My duck swallowed my earring.

[Brooke_R]

Switch to WET FOOD and lots of liquid immediately!

(Milk probably wouldn't hurt also...but I haven't tried this.)

If it were a bigger animal the treatment is to make them swallow magnets, if its a cow and nails for example (or sheep). But this might do more harm than good with a small animal like a duck.

I remember going with dad to farms to treat cows that had swallowed nails and you'd put magnets in a pill swallowing device that you put in their mouth and shoot it in.

But ducks are different. This likely wouldn't work with magnets. But you could do the magnet trick on something sharp and metal in a larger animal, even dogs possibly?

Until its passed through don't do any dry food. And you'll want to grease the plumbing as much as you can until it passes.

The treatment would be to grease the plumbing as much as you can. Also one of the main issues is the sharp part of the earing, not just the metal.

Okay I’ll switch him to wet food thank you so much!

 

[Brooke_R]

Sorry to hear about your duck. If you can't take her to a vet, do the following.

Calcium EDTA, can/ and is used often in cases of heavy metal poisoning as a chelation agent. It took me a while to find a dose, but I found one here,

http://avianmedicine.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/18.pdf

This site states it can be given IM, at a dose of 20-40mg/kg, twice or three times a day. I see other sources listing it can cause muscle site necrosis so you may be able to administer it orally instead. I can look into it more, but just give us her weight once you get the EDTA, and I'll figure out a dose for you.

Vet's often give antibiotics post-therapy since lead, and other heavy metals can have immunosuppressive effects. Something like Amoxicillin would work, and you can find that here.

https://www.chewy.com/fish-aid-antibiotics-amoxicillin/dp/185201

In addition, to the chelation therapy, you may consider adding some mineral oil to her feed, which may help "rid" the earring out of her digestive tract. Do not try to give mineral oil orally (PO) as its easily aspirated, which may leed to subsequent lipid pneumonia, which tends to be fatal.

Something people often under address in cases of heavy metal poisoning, is hydration. It's very important she stays hydrated throughout this. If you notice she isn't drinking as much, let us know, as she'll likely require some sort of supplemental fluids in place. I would also recommend getting a baseline weight done on her, and start weighing her daily.

Okay I will you that thank you!!

 

[Brooke_R]

Sorry to hear about your duck. If you can't take her to a vet, do the following.

Calcium EDTA, can/ and is used often in cases of heavy metal poisoning as a chelation agent. It took me a while to find a dose, but I found one here,

http://avianmedicine.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/18.pdf

This site states it can be given IM, at a dose of 20-40mg/kg, twice or three times a day. I see other sources listing it can cause muscle site necrosis so you may be able to administer it orally instead. I can look into it more, but just give us her weight once you get the EDTA, and I'll figure out a dose for you.

Vet's often give antibiotics post-therapy since lead, and other heavy metals can have immunosuppressive effects. Something like Amoxicillin would work, and you can find that here.

https://www.chewy.com/fish-aid-antibiotics-amoxicillin/dp/185201

In addition, to the chelation therapy, you may consider adding some mineral oil to her feed, which may help "rid" the earring out of her digestive tract. Do not try to give mineral oil orally (PO) as its easily aspirated, which may leed to subsequent lipid pneumonia, which tends to be fatal.

Something people often under address in cases of heavy metal poisoning, is hydration. It's very important she stays hydrated throughout this. If you notice she isn't drinking as much, let us know, as she'll likely require some sort of supplemental fluids in place. I would also recommend getting a baseline weight done on her, and start weighing her daily.

I weighed him. He’s 4 lb 9 oz. EDTA I ordered is 600 mg.

 

[Isaac 0]

4lbs, and nine ounces is just about equal to two kilos. So we'll go with the 30mg dose, and that'd mean he'd get 60mg of the EDTA twice a day. If the pills are powder, and not soft gel, you could dissolve one pill in 10ml of water, mix thoroughly, and give 1ml of the liquid orally twice a day.

 

[nao57]

I'm thinking you may want to also do milk and maybe ground up shredded carrots.

People use milk a lot for poisonings because it has advantages in trying to keep the blood ph more normal and cancel out odd things going on. (Poison control centers used to do this with toddlers eating things they shouldn't. There's no reason it shouldn't work with ducks. But people do say ducks shouldn't have too much dairy; but have you ever known a duck to turn down food?)

 

[Brooke_R]

4lbs, and nine ounces is just about equal to two kilos. So we'll go with the 30mg dose, and that'd mean he'd get 60mg of the EDTA twice a day. If the pills are powder, and not soft gel, you could dissolve one pill in 10ml of water, mix thoroughly, and give 1ml of the liquid orally twice a day.

Okay thank you so much for your help!

 

[Brooke_R]

I'm thinking you may want to also do milk and maybe ground up shredded carrots.

People use milk a lot for poisonings because it has advantages in trying to keep the blood ph more normal and cancel out odd things going on. (Poison control centers used to do this with toddlers eating things they shouldn't. There's no reason it shouldn't work with ducks. But people do say ducks shouldn't have too much dairy; but have you ever known a duck to turn down food?)

Lol okay I’ll do that. Thank you!!

 

[Brooke_R]

We put the metal detector back up to my duck and it didn’t go off. The way it was going off when I put the other earring up to it, I think it definitely would have gone off if he still had it. Thank you so much! Just in case should I still give him the EDTA when it gets here? I think he passed it but I don’t want to have made a mistake.

 

[Isaac 0]

We put the metal detector back up to my duck and it didn’t go off. The way it was going off when I put the other earring up to it, I think it definitely would have gone off if he still had it. Thank you so much! Just in case should I still give him the EDTA when it gets here? I think he passed it but I don’t want to have made a mistake.

I think I would still give him the EDTA, just in case, and I would spread each one of his feces out on a paper towel to look for any granule sized metal pieces as well.

 

[Brooke_R]

I think I would still give him the EDTA, just in case, and I would spread each one of his feces out on a paper towel to look for any granule sized metal pieces as well.

Okay. Thank you guys so much!!