jay - animal lover
Chirping
- Dec 17, 2019
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hello! my duckling recently passed away, and a few days ago her sister also passed away along with their older sibling. in total, we had 5 ducks, and now we only have 2.
the older ducks are pretty older, theyre 3/4ish months old, and the little ones were about 2 months old. there is a heating lamp in there with them.
we have them set up inside a pretty wide enclosure, with access to food and water. i sit outside with them and let them out for about 2-3 hours, and i put the little ones back in there to warm up after them being out there for about 10-15 minutes. i would let them warm up and then let them out for another 10-15 minutes, until the older ones were finished. while they were warming up, they also had access to food and water.
one of the little ones one day was acting very lethargic, so i made her drink water. she was drinking water and eating food just fine, and started quacking again so i wasn't worried. as i was putting the older ones back in, one of them immediately started flopping. when i checked her crop, as well as making sure she was breathing on her own, i confirmed she wasnt choking and wasnt sure why she was flopping. i massaged her crop anyways, massaged her neck as well, and nothing came out, and she was still breathing. she died within minutes, and after i had noticed she scraped her leg on something, but it wasnt even deep enough to bleed or scab, so i wasnt sure if that was related or not. i have no idea why she died, as she was acting fine and even swimming with her siblings. she walked into the enclosure just fine, and i was checking on the other chickens for about 5 minutes before i did a final check and noticed her flopping. does anyone know what couldve caused this? was she choking and i just couldnt get it out? like i said, her crop felt normal and she was quacking and breathing on her own.
the next morning, the little one was dead. im not sure what happened to her whatsoever, i stayed until she was walking on her own and quacking with her siblings. could it have been a sickness? will this said sickness effect any other of the chickens or ducks?
and tonight, i went to check on the animals. i had already fed them and gave them water this morning, and the duckling was fine. but when i checked on her tonight, she was limp, but still alive. she wasnt breathing on her own, so i first checked her crop and made sure nothing was blocking her airway, and then preformed cpr as per normal. i unfortunately have done this before with other ducklings who had choked, and had saved them before, so i knew what i was doing. she was kicking her feet and moving her head slightly, but her eyes completely dilated and she eventually passed away in my arms.
im horrified and scared to think that this may be a sickness, or maybe even a spider possibly getting to them. does anyone have any ideas? for the time being, we have cleaned out the enclosure and replaced straw in there for them, as well as thoroughly clean out their containers. could mushrooms kill them? we noticed some in the play pen that they go out in a few days ago, and even though they never walked close to them, we cleaned them out for obvious reasons.
please help. im just scared this will happen to our other animals, and i would find a lot of comfort in knowing what happened. did we put them outside too early?
the older ducks are pretty older, theyre 3/4ish months old, and the little ones were about 2 months old. there is a heating lamp in there with them.
we have them set up inside a pretty wide enclosure, with access to food and water. i sit outside with them and let them out for about 2-3 hours, and i put the little ones back in there to warm up after them being out there for about 10-15 minutes. i would let them warm up and then let them out for another 10-15 minutes, until the older ones were finished. while they were warming up, they also had access to food and water.
one of the little ones one day was acting very lethargic, so i made her drink water. she was drinking water and eating food just fine, and started quacking again so i wasn't worried. as i was putting the older ones back in, one of them immediately started flopping. when i checked her crop, as well as making sure she was breathing on her own, i confirmed she wasnt choking and wasnt sure why she was flopping. i massaged her crop anyways, massaged her neck as well, and nothing came out, and she was still breathing. she died within minutes, and after i had noticed she scraped her leg on something, but it wasnt even deep enough to bleed or scab, so i wasnt sure if that was related or not. i have no idea why she died, as she was acting fine and even swimming with her siblings. she walked into the enclosure just fine, and i was checking on the other chickens for about 5 minutes before i did a final check and noticed her flopping. does anyone know what couldve caused this? was she choking and i just couldnt get it out? like i said, her crop felt normal and she was quacking and breathing on her own.
the next morning, the little one was dead. im not sure what happened to her whatsoever, i stayed until she was walking on her own and quacking with her siblings. could it have been a sickness? will this said sickness effect any other of the chickens or ducks?
and tonight, i went to check on the animals. i had already fed them and gave them water this morning, and the duckling was fine. but when i checked on her tonight, she was limp, but still alive. she wasnt breathing on her own, so i first checked her crop and made sure nothing was blocking her airway, and then preformed cpr as per normal. i unfortunately have done this before with other ducklings who had choked, and had saved them before, so i knew what i was doing. she was kicking her feet and moving her head slightly, but her eyes completely dilated and she eventually passed away in my arms.
im horrified and scared to think that this may be a sickness, or maybe even a spider possibly getting to them. does anyone have any ideas? for the time being, we have cleaned out the enclosure and replaced straw in there for them, as well as thoroughly clean out their containers. could mushrooms kill them? we noticed some in the play pen that they go out in a few days ago, and even though they never walked close to them, we cleaned them out for obvious reasons.
please help. im just scared this will happen to our other animals, and i would find a lot of comfort in knowing what happened. did we put them outside too early?