Paralyzed duck legs help

[fat betty]

so we've had this problem before during the summer time our white crested female duck wouldn't lay and put her legs out behind her and couldn't move them so we put her in some water and she would go crazy drinking it and then would get better within an hour but now our mallard has that same problem but its going on for THREE DAYSP.S they are housed with chickens and a mini potbellied pig

 

[CMV]

Well, the female probably had obturator paralysis, which is something that happens to female waterfowl sometimes. It's just a pinched nerve whose signs generally pass within a few hours.

The male may have botulism. That is the biggest reason for paralysis in waterfowl. Is it just affecting his legs or does he also have droopy wings and a floppy neck? Is he eating or drinking? Could he have gotten into something rotting?

 

[fat betty]

It's a girl and she's been like this for a week now so I don't think its that but thank u