My blind (or partially blind) duckling

[Epogee]

One more thought - ducklings start to fall over when they are thirsty, and haven't worked out how to drink properly. If you haven't seen it drinking regularly, dip its beak into some water to teach it to drink.

 

[Miss Lydia]

@MrPeeps update please.

 

[Khartlaub]

At this time I have 4 little welsh harlequin girls. One poor little duckling from day one was just a bit off. Her name is droopy, an affectionate name after the way her eyes drooped when we got her. The biggest sign that something was wrong was when we gave them a bath, droopy can only swim in circles or backwards. When a person, or chicken, approaches three scatter but one is left all alone. She recently got pecked by a chicken enough to draw blood because she didn't know what was going on. Her siblings look after her and snuggle with her until something scary arrives and then it's every duckling for themselves. She is also smaller than the rest of the ducklings which we related to having trouble finding the food or getting to it with her sisters around. Droopy is such a sweet little girl but I am worried about what her standard of living will be like...

You can't see it very well, but the corner of this eye is clouded with white.
I would put in a video of her attempting to swim if I knew how.
She is the sweetest thing and my favorite of the babies *shh*
I just wish I knew what to do for her.

I too have a blind duck. She had an accident with a car, blew out her eye when she hit someone's windshield, so hubby rescued her from street. She lost the one eye, and is now blind in the other. She got lots of special care, swims in our pool, and we recently bought 2 ducklings and a coop for her. She used to swim in circles, but has since straightened herself out. Now she will only do so when overly excited, which makes me think she has a concussion. She is thriving with extra care that we don't mind doing. Daphne is our heart!❤❤❤ I attached a video, hope it posts!

 

[Khartlaub]

Daphne

 

[Miss Lydia]

You'll need to put your video on youtube or some other similar platform then copy and paste here.

 

[mrmirk]

I took her to the vet this afternoon, she is 100% blind. Hopefully she will live a good life, but she will rely on me for predator protection... She is a sitting duck, literally!

I got a duck a few weeks ago and when I got him home I realized he was quite sick with a respiratory infection and a cloudy eye. I nursed him back to health and got his cloudy eye cleared up but he still seemed weird, won’t eat pellets unless they are soaked in water to the point of being soup and I have to feed it to him because he didn’t seem to know where to go, I’ve come to the conclusion that I think he’s blind. His eyes look perfectly fine but there is zero reaction when you go up to him or wave your hands in front of him. He has no clue how to go in to the coop with the other ducks at night so I have to put him in every night which isn’t a huge deal except I can’t be home 24/7 to do that and it’s getting to be winter here so I’m scared he is going to freeze to death during the day because he comes out of the coop but doesn’t know to go back in. I honestly don’t know what to do. I can’t go out in -30 and hand feed him every day.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I got a duck a few weeks ago and when I got him home I realized he was quite sick with a respiratory infection and a cloudy eye. I nursed him back to health and got his cloudy eye cleared up but he still seemed weird, won’t eat pellets unless they are soaked in water to the point of being soup and I have to feed it to him because he didn’t seem to know where to go, I’ve come to the conclusion that I think he’s blind. His eyes look perfectly fine but there is zero reaction when you go up to him or wave your hands in front of him. He has no clue how to go in to the coop with the other ducks at night so I have to put him in every night which isn’t a huge deal except I can’t be home 24/7 to do that and it’s getting to be winter here so I’m scared he is going to freeze to death during the day because he comes out of the coop but doesn’t know to go back in. I honestly don’t know what to do. I can’t go out in -30 and hand feed him every day.

@mrmirk I posted on your original thread asking for help.

 

[mrmirk]

@mrmirk I posted on your original thread asking for help.

What can I help with