Thank you for posting the pictures! This is very helpful to others who may encounter the same issue down the road!UPDATE:
My wife and I performed surgery this morning. Our boy is doing well.
His belly was cool this morning, so the infection had subsided overnight. We think it's due to the hydrogen peroxide, which another group said to not use. Oh well.
He was very calm during the entire process, and only flinched once when I pulled out a good feather. Oops.
Attached are some photos, not too many though. Using a scalpel and tweezers from my medical kit (I've never used before), I was able to remove a lot of material from many of the cysts while my beautiful assistant held our patient. There was about 5x the amount of material extracted than shown in the final photo.
We are very relieved. Our boy is much happier. He knew we were trying to help. We used Vetericyn spray to help clean up the area afterward. And his females were happy to have him back. We will apply more hydrogen peroxide, Vetericyn, and ivermectin paste, as needed, over the next several days. We hope we will not need to perform another surgery on him, but we will if need be.
I hope all this helps!
Now, I need to attend to our newly hatched 15 chicks; 7 more eggs to go! They will join our other 29 chickens soon.
I hope I never see this on one of my ducks, but if I do, I'll know exactly what to do now! So glad he's doing well! Great job!
