Need help with lock down! :) duck egg

[salsan20]

Everyone has got so big, you can see the babies with poppet , jasmine and bean before poppet and the babies went to their new home. Flubber and daisy are moulting as you can see!

so how is Cody?

 

[lissygirl]

They look great!! Wow they really have gotten big!!

 

[salsan20]

So how is the stunning Cody?

 

[lissygirl]

He is doing great! Flying through the house! I could never get him to take his diaper. Everytime we tried to put it on him he would have a fit. I still try sometimes. It would make things a lot easier!

 

[lissygirl]

 

[lissygirl]

We've had our first catastrophe!! Needing some advice. This morning I woke up to drops of blood all over the inside of the coop. I pulled him out and checked him all over, and I found that his left foot had a claw that was ripped off or somehow gone, and was bloody. I am freaking out about this!!!! I worked late last night so Cody was in the hands of hubby and my son. But all three of us are extremely careful with him!! We watch him every second when he's loose in the house. We handle him most of the day when we're home and we are very very gentle. He does sometimes knock into things in the house when he flies around. Also the "coop" he's in is actually a dog crate so I don't know if that had anything to do with it. Anyway, I'm so worried about infection!!! He'd stepped in his droppings since it had been all night so I changed out all his towels and soaked his foot in clean water. Then I dabbed the bloody spot with rubbing alcohol. I will be calling a vet in the morning. Have any of you dealt with anything like this?

 

[Aphrael]

We've had our first catastrophe!! Needing some advice. This morning I woke up to drops of blood all over the inside of the coop. I pulled him out and checked him all over, and I found that his left foot had a claw that was ripped off or somehow gone, and was bloody. I am freaking out about this!!!! I worked late last night so Cody was in the hands of hubby and my son. But all three of us are extremely careful with him!! We watch him every second when he's loose in the house. We handle him most of the day when we're home and we are very very gentle. He does sometimes knock into things in the house when he flies around. Also the "coop" he's in is actually a dog crate so I don't know if that had anything to do with it. Anyway, I'm so worried about infection!!! He'd stepped in his droppings since it had been all night so I changed out all his towels and soaked his foot in clean water. Then I dabbed the bloody spot with rubbing alcohol. I will be calling a vet in the morning. Have any of you dealt with anything like this?

Sounds like he probably caught a claw on something and tore it out. I've had this happen once with one of my ducks. Make sure you've cleaned it good and disinfect it. Then smear a small amount of antibiotic ointment on it (make sure it is the type WITHOUT pain killer in it). Since they do walk in poo and mud and all kinds of stuff, I'd clean and treat it daily until it isn't an open wound any longer just to be sure it doesn't get infected.

Also, I don't know what his claws are like, but I know mine sometimes get really overgrown claws and I have to take dog nail clippers and trim them down.

 

[lissygirl]

Thank you very much for the advice. We are keeping everything really clean and I will pick up the ointment.

 

[lissygirl]

Cody's foot healed up fine Here he is after his bath wrapped up in a towel

 

[Aphrael]

That is great news!

I've been meaning to drop in and ask how he was doing.

ETA: Are you sure Cody is a he? I thought that mallard drakes had the solid green heads. Is he quacking yet?