My duck is limping

[Kyle1234]

My duck he walks but then he cant balance very well he stumbles but he can walk on his foot but sometimes he has a little limp when he stretch his wings he cant balance very well on his left foot but he can walk okay for a few minutes helpppp.

 

[Goosebaby]

How long has this been going on with him?

Does one or both hocks feel or look swollen?

What has he been eating?

Does he have any wounds or sores?

Has he been around stagnant or dirty puddles?

It’s hard to say but he could either have an injury, poisoning, or some sort of bacterial infection.

 

[Kyle1234]

How long has this been going on with him?

Does one or both hocks feel or look swollen?

What has he been eating?

Does he have any wounds or sores?

Has he been around stagnant or dirty puddles?

It’s hard to say but he could either have an injury, poisoning, or some sort of bacterial infection.

Since last night

It doesn't look swollen

He eats duck pellets that go into the water

Dont believe he has a sore or wounds

 

[Goosebaby]

How old is your duck?

Does he have any other symptoms, breathing problems, abnormal droppings, has he been acting more tired lately, does his lower abdomen look of feel like it has more fluid than normal?

Could you post a picture or link to a video, it’s difficult to post videos here so usually we all just upload to Instagram, YouTube,or Vimeo and post a link.

 

[Kyle1234]

How old is your duck?

Does he have any other symptoms, breathing problems, abnormal droppings, has he been acting more tired lately, does his lower abdomen look of feel like it has more fluid than normal?

Could you post a picture or link to a video, it’s difficult to post videos here so usually we all just upload to Instagram, YouTube,or Vimeo and post a link.

 

[Kyle1234]

Hes about 3 or 4 uears old
Here is a link to a video iv just taken

https://youtube.com/shorts/yXd5deCqaNo?feature=share

 

[Kyle1234]

Did you see the video?

 

[Goosebaby]

Hes about 3 or 4 uears old
Here is a link to a video iv just taken

https://youtube.com/shorts/yXd5deCqaNo?feature=share

He definitely has a neurological disease.

He could have hardware disease, lead or zinc toxicity causes symptoms like these, the treatment can be very expensive, typically it involves injections of CaEDTA every 12 hours until blood tests show normal levels, and surgical removal of any objects found by X-rays if they haven’t been absorbed or passed already.
Usually with lead the droppings will be black, dark brown, or bright neon green, zinc can make the droppings bright neon green or a thick pail pasty green, in either case they tend to slow the digestive tract down to the point of constipation. However metal toxicity sometimes doesn’t present itself with the same symptoms in every case. Hardware disease is extremly time sensitive so if you suspect that may be the cause a vet visit is needed immediately.

My next thought is that this is a bacterial infection of the spine or general nervous system. Staph or strep are common causes but other bacterias can be the source, I’ve been dealing with a gander myself with an ongoing situation like this.
The best thing to do would be to get him to the vet to test for bacterias to see which it is so that you’ll know which antibiotic to use, they’ll likely want to take an X-ray more than likely to look at his spine to see if it has inflammation, or a mass pressing on it too.
If a vet isn’t an option you can try treating it yourself, but without knowing the cause it’s hard to know what treatment to try and you can end up going through treatment after treatment.
You can try a broad spectrum antibiotic like Bartril, it’s also called ciprofloxacin or enrofloxacin, but it doesn’t work on everything.
Cephelexin is a good choice if it’s staph.
Doxycycline if it’s tick born or avian chlamydiosis, though if it’s the latter the treatment is 25mg every 12 hours for 40 days.
Amoxicillin for strep, enterococcal spondylitis, or certain strains of ornithobacteriosis.
Fish antibiotics are pretty much the same as human grade antibiotics, usually, they just don’t require a prescription. https://www.countrysidepet.com/collections/fish

Other possibilities that can cause neurological conditions is molds, Asper or afflatoxicosis, if you’ve noticed mold in their feed or if it’s felt damp in the bag that could be the culprit. Asper tends to start as an upper respiratory infection so you would have noticed changes in voice, it doesn’t always present itself as a respiratory infection but those are rare instances.

Another issue could be s tumor pressing on the ischiadic nerve.

 

[Goosebaby]

@Kyle1234
Another taking I thought of is a kidney infection or parasites, worms or coccidiosis you could get corid for coccidiosis and ivermectin horse wormer for most worms, a small pea sized drop.

Generally though workers are hard on the liver so if his liver is struggling because of an infection wormer puts a lot of extra strain on him.