MUSCOVY DUCK UNDERWEIGHT AND HAS BUMBLEFOOT 😡

[Maze]

hii ppls!!
hope you are all well
my female muscovy duck seems to be underweight at 2.1kg and looks to have bumblefoot
any advice?
i think shes getting bullied by my chickens tbh.
all advice welcomed!!
tysm!!

 

[Maze]

p.s she is broody

 

[nuthatched]

Can we see her foot?
What's the diet you feed?
Is she the only duck you have?

 

[Maze]

Can we see her foot?
What's the diet you feed?
Is she the only duck you have?

Uhh I don't currently have a photo of her foot( it's 12am here) I'll try and get one tmmr!
We feed duck mash and red label chicken feed!
I have 1 call duck drake and 2 call ducklings (we haven't introduced the ducklings yet! )

We have 4 chickens and 2 chicks (we haven't introduced the chicks yet either)

 

[Jenbirdee]

For Bumblefoot, I would clean her foot by soaking in lukewarm Epson salt water and then apply

Then wrap in gauze then wrap over the gauze with Vet wrap. There are a lot of YouTube videos showing how to wrap duck foot .
After it’s wrapped, I added a piece of waterproof medical tape .
Do this every day until the bumble becomes soft and loose and you can pry it out make sure you wear gloves . Then fill the hole with an antibiotic ointment that does not contain pain relief. Then you do the same kind of wrapping and change the bandage daily, I spray with vetricyn poultry wound spray and add more ointment and put new bandage. we also have several articles about treating Bumblefoot in the article section on this website. They are articles for treating chickens, bumble foot but you can treat Ducks the same way.
And yes, please post a picture of under her foot like @nuthatched asked

When I suddenly find a duck is underweight, the first things I do is start giving her poultry cell vitamins and treat with a dewormer in case it’s worms my first choice is safeguard
Can you also post a picture of her poop ? Thanks

 

[Maze]

For Bumblefoot, I would clean her foot by soaking in lukewarm Epson salt water and then apply View attachment 4236148
Then wrap in gauze then wrap over the gauze with Vet wrap. There are a lot of YouTube videos showing how to wrap duck foot .
After it’s wrapped, I added a piece of waterproof medical tape .
Do this every day until the bumble becomes soft and loose and you can pry it out make sure you wear gloves . Then fill the hole with an antibiotic ointment that does not contain pain relief. Then you do the same kind of wrapping and change the bandage daily, I spray with vetricyn poultry wound spray and add more ointment and put new bandage. we also have several articles about treating Bumblefoot in the article section on this website. They are articles for treating chickens, bumble foot but you can treat Ducks the same way.
And yes, please post a picture of under her foot like @nuthatched asked

When I suddenly find a duck is underweight, the first things I do is start giving her poultry cell vitamins and treat with a dewormer in case it’s worms my first choice is safeguard
Can you also post a picture of her poop ? Thanks

Thank you!
How do I get her not to eat the Epson salt?
Unfortunately I do not have any vetrcyn and it's not common here.
Her poo seems like a normal broody poo (it STANK) I'll see if I can find one tmmr thank U sm!!
Ive never wrapped a ducks foot before so I'll see how it goes... Tysm!!

 

[Jenbirdee]

You can use a solution of povidine iodine 10% , diluted to 20% iodine and 80% water (i used filtered drinking water that I first boiled then cooled) on a spray bottle , or a
Chlorhexidine solution -“ For cleaning a duck's wound, a 2% chlorhexidine solution should be diluted to a 1:40 ratio (approximately 0.05%) for safe and effective wound irrigation. This dilution provides sustained antimicrobial activity against a broad spectrum of bacteria while minimizing tissue irritation.”

Do not use hydrogen peroxide it destroys healthy tissue