My indian running duck ha s drank dirty water and not walking

[Tonilou]

Hi wondering if anyone could give me some advice, I have 2 Indian runners one make one female, the female is fine but yesterday and today my male runner can't get up and walk, he is eating and drinking but really weak on his legs just takes one of two steps (with me having to stand him up to do so) I think he has drank dirty water, is there anything I can do to help him??

 

[FluffTheDuck]

Dirty water? Do you mean like septic or creek water? Can you take one picture of both of the top of the feet and two pictures of both of the bottom of the feet?

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

What do you mean with »dirty water«? - Water with just dirt in it, even with duck poop is totally safe for ducks to drink! Actually mine prefer the muddy water that collects in their drill holes over the fresh clean water in their waterer at any time.
But rotten, stagnant water with a foul smell can contain botulism bacteria:
https://wcsv.org/education/diseases/duck-botulism/
I had a suspected case of botulism with my drake Limpy last year, see:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/young-duck-went-suddenly-lame.1270289/
It was a long and work intensive task, but he survived and today is only limping on his right leg. The summary of my botulism treatment is here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/young-duck-went-suddenly-lame.1270289/page-5#post-20512376
Hoping all the best for your drake! - Btw. One female is not enough for a drake, you should have at least three ducks for one drake - better five.

 

[Tonilou]

Dirty water? Do you mean like septic or creek water? Can you take one picture of both of the top of the feet and two pictures of both of the bottom of the feet?

 

[Tonilou]

Hope this helps

 

[FluffTheDuck]

And can you do the same with the other foot?

 

[FluffTheDuck]

Can I get a picture of the bottom of the foot spread out? Looks like from that picture he may have bumblefoot.. gotta double check

 

[Tonilou]

Dirty water? Do you mean like septic or creek water? Can you take one picture of both of the top of the feet and two pictures of both of the bottom of the feet?

Stagnunt water did u see the photos?

 

[FluffTheDuck]

Stagnunt water did u see the photos?

No I don’t see any photos on your original post

 

[Tonilou]

Stagnunt water did u see the photos?