New duckling can’t walk

[DuckGirl2021]

Hows little Peanut doing this morning?
you need vit E 400 mgs. Poultry Nutri drench or poly vi sol with out iron and selenium the selenium can come from scrambled eggs the Vit E prick the liquid capsule and put it over his eggs or feed. The Poultry Nutri drench you can give straight just tiny drops into the bill let him swallow and do it again.

He seems a little stronger today although I’m not sure if it’s wishful thinking. Do I get the vitamin e at tractor supply or like a pharmacy?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Good to hear. Okay I copied this from another thread the Vit E you'll have to get for humans. Selenium can be from scrambled eggs. So buy the liquid B complex at TSC it will say injectable but we use it orally.
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You could try treating it with vitamin E as @WVduckchick suggested, and it might be good to give it some thiamine too.

For the E I would use a human E capsule and drip the contents into it's bill.
For thiamine, I would use the B complex from Tractor supply and give it about 0.1 ml orally.

http://www.poultrydvm.com/condition/thiamine-deficiency
http://www.poultrydvm.com/condition/vitamin-e-deficiency-in-chickens

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[DuckGirl2021]

Not much improvement but I’ve made a vet appointment for little Peanut. Hoping we will get some insight as to what is going on.

 

[DuckGirl2021]

We took Peanut to the vet, his legs are completely healthy. The vet believes it is a neuro problem. What are the chances he can outgrow this issue?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Little Peanut may have issues all his life or he may grow out of it. Many have crested ducks that do fine. Is he able to get up and walk at all? Eating and drinking?

 

[DuckGirl2021]

Little Peanut may have issues all his life or he may grow out of it. Many have crested ducks that do fine. Is he able to get up and walk at all? Eating and drinking?

We hand feed him, he doesn’t have any kind of balance to hold him up. He just kind of flops himself around to move around his brooder.

 

[Miss Lydia]

What all are you giving Peanut in supplements?

 

[DuckGirl2021]

What all are you giving Peanut in supplements?

He’s is getting Nutri-drench, brewers yeast and Vitamin E along with his duckling crumbles and peas

 

[Miss Lydia]

Have you tried scrambled eggs which has selenium in it which is another mineral it needs?

 

[DuckGirl2021]

Yes I’ve been feeding eggs every other day. He loves egg!