My duck isn't walking :( Please help

[GitaBooks]

If he has a blockage it may be effecting his walking ability.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I was looking over the flushes and I seem to remember reading somewhere about Epsom salt flushes helping if it is botulism. How to do you do a flush exactly? We live in a pretty remote in northern MN near Canada, luckily we need to go to Duluth tomorrow so I can have access to a farm store to pick up anything we need, or else I am waiting on mail order if our feed mill doesn't have it.

If you can get to a pharmacy or Walmart I'd try to get Activated Charcoal you can get the molasses and Epsom salt at Walmart too and grocery stores carry probably all 3 . So far I have only used Activated charcoal it is found in the antacid isle. Botulism is also called limber neck and you say his head is up so it may not be botulism so hard to do a guessing game when it comes to our animals, But sometimes we have to do elimination to get to the cause especially when no vet is willing to look at them. So keep on with the B vitamins and hopefully that is the problem and you'll begin to see improvement in the next day or so.

 

[psladky]

If he has a blockage it may be effecting his walking ability.

Like an intestinal blockage?

 

[GitaBooks]

Yes. If your duck ate something it couldn't digest, it may have gotten stuck in its intestinal track and the building up droppings are pressing on the nerves.

 

[psladky]

 

[psladky]

So got to see some poop and there were worms. White/clear worms about a cm long or less, very fast moving. Poor poor duck must be over loaded. They were on medicated feed till 5 weeks old and then moved over to the poultry/water fowl/game bird feed.

On hand I have Safeguard (horse wormer oral) and corid 9.6% oral solution (the cow one) and apple cider vinegar, I don't know if any of those will be of any good, but I can stop at a bigger farm store tomorrow and get what I need.

 

[GitaBooks]

I would suggest stopping at the store for a wormer as I'm not sure if horse wormer is safe for birds, and corid is for coccidia. I've been told that ACV doesn't work for worms.

I'm glad its treatable!

 

[psladky]

Do you have any suggestions on what kind of wormer I should be getting? I am looking on amazon but honestly unsure what brand I should get. I think I am going to have to go to L&M Fleet Supply, but I want to order it off Amazon/Jeffers/etc... just in case I can not find what I need in the store. Thank you I hope this is the answer!

 

[duckets]

Good Sunday Evening psladky,

Capstar dewormer works very quickly and it is very easy to dose for all small animals. You want the small dog/cat type, (2 - 25 lbs) divide a single pill into quarters and dose it one 1/4 pill per pound or less, the same amount can be given 24 hours later.

You can crush what you need into a powder with two tablespoons and add a half teaspoon of apple juice or water, you can then use a 'sterile' dropper of disposable syringe to administer the paste into your Lil' One's mouth.

Disposable eye droppers are 2 for a dollar at Walmart and you can get Capstar from Tractor Supply Co., they carry their own brand as in the lower image;

 

[Miss Lydia]

So got to see some poop and there were worms. White/clear worms about a cm long or less, very fast moving. Poor poor duck must be over loaded. They were on medicated feed till 5 weeks old and then moved over to the poultry/water fowl/game bird feed.

On hand I have Safeguard (horse wormer oral) and corid 9.6% oral solution (the cow one) and apple cider vinegar, I don't know if any of those will be of any good, but I can stop at a bigger farm store tomorrow and get what I need.

Safe guard horse womer is okay to use.......I've used it [paste]...............@casportpony can help with dose you'll need to know how much he weighs They weren't maggots right?