

The vet doesn't have to see the duck. They do the same kind of test on cats and dogs. If you explain to them that you are just looking to get a fecal float done there is a good chance they will agree to do it for you.
They will explain how to collect the poop, but I believe fresh is the best, so you will probably have to wait with a baggie to collect it once it's "released". Then you can take the poop in to then to be tested.

 

[Loopeend]

ok but how will I know which pile of doo do is hers? I guess I'd have to watch and see what she poos out? I wonder can you actually see the worms in the poo? Also not sure if there are vets around here that see ducks but I will find out

Keep her in a cage a few hours before you have to go to the vet. With water and food offcourse. Scoop le poop.

 

[DuckyDonna]

Keep her in a cage a few hours before you have to go to the vet. With water and food offcourse. Scoop le poop.

So can you see the worms in the poo like you can with a dog?

 

[Cayuga momma]

So can you see the worms in the poo like you can with a dog?

Sometimes, with a fecal float test they put the poop in a solution that makes the worm eggs float to the top and the poop sinks. They then check that under a microscope to see the eggs and such.

Spoiler: Fecal Flotation

Fecal Flotation | VCA Animal Hospital
https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/fecal-flotation

 

[Loopeend]

So can you see the worms in the poo like you can with a dog?

No. The vet can with his microscope after other tests. These worms are many kind of worms, op tiny part of worms, or even other signs of worms, that we can't see unless we are trained for it.

The worms in the poop of your dogs are the same that we can get; tapeworm, or the tiny worms from playing in sand. Ducks can get more kinds, more tiny ones. That you can't see. Also because their poop is totally different. And their intestines. Bless god we can't get the throat-worms they can. They are birds not mammals.

 

[Cayuga momma]

No. The vet can with his microscope after other tests. These worms are many kind of worms, op tiny part of worms, or even other signs of worms, that we can't see unless we are trained for it.

The worms in the poop of your dogs are the same that we can get; tapeworm, or the tiny worms from playing in sand. Ducks can get more kinds, more tiny ones. That you can't see. Also because their poop is totally different. And their intestines. Bless god we can't get the throat-worms they can. They are birds not mammals.

Sometimes roundworms can be seen in duck poop.

 

[Loopeend]

Puking... but due to you words I can translate now from Dutch from the official waterbirdorganisation.

Roundworm. (Ascaridia galli). Looks like spaghetti and an adult is 5cm long. They lay eggs, that come out through poo. The eggs are not contaminable yet, they have to be larvea first. Warm tempures (20-25 degrees) make the larvea come out. In ducks, due to the tocis juices in their intestines; the eggs brake and the larvea come out of the eggs in their intestea. Where they grow to adult worms. Hence you might see them in their poop.

Small roundworm. (Heterakis gallinae). This small variant does not cause disease unless with many. They are more resistant to the duck temperature. And after 5-8 weeks after infection the eggs leave through poop.

Hairworms. (Capillaria). Can cause really bad disease, but are not seen by the naked eye. 0.1 mm thin, 1-3 cm length. They live in the small intestine. after 21-28 days they lay eggs. Cause many damage.

Small and big tapeworm. (Raillietinae and Davainea proglottina)
These are segmented worms and look like rubber bands. Big ones can be 15cm long, small ones 2-4 mm and barely seen with the naked eye. The small one brings really bad diseases. Snails are temporary hosts.

Gapeworm. (Syngamus trachea).
They live in the throat. Sometimes you can see them. The ducks can swallow the eggs and poop them out. Ducks will yawn, shake their head, gasp for breath, become thinner, and die.

Damage to Ducks:
- They don't get any nutritions and slowly get food-deprived.
- Their intestines get dammaged, this leeds to diahrea and lack of nutrition.
- These worms have toxic poo (small tapeworm)
- They fill up their intestines and block them (roundworm).

Ducks get lethargic.

Do I need to de-worm my ducks regurlarly?
No. Ducks need these worms in a tiny amount. If they have them in a tiny amount they make anti-body's for them. If you de-worm them more then needed they can't make these anti-bodies. Only de-worm them if a duck gets letharagic, while eating properly. Or when they are going to lay eggs and raise the ducklings naturally. Ducklings do not have anti-bodies to these worms.

 

[DuckyDonna]

Puking... but due to you words I can translate now from Dutch from the official waterbirdorganisation.

Roundworm. (Ascaridia galli). Looks like spaghetti and an adult is 5cm long. They lay eggs, that come out through poo. The eggs are not contaminable yet, they have to be larvea first. Warm tempures (20-25 degrees) make the larvea come out. In ducks, due to the tocis juices in their intestines; the eggs brake and the larvea come out of the eggs in their intestea. Where they grow to adult worms. Hence you might see them in their poop.

Small roundworm. (Heterakis gallinae). This small variant does not cause disease unless with many. They are more resistant to the duck temperature. And after 5-8 weeks after infection the eggs leave through poop.

Hairworms. (Capillaria). Can cause really bad disease, but are not seen by the naked eye. 0.1 mm thin, 1-3 cm length. They live in the small intestine. after 21-28 days they lay eggs. Cause many damage.

Small and big tapeworm. (Raillietinae and Davainea proglottina)
These are segmented worms and look like rubber bands. Big ones can be 15cm long, small ones 2-4 mm and barely seen with the naked eye. The small one brings really bad diseases. Snails are temporary hosts.

Gapeworm. (Syngamus trachea).
They live in the throat. Sometimes you can see them. The ducks can swallow the eggs and poop them out. Ducks will yawn, shake their head, gasp for breath, become thinner, and die.

Damage to Ducks:
- They don't get any nutritions and slowly get food-deprived.
- Their intestines get dammaged, this leeds to diahrea and lack of nutrition.
- These worms have toxic poo (small tapeworm)
- They fill up their intestines and block them (roundworm).

Ducks get lethargic.

Do I need to de-worm my ducks regularly?
No. Ducks need these worms in a tiny amount. If they have them in a tiny amount they make antibodies for them. If you de-worm them more then needed they can't make these anti-bodies. Only de-worm them if a duck gets lethargic, while eating properly. Or when they are going to lay eggs and raise the ducklings naturally. Ducklings do not have anti-bodies to these worms.

I will call the vet I use for my dogs today and ask if he can do a test. One more question. If one duck has this why wouldn't the others get it also? Nobody else in my little flock has any symptoms like this and this has been going on for a very long time, like since the summer. I originally thought it was from molting.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Just scoop up poop and take it in if one has worms you'll want to treat them all. But if the B complex is helping keep that up too. Just because she isn't a duckling doesn't mean she can have a deficiency. Sure worth trying. When my chickens had round worms they were visable in their poop.