patrickftobin
Chirping
- Jul 7, 2022
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Hi there,
I have five 3-month old Rouen ducks. Within the past 2 months I’ve gotten a MRSA Staph skin infection which I’ve never had before. I had it during the month of august and it cleared up with antibiotics and special soap, but today it came back.
The only new factor in my life has been my ducks. I don’t really handle them, as they don’t like being held, but I do spend a lot of time with them, let them eat out of my hands and sometimes sit on the ground in their pen with them. I of course clean their coop out regularly too, change their water and feed them.
I wasn’t able to find concrete info, but does anyone else know if it’s possible this MRSA infection keeps happening from the ducks? Can they carry MRSA? If so, is it possible to give them antibiotics to get rid of this?
Thank you for any help!
I have five 3-month old Rouen ducks. Within the past 2 months I’ve gotten a MRSA Staph skin infection which I’ve never had before. I had it during the month of august and it cleared up with antibiotics and special soap, but today it came back.
The only new factor in my life has been my ducks. I don’t really handle them, as they don’t like being held, but I do spend a lot of time with them, let them eat out of my hands and sometimes sit on the ground in their pen with them. I of course clean their coop out regularly too, change their water and feed them.
I wasn’t able to find concrete info, but does anyone else know if it’s possible this MRSA infection keeps happening from the ducks? Can they carry MRSA? If so, is it possible to give them antibiotics to get rid of this?
Thank you for any help!