Hi everyone, I have a 6 week old mallard duckling she is in my large coop with 11 other ducks. I am a nurse in a local ER but I have no idea what to do for my baby. It is such a windy day at my house in Idaho and when I went into the coop to check my ducks at around 1pm when I saw a heavy board on top of my baby it's probably 4 lbs. I pulled her out and tried to see if she could walk she can't walk or stand up with out falling over. I brought her inside gave her a warm bath hoping it would help with soar muscles she is warm dry and gulls seems to be acting normal but not walking still any ideas?
Does she just need time it doesn't feel like any bones are dislocated or broken but hard to see with out an x-ray
Does she just need time it doesn't feel like any bones are dislocated or broken but hard to see with out an x-ray
and Welcome To BYC! Sorry about your duckling, TwoCrows gave you some good links to post on. If she was trapped awhile she may just be numb and it will take awhile for her to get going again, hopefully there is no permanent damage.
