Pekin duck with huge sore, how to treat?

[casportpony]

When I get one like this I very carefully pluck the feathers feathers 1/2" back from the wound edge, then clean the wound with sterile saline and chlorhexidine or betadine. Can you pluck all of the feathers, clean it really well, then take new pictures?

When plucking, be careful not to tear skin, and pluck feathers in the direction they are growing.

If you don't have saline and chlorhexidine or betadine, just use warm water and a mild soap.

 

[casportpony]

And I haven't done anything so far, I wasn't sure what to do and just found it yesterday so was checking on here to see what's best! I tried wiping it down but he wasn't cooperating

I might be best if you could find someone to hold him while you clean it.

 

[debrasage]

When I get one like this I very carefully pluck the feathers feathers 1/2" back from the wound edge, then clean the wound with sterile saline and chlorhexidine or betadine. Can you pluck all of the feathers, clean it really well, then take new pictures?

When plucking, be careful not to tear skin, and pluck feathers in the direction they are growing.

If you don't have saline and chlorhexidine or betadine, just use warm water and a mild soap.

Ok thank you! I'm going to get something to put on it today, I have never plucked duck feathers so this will be interesting!

 

[casportpony]

Ok thank you! I'm going to get something to put on it today, I have never plucked duck feathers so this will be interesting!

Go slow, just one at a time and watch for skin tearing.

 

[debrasage]

Go slow, just one at a time and watch for skin tearing.

Sorry I've never plucked a bird before, especially not one that's alive so I want to make sure I don't hurt him. So you pull the feather in the direction it grows, do you slowly try to pull or just pull fast and get it over with?

 

[casportpony]

Sorry I've never plucked a bird before, especially not one that's alive so I want to make sure I don't hurt him. So you pull the feather in the direction it grows, do you slowly try to pull or just pull fast and get it over with?

I pluck one feather at a time in the direction it grows. Sometimes fast, sometimes slow. My eyes aren't so good these days, so I wear reading glasses when I do it to make sure I am not tearing the skin as I pluck.

 

[Miss Lydia]

@casportpony! Could she just trim or is that not so good.

 

[casportpony]

@casportpony! Could she just trim or is that not so good.

I prefer plucking, and that's what the vet books suggest too, though if skin tearing occurs, then trim, do not pluck

 

[The Dapper Duck]

Any updates?

 

[debrasage]

I'm so sorry I didn't get the alert that you asked for an update! I had been putting antibiotic spray on it without plucking his feathers - I was so worried I would hurt him! But he seems to be doing great and I don't see anymore infection!

Any updates?