Is this duck okay?

[SolarDuck]

I went ahead and set up my bathtub for her so she's got something soft to sit on, hopefully she can be stress free in there.

 

[quackiemama]

Awwww that is wonderful you were able to bring her in so you can assess her. You are in good hands with @Isaac 0 and @Miss Lydia

 

[SolarDuck]

Awwww that is wonderful you were able to bring her in so you can assess her. You are in good hands with @Isaac 0 and @Miss Lydia

Thanks, she doesn't seem to appreciate me trying to help her out, but at least she seems to be just sitting calmly in my tub for now, every time I open the curtain to peek at her she hisses at me. Hasn't taken any food or water yet. I'm just as worried about her nutrition as I am about what seems to be an infection on her. When I picked her up she was so light I couldn't believe it. Felt like I was picking up a call duck.

 

[SolarDuck]

I just weighed her and she is between 2 and 3 lbs. I couldn't get her to stand still on my gram scale, so I weighed myself then picked her up then weighed again. From what the internet says Muscovy hens should be 5-8 lbs im really worried about her.

 

[SolarDuck]

She finally started eating some food, it took her while but once she did she really started chowing down on it. I've just been sitting in the bathroom with her so she doesn't feel too lonely and it seems to be helping her somewhat.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Okay where is this injury? Hard to get a visual by a pic. for me anyway.

 

[SolarDuck]

Okay where is this injury? Hard to get a visual by a pic. for me anyway.

Right above the tail feathers.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Are you sure it's not her preen glad? If it's her preen gland then it could be injured because it's should just have yellow waxy stuff around it.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Warm salty water to clean and some antibiotic ointment to help with healing.

 

[SolarDuck]

I haven't seen a preen gland in person so I am not sure. It's basically on her butt. Like it's on her back but its really close to her backside