Need Help with Duck

[3bird]

I will update with more symptoms and video as we go, but we have a three-year old silver Appleyard who does not appear to be well. She is the girl who is bonded to our drake, and during the day, we often leave her (by her insistence) with him. Tonight when I went to let her out, she was unable/unwilling to walk and was sort of scooting along the ground pulling herself by her bill. I brought her to her little pool and she is kind of chilling in there and drinking and looking better. She just had what appears to be a normal poop.

 

[3bird]

She (Mouse) is still in the pool and is drinking pretty much non-stop, which isn't normal for her. It's almost as if her legs are just not working right.

 

[3bird]

 

[casportpony]

Oh no, so sorry she is sick. Can you bring her inside and start tubing fluids? I think I remember you saying you're an EMT? Can you get any bag of fluids? If so, I can teach you how to give fluids under the skin.

 

[3bird]

We've moved her inside.

 

[3bird]

We need to get the rest of the flock to bed now, and I'll be back. Thank you.

 

[3bird]

Ok. So here is the update. It's a little more than an hour since we found her. As I wrote above, I put her in a small pool for probably 20 minutes and she seemed relatively normal except for taking many small sips of water. Then she tried to get out on her own and join the flock, and that's the video above. My wife took her onto the grass and sat with her for a while, while I set up on indoor area. When I came to get her, she definitely seemed stronger...able to partially stand and kind of stumble forward. I brought her inside, and she has been there for maybe 15 minutes now. She is alert and she seems to be able to stand up, but she is just kind of chilling. We gave her a bowl of water but no food. Thoughts?

 

[3bird]

Oh no, so sorry she is sick. Can you bring her inside and start tubing fluids? I think I remember you saying you're an EMT? Can you get any bag of fluids? If so, I can teach you how to give fluids under the skin.

Thank you! I was an EMT, but no fluids on hand. She is inside and is alert and seems stronger (e.g., standing a bit).

 

[Miss Lydia]

You checked to see if she’s egg bound?

 

[3bird]

You checked to see if she’s egg bound?

That remains not my area of expertise. I did feel, and didn't notice anything. There was a soft egging her area with Angus that must have been from today.