Please help! 2-day-old Mallard Duckling

[Roa]

How is she doing?

I think she's doing well! I have to help her eat/drink until she gets used to the hobble but other than that i think she's ok! I was trying to change the hobble from the band aid to something less sticky because i remembered how sticky it can be. I'm struggling a little but i think i'll be able to change it. I'm taking it off slowly and letting the adhesive soak in water first so it wont hurt her.

 

[Miss Lydia]

She can also have a little warm bath too once you get the hobble off just put the water just up to top of her legs water therapy is good exercise to help strengthen legs just keep close eye on her and leave only for about 5 min till water starts cooling the. Pat dry an right back under heat. Then rehobble.

 

[Roa]

She can also have a little warm bath too once you get the hobble off just put the water just up to top of her legs water therapy is good exercise to help strengthen legs just keep close eye on her and leave only for about 5 minor till water starts cooling the. Pat dry an right back under heat. Then rehobble.

I'll try that! Right now i think she's mad at me for taking it off because the band aid was much stickier than i remembered

 

[Miss Lydia]

Yeah some of them are worse than others. Hopefully she’ll love the bath they usually do.

 

[Roa]

Yeah some of them are worse than others. Hopefully she’ll love the bath they usually do.

I tried it and she fell asleep in it for a little bit XD for now i'm letting her be since all the holding her and taking the band aid off might have stressed her out.

 

[Roa]

Hello, i'm really hoping i'm just worrying too much but i'm scared she might have something wrong with her right foot. I saw some other posts on here and some ducks/ducklings had foot/feet curved back and i'm scared she might too. It just seems like one thing is happening after another and it makes me really sad. I'm REALLY hoping i'm just seeing things idk if the picture shows much but sometimes when she tries to walk/stand her right foot isn't flat on the ground

 

[Miss Lydia]

You can make her a little shoe to hold her foot flat an normal. Could she maybe just trying to compensate for having the hobbles on? When did this start?

 

[Miss Lydia]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...s-with-tape-picture-tutorial-and-video.75247/

 

[Roa]

You can make her a little shoe to hold her foot flat an normal. Could she maybe just trying to compensate for having the hobbles on? When did this start?

I want to say after i changed the hobbles from the sticky band aid to the medical tape thing that sticks to each other but i'm not 100% sure

 

[Miss Lydia]

For now just watch her an see if it’s from wearing the hobble. By the way that looks awesome the hobble you made.