Needing advice about 4 day old duckling!

[Miss Lydia]

@pjsfarm, please keep us updated on your lil one.

 

[pjsfarm]

If it's acting normal (eating, drinking, and pooping) there is a very good chance it will make it. If it starts to decline, let me know and I'll tell about another option.

Within the last hour she has made a drastic decline, not eating, drinking or walking and not laying normally. She is struggling. I did give her some water (which contained some vitimans) with a syringe carefully as to not let her breathe it in, but no improvement. Any other ideas?

 

[Miss Lydia]

@casportpony

 

[casportpony]

Within the last hour she has made a drastic decline, not eating, drinking or walking and not laying normally. She is struggling. I did give her some water (which contained some vitimans) with a syringe carefully as to not let her breathe it in, but no improvement. Any other ideas?

Does her belly smell? does it look bloated compared to the others??

 

[casportpony]

Can you take a video of her, upload it to youtube or vimeo, then copy/paste the link here?

 

[pjsfarm]

Can you take a video of her, upload it to youtube or vimeo, then copy/paste the link here?

I am at a loss for words. She flailed around for 10 seconds and passed. Other than starting the vitimans and electrolytes sooner, is there anything else i couldve done to prevent this? Ive never seen an animal go down hill so fast. She wasn't even struggling to breathe.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I am so sorry. she most likely had infection I don't think there was much that could have been done.

@casportpony I am sure can give you advise.

 

[Pyxis]

I'm very sorry. It does sound like there was an infection, and there really wasn't anything you could have done

 

[HuskerHens18]

@pjsfarm I am so sorry. It breaks my heart when babies just go downhill and pass before we have time to help them. You did what you could, and it was more than what a lot of people would've done. I hope that you never have this experience again, you handled it well.

 

[casportpony]

I am at a loss for words. She flailed around for 10 seconds and passed. Other than starting the vitimans and electrolytes sooner, is there anything else i couldve done to prevent this? Ive never seen an animal go down hill so fast. She wasn't even struggling to breathe.

So sorry for your loss. There is nothing that you could have done to prevent it, and the treatment I was going to suggest is very risky. Yolk sac infections are probably the leading cause of death in chicks and ducklings, and the hatchery should not have sent that one, and the feed store should not have sold it.