My Peking duck as a large mass on her chest. Any thoughts?

[Joey8]

 

[Equi_Liz]

What does it feel like? from this angle is looks like she just ate a lot, their crop is humongous. I’ve seen mine get so big it looks like they wouldn’t be able to support themselves, and it I touch it or move them then they throw up just a tad. Does the mass go down at all or had it stayed the same size for a long amount of time?

 

[LT71689]

Ducks' throats expand to store food, as their natural instinct is to gobble up as much as they can so they can keep moving to avoid prey. They slowly empty the stored food into their digestive tract, but in the meantime all that food can cause the chest area to look quite distended. Typically they start their morning off on empty, and I see you posted this in the afternoon - did you notice the swelling before she had access to food this morning or is it likely she'd already eaten something?

Keep an eye on her, is she drinking? Is she pooping normally? Maybe remove her food source for a few hours so she doesn't continue to pack it in and see if the size goes down. If she appears to be choking or the food doesnt seem to be moving you can try to give her a little olive oil to help loosen things up, or massage her throat a little and see if she vomits (search for threads on "impacted crop" and be mindful of doing this as it can cause her to aspirate (inhale her vomit) and then you've got more problems)

 

[Joey8]

Ducks' throats expand to store food, as their natural instinct is to gobble up as much as they can so they can keep moving to avoid prey. They slowly empty the stored food into their digestive tract, but in the meantime all that food can cause the chest area to look quite distended. Typically they start their morning off on empty, and I see you posted this in the afternoon - did you notice the swelling before she had access to food this morning or is it likely she'd already eaten something?

Keep an eye on her, is she drinking? Is she pooping normally? Maybe remove her food source for a few hours so she doesn't continue to pack it in and see if the size goes down. If she appears to be choking or the food doesnt seem to be moving you can try to give her a little olive oil to help loosen things up, or massage her throat a little and see if she vomits (search for threads on "impacted crop" and be mindful of doing this as it can cause her to aspirate (inhale her vomit) and then you've got more problems)

 

[Joey8]

 

[Joey8]

It feels like a balloon with water in it. My wife notice it this morning.

 

[Joey8]

What does it feel like? from this angle is looks like she just ate a lot, their crop is humongous. I’ve seen mine get so big it looks like they wouldn’t be able to support themselves, and it I touch it or move them then they throw up just a tad. Does the mass go down at all or had it stayed the same size for a long amount of time?

It feels like a balloon full of water. You can hear it splashing in side when I move it around.

 

[Joey8]

I actually just massaged the area and a lot of water came out and a little what looked like food. She seems happy now

 

[Equi_Liz]

Ducks' throats expand to store food, as their natural instinct is to gobble up as much as they can so they can keep moving to avoid prey. They slowly empty the stored food into their digestive tract, but in the meantime all that food can cause the chest area to look quite distended. Typically they start their morning off on empty, and I see you posted this in the afternoon - did you notice the swelling before she had access to food this morning or is it likely she'd already eaten something?

Keep an eye on her, is she drinking? Is she pooping normally? Maybe remove her food source for a few hours so she doesn't continue to pack it in and see if the size goes down. If she appears to be choking or the food doesnt seem to be moving you can try to give her a little olive oil to help loosen things up, or massage her throat a little and see if she vomits (search for threads on "impacted crop" and be mindful of doing this as it can cause her to aspirate (inhale her vomit) and then you've got more problems)

try this first, this is all really good advice! My ducks do get that big with water though, especially if they just happened to be super thirsty at that point in time it doesn’t happen often but it does happen to mine on occasion.

 

[Equi_Liz]

I actually just massaged the area and a lot of water came out and a little what looked like food. She seems happy now

That’s great!