Please help!! duck foot turning black

[Duckmama01]

I came home from work yesterday to my duck having his webbing torn all the way up to his ankle and I took him to the vet and he got stitches. The vet put the stitches on the flap on his toe instead of the cut for some reason maybe it was a mistake. But today when I got home his foot and leg were covered in maggots. They got laid in his wound before I found him yesterday is what I think. So they ate some tissue and his toe that got cut is turning black. I’m taking him to the vet in the morning when they open but is there anything I can do before then?

 

[DuckyDonna]

I'd say to just clean it up really good and cover it so no more flies can lay eggs in it. Also, keep him inside and quiet.

 

[Isaac 0]

I’d definitely take him to a vet first thing in the morning, I would be worried about an infection in his toes. I don’t see any maggots on the foot, if there are you can soak that leg in some Epsom salt water for a few minutes to get them off, but what I would do regardless is apply Neosporin or a triple antibiotic ointment and slather it all over that foot. Keep him in a warm, dry, stressful free area away from flies.

 

[Birdie mom]

Like what @DuckyDonna said KEEP IT CLEAN. Sometimes blood supply can run out in the foot, which causes the foot to die, turn black, and shrivel up. I don't know but this may be the case with your duck. Praying this isn't the case because if it is then he will need an amputation...

 

[Birdie mom]

Like what @DuckyDonna said KEEP IT CLEAN. Sometimes blood supply can run out in the foot, which causes the foot to die, turn black, and shrivel up. I don't know but this may be the case with your duck. Praying this isn't the case because if it is then he will need an amputation...

May just be infected though...

 

[DucksOhio]

Yikes. Call the vet back immediately!

 

[Birdie mom]

Idk if it the same with ducks, but it you see red streaks traveling up his leg get him to the vet IMITATELY! Streaks mean that a infection is traveling up his leg towards his heart. I had this happen to me once whenever I got a VERY infected hangnail. Streaks were moving up my arm and it hurt really bad. ( went to the ER. Don't know if this apples to avians)

 

[Miss Lydia]

Please let us know what the vet does. Hope you duck will be okay.

 

[Birdie mom]

 

[416bigbore]

Any ideas as to what happen to hurt his foot like that? I would try to find the cause and address it so no one else gets hurt like that. Good luck.