Hello everyone,
My names Tom and I’m from the south west of the U.K. I’ve come here seeking advice and also probably looking for some peace of mind at the same time. I’ve only had my ducks for a couple of months and spent a lot of time building them an enclosed area that has everything they need, they are very pampered. However, I neglected one small gap and a cat managed to get a claw into the ducks leg and we think bite him also on the leg. I’ve rushed him down to the vets and she thinks it’s not fractured and has given me a liquid pain killer that we give him once a day and antibiotics in tablet form that we give him twice a day. We’re close to day 4 now and poor Ducktanian won’t put his leg down at all, the swelling seems to have all but gone and the wounds are healing nicely but I’m worried as he can’t really walk on one leg well. I’m going to take him back to the vets in a few days if still no signs of improvement but has anyone else had a duck that’s suffered a cat bite? How long should it take before he tries to walk on his leg again? He’s eating and drinking normally and I put him in and out of the pond a few times a day otherwise he just sits in the same place for hour after hour.
So my main questions are,
How long should it take before antibiotics work in ducks? (call ducks)
Should him not trying to walk on his leg a sign of something else?
Is there anything else I can do?
Thank you everyone for your help but I’m very worried about my poor little lad.
Thank you again for reading and any advice,
Tom & Ducktanian (on the left).
My names Tom and I’m from the south west of the U.K. I’ve come here seeking advice and also probably looking for some peace of mind at the same time. I’ve only had my ducks for a couple of months and spent a lot of time building them an enclosed area that has everything they need, they are very pampered. However, I neglected one small gap and a cat managed to get a claw into the ducks leg and we think bite him also on the leg. I’ve rushed him down to the vets and she thinks it’s not fractured and has given me a liquid pain killer that we give him once a day and antibiotics in tablet form that we give him twice a day. We’re close to day 4 now and poor Ducktanian won’t put his leg down at all, the swelling seems to have all but gone and the wounds are healing nicely but I’m worried as he can’t really walk on one leg well. I’m going to take him back to the vets in a few days if still no signs of improvement but has anyone else had a duck that’s suffered a cat bite? How long should it take before he tries to walk on his leg again? He’s eating and drinking normally and I put him in and out of the pond a few times a day otherwise he just sits in the same place for hour after hour.
So my main questions are,
How long should it take before antibiotics work in ducks? (call ducks)
Should him not trying to walk on his leg a sign of something else?
Is there anything else I can do?
Thank you everyone for your help but I’m very worried about my poor little lad.
Thank you again for reading and any advice,
Tom & Ducktanian (on the left).