Need help fast - duck attacked

[WoDia]

He’s a beautiful duck. I hope he recovers well.

 

[rootandbloom]

I did chick electrolytes and clindamycin in warm water and he drank it. I did colloidal silver rinse on wounds and cut a bit of feathers but didn't want to mess with his neck too much tonight. I had erythromycin ophthalmic antbx from the cat so I put that on his eye and head. I lightly wrapped his head/neck to his body with an ace bandage and he seemed more settled and closed his remaining eye. Will give him a bath in the morning if he makes it.

 

[Eggcessive]

Sorry about your duck. The clindamycin is probably fine, and treats both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria in the skin, bones, and tissues. The dosage my vet used on my 9 pound cat was 25 mg twice a day. The erythromycin ointment is fine for eyes and wounds too. Neosporin can be used as well.

 

[rootandbloom]

Any ideas for pain? I have homeopathic arnica, children's liquid ibuprofen, bute from the horses? Not sure if any of those are safe.

 

[ruthhope]

I think you are doing well to keep him warm quiet and in low light to recover.

If it were my duck, I would use pediatric electrolytes not ducky electrolytes, as Pedialyte contains the right proportion of sugar/glucose to electrolytes. The sugar will provide energy until the duck is eating normally. Its cheaper to buy sachets and mix with water but you can get bottles of made up solution too.

I would add Rooster Booster Poultry Cell to the water to give extra vitamins while healing.

You can gently smear on tetracycline antibiotic eye ointment [also human from your supermarket pharmacy or CVS etc] on the eye that has been punctured -- eye ointment not drops so that it stays on the eye. Once a day is enough.

I would give antibiotics orally as well as cleaning the wounds with saline and spraying with Vetericyn spray. Using hydrogen peroxide for the initial clean is OK. It gets dirt out. but use saline after that.

https://poultrydvm.com/drugs/cephalexin
https://poultrydvm.com/drugs/amoxicillin

I buy antibiotics for my rescued ducks from:
https://allbirdproducts.com/

I don't know about the neck problem. Let the duck keep his head tucked in for now. I don;t think the neck could be broken as he would nto be able to breath. But he may have torn muscles or ligaments. You can only watch and see if you dont have a vet.

Good luck and keep us updated

 

[LuciferRoo]

People get upset about a mink coat.
Reading stories like this make me want to skin these little bastards and stitch the coat myself.

 

[Eggcessive]

Any ideas for pain? I have homeopathic arnica, children's liquid ibuprofen, bute from the horses? Not sure if any of those are safe.

Many use aspirin 81 mg 1/2 tablet orally once or twice a day for up to 3 days. Vets can prescribe meloxicam. Read post 7 for ibuprofen dosage if using that:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/ibuprofen-for-controlling-pain-in-poultry.1250629/

 

[rootandbloom]

People get upset about a mink coat.
Reading stories like this make me want to skin these little bastards and stitch the coat myself.

My husband went out and walked the property with the rifle but of course that didn't result in anything. We can't put traps under the coop because a family of groundhogs lives under it and they're harmless. Minks/fishers/etc. are so disgusting, they just killed them all for sport. 2 Crevecoeurs, 2 Favorelles, my second Cayuga. Only took one head.

 

[rootandbloom]

He is still alive this AM. I took the ace bandage off and he drank well and had better neck control as far as raising it and tipping his head back to drink. Wouldn't eat mushy carrots. Will try some ibuprofen then a bath and more foods once that kicks in. Ty everyone.

 

[Miss Lydia]

If you can get the pain under better control that might help him want to eat. I imagine his neck is very sore.