I've had a Handicapped Duck for over 4 months. What do I do now?

[Miss Lydia]

Okay so this is like a bed inside a pen? can you get a pic? if using paper shaving that should be soft enough to keep her from injuring her wing I would think.

 

[RooandherRooster]

Okay so this is like a bed inside a pen? can you get a pic? if using paper shaving that should be soft enough to keep her from injuring her wing I would think.

The blister is from her rubbing. Okay let me help you picture what happens. She leans to the left. I set her up so her left side is against the pen. But she steps out to the right so, she just slides down. She ends up being on her left side and she just nonstop kicks. She kicks all the shavings away from herself, and if she can catch anything with her flailing feet, she spins herself a bit. So her wing is being constantly rubbed and is causing the blister, but I don't know how to help her. I have a sheet over her so when she preens she won't fall over to her other side or backwards as easily. I will get a picture of the setup here shortly. I am trying to get the video still. I'm trying to transfer it to my laptop so I can touch it up so its not so long from all the unnecessary clips.

 

[Miss Lydia]

She can’t stand at all? She has to lay down all the time how does she eat an drink?

 

[Miss Lydia]

I’d make her a sling you can google them and see how people have made them that way she is upright and can’t injure her wing

 

[Jpat]

 

[yickenscarf23]

She can’t stand at all? She has to lay down all the time how does she eat an drink?

If she cannot stand at all I would be thinking about what kind of life that must be. My disabled girl is slowly learning to walk in her own special way. If she never begins walking I would consider euthanasia.

 

[DuckyDonna]

If she cannot stand at all I would be thinking about what kind of life that must be. My disabled girl is slowly learning to walk in her own special way. If she never begins walking I would consider euthanasia.

Instead of that maybe you could find someone nearby that would be willing to take on a handicapped little duck. It does happen but you have to ask!

 

[RooandherRooster]

She can’t stand at all? She has to lay down all the time how does she eat an drink?

I have to get her out and hold her up while she eats and drinks.

I’d make her a sling you can google them and see how people have made them that way she is upright and can’t injure her wing

My grandpa made one a little while ago, but she wouldn't use it right. So my dad changed it a little and this is what it is now.

 

[RooandherRooster]

Its a wheelchair but my dad used netting instead of tarp, which I would have preferred the tiny netting but this works for now. We put it in her pen with food and water in front of her and I put a thin pillowcase sheet in front/above her to keep her calm.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Does this thing your dad made help her stand so she can eat and drink ? Bless you for taking such good care of her