My 5 week old duckling, Speck, injured her bill yesterday. I don’t think it’s too serious but I’d appreciate any opinions. Do I need to worry more ![Grimacing face :grimacing: 😬](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f62c.png)
In the morning I saw a streak of blood on her bill so I cleaned it and discovered a tiny poke, like slightly larger than a pinhole. I put some antibiotic ointment on it but I noticed the surrounding area was swollen and today it is more swollen, like the size of a dry bean on top of her bill. I’m thinking it’s either bruising or a blood blister? I hope it will just subside and be fine but if there’s anything else I should be doing..
Speck is eating and drinking and behaving normally. She is the runt and has overcome a lot so I’m really sad this happened. I’m guessing she scratched it on the chicken wire. I don’t know what else could have happened.
![Grimacing face :grimacing: 😬](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f62c.png)
In the morning I saw a streak of blood on her bill so I cleaned it and discovered a tiny poke, like slightly larger than a pinhole. I put some antibiotic ointment on it but I noticed the surrounding area was swollen and today it is more swollen, like the size of a dry bean on top of her bill. I’m thinking it’s either bruising or a blood blister? I hope it will just subside and be fine but if there’s anything else I should be doing..
Speck is eating and drinking and behaving normally. She is the runt and has overcome a lot so I’m really sad this happened. I’m guessing she scratched it on the chicken wire. I don’t know what else could have happened.