New layer? Egg bound/pain?

I'm sorry she's still having problems. She sounds super sweet. I love it when my ducks head bob for treats.

Her feet look great to me. I don't see any bumbles. I'm on my phone, so the photos are small and I could be wrong. One thought I have is that maybe the limp is caused by an egg putting pressure on the obturator nerve. This happened to my duck who was often egg bound.

I don't think staying in water all day is bad for your duck. I have heard that it is bad for them to drink epsom salt bath water, though, as it can give them diarrhea. I ended up holding a cup of mealworm water for my duck to drink when she was in an epsom salt bath, and when I left her just giving her a tub of fresh water. I don't know how bad for them it is, but I didn't want to risk dehydration by diarrhea. I don't know if your duck is drinking her bath water but I thought I might mention it just in case!
Thank you so much! Yes, I agree with the Epsom salt drinking, I thought of that for sure. I try to give her fresh water for a bit and then add the salt. I also give her just fresh water to duck around in.

How could I figure out if it was an egg putting pressure? Is there something I can feel for? She hasn't laid again since Thursday. Like I said way in the beginning, she is a new layer though so I'm not sure she's regular either.
 
Thank you so much! Yes, I agree with the Epsom salt drinking, I thought of that for sure. I try to give her fresh water for a bit and then add the salt. I also give her just fresh water to duck around in.

How could I figure out if it was an egg putting pressure? Is there something I can feel for? She hasn't laid again since Thursday. Like I said way in the beginning, she is a new layer though so I'm not sure she's regular either.
Unfortunately the way I found out about the obturator nerve was through the vet. They did x-rays and saw that the egg was in the correct location to cause the issue, and they didn't see any other problems that would cause limping like fractures or bumblefoot.
 
I'm trying to read up on that now. I know we had a soft shelled egg last week and then she laid a monster on Thursday. I have been giving her the calcium though, hopefully that will help.. (I'm sure the lack of appetite hasn't helped her to lay)

I'm also concerned about her head/neck, as she won't really lift it up unless she is super aware (my dogs) or if she's stretching in the bath. She seems to have a bunch going on and all basically overnight.
 
I'm trying to read up on that now. I know we had a soft shelled egg last week and then she laid a monster on Thursday. I have been giving her the calcium though, hopefully that will help.. (I'm sure the lack of appetite hasn't helped her to lay)

I'm also concerned about her head/neck, as she won't really lift it up unless she is super aware (my dogs) or if she's stretching in the bath. She seems to have a bunch going on and all basically overnight.
I don't really know much about head/neck stuff. But I'm wondering if she's dehydrated from not eating, and that's making her stiff? One of my ducks stopped eating when she had egg yolk perontitis. She moved oddly, stiffly. She only stopped eating for 1.5 days before I got her to the vet and they taught me to tube feed her. She was drinking a ton, more than normal even, but she was still dehydrated. They gave her fluids and with the tube feeding she started moving normally again.
 
Sorry I don't know what kinds of home treatments are best. I have a lot of experience with sick ducks, but I always go to the vet and do whatever they tell me to. Choosing to not go is definitely reasonable, I've added 30 hours to my work week to pay for my veterinary bills.

Shall we tag other people who have more experience treating at home?
 
Sorry I don't know what kinds of home treatments are best. I have a lot of experience with sick ducks, but I always go to the vet and do whatever they tell me to. Choosing to not go is definitely reasonable, I've added 30 hours to my work week to pay for my veterinary bills.

Shall we tag other people who have more experience treating at home?
I'm always open to advice!
 
Well... she's still fighting.

I'm not too sure what's going on with her. Wry neck maybe? Now there's something wrong with her left leg/foot. She wasn't eating.

Thursday she laid that evening. This is when my original post started.

Friday she was still cricked back and moseying(low to the ground and a super waddle, like she felt heavy) so I thought I'd put her back with the girls to see of that would make her perk up a bit. Well, I went out a couple of hours later and she was limping, and it looked like her feathers were messy, so I wasn't sure of she was being picked on (I doubted it but still) now I believe maybe she hurt herself getting in/out of the pool. I started giving her the calcium gluconate 1ml. I gave her a warm Epsom bath. She wasn't interested in eating. I did get her to eat some watermelon with some nutri drench.

Saturday she still wasn't good. I gave her the nutri drench, calcium gluconate, electrolytes in her water. Gave her warm baths.. Tried watermelon... mealworms...eggs... mash food..grits.. peas... she wasn't interested. That night she did eat a little food and watermelon and some sunflower seeds when I fed it to her.. She was still pooping and drinking while she was sitting in her bowl or bath.

Sunday I wracked my brain and searched everything. Don't know if its wry neck, Bumble foot, she ate something, got stung, egg bound/sore a sprain, strain? I continued the electrolytes, calcium gluconate, nutri drench, added b complex. Tried peas and she ate them! She also had some mealworms and a touch of food. I still had to feed it to her and she would only eat in the bath.

I've continued with the baths a couple of times a day, the nutri drench, calcium gluconate, and b complex. She's been eating when I feed her by hand. She has her water and food. She tends to sit in her bowl and soak. The last couple of days she's had a little more sparkle to her. I caught her preening herself today.. She's honking a bit and flapping her wings in the tub.. Not normal, but more. Today she was even "bobbing" for peas or mealworms in the tub.

Which leads me to a question... can they spend too much time in the water? She loves it in there and drinks and moves around. Its like she isn't bearing weight so she's more comfortable. I'd like to leave her in there as long as I can (water not cooling down of course) I also started putting her in the spare bathroom as its closer quarters for the humidity.

She's still drinking (I'm worried about her dehydrating), especially in the bath and still pooping..

I'm not sure what else to do for her except what I'm doing. Any advice would be great. We have decided we have quite a few animals, especially birds and always will. They are "my pets" but they are also livestock. So we'll do what we can for her here, and have to make the decision if she's not getting any better and in pain. We won't be taking her to a vet.

I'll attach some photos and try to upload her bath videos. Her left foot is the one that is bothering her.
@Isaac 0 and @casportpony can you help out with this duck? She has been having problems for a little over a week.
 

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