Muscovy duckling straw in nostril

[NHUH]

Hey guys,

just wanted to run something by you helpful people
One my ducklings (7weeks) has bits of straw bedding stuck in one nostril. Eating, drinking, pooping playing, all fine.
I have three large kiddie pools for them.

How long am I waiting for the ducky to blow it out by itself until I intervene? Doesn’t seem to be bother by it right now.

Thank you

 

[Jpat]

ide take it out. is it too deep to reach with your fingers?

Any pictures? We love duckling pictures

 

[casportpony]

You should remove it ASAP.

 

[NHUH]

You should remove it ASAP.

Thank you so much for that!
I removed it.

I had someone hold the duckling and I carefully removed the piece with tweezers.
Here some educational pictures:

As you can see this was fairly long and the duckling gave a little peep removing it.

Thank you again guys

 

[Jpat]

No prob! Good work

 

[casportpony]

Excellent educational pictures!

 

[Ducklover77]

Poor little baby. Great job!

 

[DuckyDonna]

Great job, maybe it's just me but it looks like there is still a piece of in in there in the second picture?

 

[sourland]

Well done.

 

[NHUH]

Great job, maybe it's just me but it looks like there is still a piece of in in there in the second picture?

I know what you mean but I am certain it’s part of their anatomy. They all have it. Maybe someone knows the proper term.

Anatomical structure of the nasal cavity from the duck's skull: (A) nostril, (B) concha nasalis rostralis, (C) opening of ductus nasolacrimalis, (D) concha nasalis media, (E) opening of nasolacrimal duct, (F) concha nasalis caudalis, and (G) choanal cleft.