Please help me!!! Duck is wounded

[new duck mom]

Please someone help me I don't know how to explain or what is wrong I have a pekin and I noticed this morning his belly looked all gross I thought it was mud so I looked further and it's infested with maggots and under his wings too I havnt seen him eat today and noticed my dog tried a min ago to get him so that's when I checked his wings to see if they were hurt and saw more maggots please help me

 

[Shikoba70]

You must pick/wash all the maggots off and then assess how deep the wound is

 

[Pyxis]

That's flystrike. It's nasty, my drake had it and didn't pull through. First thing is to try to get the maggots out and clean up the wounds. Pour peroxide on them, and they will come right out of there. Make sure the wound is kept clean, and do the peroxide lots of times over the next few days because more may hatch and some may have been in so deep it didn't get them the first time. You could alternatively get some permethrin pour on at Tractor Supply and dilute some of it in a tub of water and put him in there and bath him with that. The maggots will fall out and die. Just make sure he does NOT drink the water. Get some vitamins into him - pick up something like Poultry Nutri-drench at Tractor Supply or another feed store if you can. Try to make sure he still eats and drinks, but he may not for a while. Understandably he won't be feeling well.

 

[Shikoba70]

Please dont use peroxide as yes it will kill any bacteria but it will also kill off any healthy tissue. It used to be used for cleaning abscess' until it was realised that it killed healthy tissue. You need to wash him in warm water and pick the rest off. Get some dilute Chlorhexidine or Iodine/Pevidine to then wash the wounds.

 

[new duck mom]

Omg thank u so much guys for getting back to me this helps so much! Thank u it's hard to get fam and friends to understand that yes he's a duck but to me he's my friend and my pet and I love him just like they love their dogs. I will udate in a bit have to run to feed store thanks again

 

[Miss Lydia]

Omg thank u so much guys for getting back to me this helps so much! Thank u it's hard to get fam and friends to understand that yes he's a duck but to me he's my friend and my pet and I love him just like they love their dogs. I will udate in a bit have to run to feed store thanks again

you can also soak him in Epsom salt water to get the maggots out just don't let him drink it because it has a laxative effect. Do you think the injuries are from your dog getting hold of him?

 

[Shikoba70]

Yes please update us , how is he ?