Peking Duck with Water Belly

[casportpony]

Boy a 2" needle would be awful long don't you think?

2" is long, but a duck has lots of belly fat.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Except Runners

 

[casportpony]

Except Runners

Probably true, but for trying to drain fluid from any duck, I wouldn't want to use anything shorter than 1.5 inches.

 

[ronna jozef]

Please post pics so we can see what your talking about.

I suggest using a 30 ml or larger syringe, and a needle that is 14 gauge. If you're lucky, draining the fluid might extend her life for a few months, but the fluid will return.

@Eggcessive has the link to a good video that shows this being done.

Hi
I did soak her in 2 warm epsom salt baths - and she is pooping -- and last night a lot of green poop also came out - her tummy now is not touching floor but still swollen -
She is on antibiotics as well
I will send over pics this evening;

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[Momma hen quack]

We drained our chicken Rachel twice, but the 3rd time the fluid was already in her lungs and she passed. She had ovarian cancer and heart failure per vet's diagnosis. She lived a year after the diagnosis and the water belly started showing up around 11 months after the initial diagnosis. She went outside even on the day she died and never stopped eating or drinking. We just waited to long to drain her the 3rd time so you have to watch her closely but this likely will be an ongoing problem. So sorry for you sweet little girl. Its heart breaking

 

[chickens really]

That as I was told will be reoccurring and many people just decide to put them down. Sorry that's happening.

 

[Momma hen quack]

With the green poop ... Sounds like she may have something else going on as our chicken had normal poop during her water belly and the fluid that came out was Yellow which is what is typical for heart failure. Green poop usually indicates infection. Can you have her seen by a vet ?

 

[Miss Lydia]

I’d suspect infection also unless she hasn’t been eating.

 

[ronna jozef]

I’d suspect infection also unless she hasn’t been eating.

Hi
She has been eating fine - and on anti biotic 2 times a day
I have not seen the vet yet- They are so expensive in my area - 1000. and up - so if you think it is an infection that she can recover from and not water belly she will have to go

Last night and the day before after the warm epsom salt bath she really had a lot of bright green poo

 

[casportpony]

She looks pretty perky, and the poop doesn't look too bad. What antibiotic is she on?