There aren't really any that would be specific to the breed, generally speaking scovies are quite hardy and healthy when given proper care. Injuries happen to all of us, sometimes preds, sometimes circumstance, as i said i had some rip their nails, i have had a few blood feathers pulled, only this past year, my drakes got in a fight and the one guy yanked the other, he came down HARD and starting bleeding like no tomorrow.. basically liken it to a bloody nose.Miss lydia,
Thanks. new scovy owner as you know with first pair, and late hatch of year yyoung. so i know nothing of scovy (or more than wild mallard and canada geese), than what watch mine do, and was told before now my scovy were standard acting which emdeared them to me and makes me recomend them as broodies bug/pest and weed control as well as friendly pets. now someone needs to post on scovy signs of illness and/or distress on duck thread as sticky ect, as i haven't come across any, and us new and few scovy owners could use one.
P.S. there are no avian vets in my area except one and he said: "just kill it", when had a hurt birmingham roller pigeon cock (falcon stoop), "that it wasn't worth his time to look at even" (was fine in week or so jus dented keel bone now), as said to neighbor about her english budgie when it had cold. I'm out in redneck central to be close to fam who moved here.
No vets here either, i don't see an actual hole or open wound, does he act okay otherwise? When i first got into ducks i had the pleasure of learning how coons reach through fences and he tore apart one of the ducklings, we nursed it back to health(again no vets, all they would do was put it down) he did recover, but it;s scary having to play vet and owner at the same time.
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