Last night Relyt, our very favorite girl (pictured in my av on a much better day), was missing at bedtime. We searched and searched including looking in the duck house (IDK how we missed her) but it seems she accidentally got locked in the duck house instead of her coop.
The ducks are fine with her outside, but they are afraid of her in small spaces and they savaged her, they tore almost her whole crest out.
Her head is very swollen and weepy, but she is eating and drinking fine, I've given her some scrambled eggs and some sav-a-chick in her water. I have her in the house, I washed her head gently with a weak iodine/warm water solution and I've put triple antibiotic ointment on it.
Is there anything else I can do? Anything to help reduce the swelling?
Thank you in advance, I know she must be in a lot of pain and I'm heartsick I let this happen, I can't imagine why we didn't see her when we checked the duck house before closing it up. My poor, poor baby
The ducks are fine with her outside, but they are afraid of her in small spaces and they savaged her, they tore almost her whole crest out.
Her head is very swollen and weepy, but she is eating and drinking fine, I've given her some scrambled eggs and some sav-a-chick in her water. I have her in the house, I washed her head gently with a weak iodine/warm water solution and I've put triple antibiotic ointment on it.
Is there anything else I can do? Anything to help reduce the swelling?
Thank you in advance, I know she must be in a lot of pain and I'm heartsick I let this happen, I can't imagine why we didn't see her when we checked the duck house before closing it up. My poor, poor baby