- Feb 3, 2007
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Good Morning,
It has been my experience with many injured ducks that they enter into a quiet state much like you are describing. I don't know if it is to preserve energy in order to heal, I don't know if it is a delayed shock, I don't know if it is something like Capture Myopathy........but the ducks in whom I have witnessed this, all come around with time. The little Mallard that you see in my photo didn't move an inch for over 24 hours. Nothing had happened to her legs....she just appeared frozen. But they shake it off eventually. I wouldn't try and make them swim, I would make sure their dish was in close proximity to their mouth and would keep them as quiet as possible. I have found that they sometimes go off their food and making a soup out of their kibble entices them to eat. You have to keep a close eye on this however as the kibble absorbs all the water eventually and if the ratio is too heavy on the kibble side, can make cement instead of soup. This food spoils quicker also. Mealworms bought from the pet store are a good appetite stimulant as well.
Their wounds heal surprisingly quick. The little fellow you see here was rescued from the clutches of a Red Tailed Hawk and had a huge gash that was sutured closed. When it came time to decide whether to remove the sutures or leave them, (we used Vicryl) there was no sign of the injury...or the sutures! You can still see the divet (sp?) in his shoulder but this was at least 3 years ago and he is fine.
You can see a bit of an area right under the darker brown on his chest. That's where it is.
Good Morning,
It has been my experience with many injured ducks that they enter into a quiet state much like you are describing. I don't know if it is to preserve energy in order to heal, I don't know if it is a delayed shock, I don't know if it is something like Capture Myopathy........but the ducks in whom I have witnessed this, all come around with time. The little Mallard that you see in my photo didn't move an inch for over 24 hours. Nothing had happened to her legs....she just appeared frozen. But they shake it off eventually. I wouldn't try and make them swim, I would make sure their dish was in close proximity to their mouth and would keep them as quiet as possible. I have found that they sometimes go off their food and making a soup out of their kibble entices them to eat. You have to keep a close eye on this however as the kibble absorbs all the water eventually and if the ratio is too heavy on the kibble side, can make cement instead of soup. This food spoils quicker also. Mealworms bought from the pet store are a good appetite stimulant as well.
Their wounds heal surprisingly quick. The little fellow you see here was rescued from the clutches of a Red Tailed Hawk and had a huge gash that was sutured closed. When it came time to decide whether to remove the sutures or leave them, (we used Vicryl) there was no sign of the injury...or the sutures! You can still see the divet (sp?) in his shoulder but this was at least 3 years ago and he is fine.
You can see a bit of an area right under the darker brown on his chest. That's where it is.
