My ducks butt..?

[chickens really]

Hello....Relook at diet and exercise ...Fat Birds get sick...

 

[Kiki to Nana]

I wouldn't say being 5 lbs for a black sweedish overweight or fat. She put on a belly during winter between fed peanuts and corn to help keep her metabolism up and produce heat. I'll get her weighed and see how much she went down after the fluid removal. It has to have added a pound on to her.

Her diet is strictly layer feed, kale, cabbage, blueberries, watermelon right now.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Sounds like a good diet I can tell by pics she was full of fluid I bet she'll weigh significantly less once all that is gone.

 

[Kiki to Nana]

Sounds like a good diet I can tell by pics she was full of fluid I bet she'll weigh significantly less once all that is gone.

2.94 KG to 2.52 still seems to have a little fluid in her but pretty much a full pound she went down.

She is home now, under house arrest for the weekend to make sure no chance of infection getting into the holes from needles we poked in her belly and really just giving her belly time to return to normal size so no pooping issues happen. She is acting completely normal, and she had normal poops all night with no prolapsed in the last 24 hours since I left her there.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Awesome. You have run the gamut with your ducks haven't you. How are the others doing?

 

[Kiki to Nana]

Well, Coco still has bumblefoot. 2 on each foot. Really are waiting till after we move to get it taken care of so we can't properly house and keep her clean to heal. Lola is 4 months now and just as big as our drake and scared of us still we're just waiting for her to lay so we can get her out of the house finally and she can mate with Olly.

And the 3 week old babies are doing well. So far so good.

 

[Kiki to Nana]

So judging by other peoples opinions some feel like it could be ascites or some type of organ failure or a sort. What do you guys think judging by the fluid? If it was EYP would it be more pus like?

@Amiga @casportpony @Ravynscroft

 

[casportpony]

So judging by other peoples opinions some feel like it could be ascites or some type of organ failure or a sort. What do you guys think judging by the fluid? If it was EYP would it be more pus like?

@Amiga @casportpony @Ravynscroft

Did the vet remove the egg, the fluid, and that round thing?

 

[Kiki to Nana]

Did the vet remove the egg, the fluid, and that round thing?

Yup so the little round thing is actually a rotten egg. He tested the fluid because at first he thought maybe a heart issue. But its very high in protein. In combination with the rotten egg it the most likely diagnosis. So I would think.

 

[Abriana]

For the internal laying, it tends to be an ongoing issue, there is some type of implant that needs to be redone every few months to stop your bird from laying, but it is very expensive. I don't know much about it, but you could ask your vet about it.