Oh no! Limping duck

[Miss Lydia]

Miss Lydia is absolutely right, you need to crate it.
When we first moved back to Maine, my mom's duck was downed by a fox. It dragged it's leg behind it. We put it in a warm crate where is stayed for some time, but it did heal.
Having it running around, regardless of how it was hurt can't be helping it heal.

 

[seashoreduck]

Spazzy and the other two healthy ducks were under their haystak fast asleep when I got home. YAY! However Gimpy was sitting outside cheeping mournfully.

The only crate I have is a large dog crate not at all capable of handling the outdoors even though it's plastic (holes on top and sides, no lower venting, no drainage). Due to the pending thunder storms (which seem to be prime entertainment for the healthy ducks) Gimpy will be staying inside.

So I got a giant rubbermaid container the size of the crate, lined it with old jeans and papertowls, a couple of beenie babies beloved by pets over the years, and some water and food. Gimpy sampled some duckmeal and the water and gobbled the peas I provided.

He's insanely doscile, hasn't cried, wants to get away on one hand if given the chance, but no fighting, seemed to like to be stroaked and held. Got him only 2 weeks ago at 4 weeks old, so far too old to imprint. Because of Spazzy being a big mouth and souding the alarm anytime I got withn 30 feet of them they haven't been very domesticated either. Gimpy and his fellow underlings were far braver and responded better.

The other 3 ducks seem pretty upset at the loss of Gimpy, but Gimpy seems to not mind the royal treatment.

 

[seashoreduck]

Gimpy doing well, still resting and otherwise submitting to care. Squeaked like a demon when I put him down to clean the box so had to hold him the whole time.

The other 3 organized a jail break this am at around 5am. We had decent thunder storms and in duck fashion, waiting until I woke up at 6:30 am was not good enough. They wanted to be wet! The crate dosn't have a good door so will be trying to figure something else out for a doorway (had used a small grill and cinderblocks) until I can get the wooden dog house up and running

 

[Miss Lydia]

Gimpy doing well, still resting and otherwise submitting to care. Squeaked like a demon when I put him down to clean the box so had to hold him the whole time.

The other 3 organized a jail break this am at around 5am. We had decent thunder storms and in duck fashion, waiting until I woke up at 6:30 am was not good enough. They wanted to be wet! The crate dosn't have a good door so will be trying to figure something else out for a doorway (had used a small grill and cinderblocks) until I can get the wooden dog house up and running

Glad to hear Gimpy is doing better, sometimes just plain ole rest is the best healer.

 

[seashoreduck]

Glad to hear Gimpy is doing better, sometimes just plain ole rest is the best healer.

Gimpy still not up and around but getting niacin water and food. was in a nippy mood until I started playing Charlie the Unicorn.....go figure.

Tried to get him to excercize in the sink...it was an excercize for me in feutility. He can move his legs, does not want to. Warmed him up and let him sleep next to the dog. he liked me making sounds.

How many days till he should start using his legs?

 

[seashoreduck]

Poor Gimpy of indeterminate gender...you can see the yellow foot not tucked under in the back

 

[Miss Lydia]

What precious pictures, It's hard to say how long it will take before he can be up running around again, keep up the water exercises and the niacin, if it's niacin dif he should start showing improvement in less than a week if a sprain or something else going on it may take longer, but either way the niacin should still be given. Keep updating and thanks, Sure is a cutie.