Hello. I have a 2yo Pekin that has had a distended belly for a few months. She acts completely normal, except she hasn't laid an egg in months.... and the last few she did were soft shelled or super small...
Anyway, I thought she had water belly so about a month ago I took her to the vet. He took a small sample (it was greenish-grey), and we sent for culture and fluid analysis - and it came back as egg yolk peritonitis.
She's a pet duck so I want to giver her her best chance. She's STILL acting completely normal, even though the extended belly has been there for months.
The vet's prognosis was really grim, so just to try and give her the best shot, we started antibiotics and Meloxicam. I've given her the Meloxicam on and off, but she's been on antibiotics since then (about a month). She's still not showing symptoms other than the belly.
We couldn't afford to drain her at the vet -plus he said it wouldn't fix it anyway.... but they also said there's a remote chance she may reabsorb. So I wanted to try something.
We have drained two 60ml syringes of the grey liquid twice (a couple of days apart). Her belly is still big like a water balloon but she's still perky.
Today, we ran out of the antibiotics the vet prescribed and he won't do anymore unless he sees her. I dont have another $300 dollars for that. However, I do have a bottle of 10% Baytril.
I'm thinking I'll start her on the Baytril in a day or two, and will try to drain some more.
Has anyone been successful with a similar situation? Would Baytril help her eliminate the infection/ reabsorb the liquid??
Has anyone had success with draining for egg yolk peritonitis ??
Pic Is from one the of syringes for reference on the color of the liquid drained.
Anyway, I thought she had water belly so about a month ago I took her to the vet. He took a small sample (it was greenish-grey), and we sent for culture and fluid analysis - and it came back as egg yolk peritonitis.
She's a pet duck so I want to giver her her best chance. She's STILL acting completely normal, even though the extended belly has been there for months.
The vet's prognosis was really grim, so just to try and give her the best shot, we started antibiotics and Meloxicam. I've given her the Meloxicam on and off, but she's been on antibiotics since then (about a month). She's still not showing symptoms other than the belly.
We couldn't afford to drain her at the vet -plus he said it wouldn't fix it anyway.... but they also said there's a remote chance she may reabsorb. So I wanted to try something.
We have drained two 60ml syringes of the grey liquid twice (a couple of days apart). Her belly is still big like a water balloon but she's still perky.
Today, we ran out of the antibiotics the vet prescribed and he won't do anymore unless he sees her. I dont have another $300 dollars for that. However, I do have a bottle of 10% Baytril.
I'm thinking I'll start her on the Baytril in a day or two, and will try to drain some more.
Has anyone been successful with a similar situation? Would Baytril help her eliminate the infection/ reabsorb the liquid??
Has anyone had success with draining for egg yolk peritonitis ??
Pic Is from one the of syringes for reference on the color of the liquid drained.
