DanTduckman
Chirping
- Nov 16, 2017
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Hello all,
First of all, this thread isnt asking for help. Im here to help anyone who has a duck with similar symptoms.
Peach the white Peking Duck was approx 10 months old when she started loosing weight and excreting bright green poop. I had read somewhere on here that it was bad. Peach was a good layer. A little too good. An egg a day for 4 months straight. This led to her laying soft shelled eggs or rubber eggs. I didnt know this was potentially harmful at the time. Anyhow, she stopped laying and got sick. After a $448 vet visit bill (overnight stay with iv line and a script of antibiotics) we came home. A month later she passed a lash egg.
She began perking up again after this.
Fast forward another 10 months and her symptoms are as follows;
Started sleeping a lot during the day, withdrew herself and found a place to hide away from human and other duck contact, was very anti social, did not like other duck or human company, was not able to walk more than 4 meters or 12 feet without a rest, lost a lot of weight and was not interested in food.
She passed a small lash egg, which after inspection looked 'broken off'.
I brought her inside for her final 4 days so she could rest. She refused food, and didnt like to be picked up. Her eyes where almost stuck closed. I decided it was time for tube feed, so the last 18 hours i tube fed her.
Today she passed away much to the devistation of myself and my wife. Peach was my first incubated duck who was imprinted. She was a very lovely girl who was always interested in what you were doing.
I have 3 other ducks and a drake, so i decided to inspect Peach to determine the problem.
This was no easy decision, as we really loved her. But in the future health interest of the rest,
I opened her up and inspected her internals.
I found she was totally blocked up with lash eggs. There where 5 which had all gone hard.
So a sad day for us here, but at least Peach could help other duck people out there.
First of all, this thread isnt asking for help. Im here to help anyone who has a duck with similar symptoms.
Peach the white Peking Duck was approx 10 months old when she started loosing weight and excreting bright green poop. I had read somewhere on here that it was bad. Peach was a good layer. A little too good. An egg a day for 4 months straight. This led to her laying soft shelled eggs or rubber eggs. I didnt know this was potentially harmful at the time. Anyhow, she stopped laying and got sick. After a $448 vet visit bill (overnight stay with iv line and a script of antibiotics) we came home. A month later she passed a lash egg.
She began perking up again after this.
Fast forward another 10 months and her symptoms are as follows;
Started sleeping a lot during the day, withdrew herself and found a place to hide away from human and other duck contact, was very anti social, did not like other duck or human company, was not able to walk more than 4 meters or 12 feet without a rest, lost a lot of weight and was not interested in food.
She passed a small lash egg, which after inspection looked 'broken off'.
I brought her inside for her final 4 days so she could rest. She refused food, and didnt like to be picked up. Her eyes where almost stuck closed. I decided it was time for tube feed, so the last 18 hours i tube fed her.
Today she passed away much to the devistation of myself and my wife. Peach was my first incubated duck who was imprinted. She was a very lovely girl who was always interested in what you were doing.
I have 3 other ducks and a drake, so i decided to inspect Peach to determine the problem.
This was no easy decision, as we really loved her. But in the future health interest of the rest,
I opened her up and inspected her internals.
I found she was totally blocked up with lash eggs. There where 5 which had all gone hard.
So a sad day for us here, but at least Peach could help other duck people out there.