Please help me with my duckling!

[Pyxis]

https://wagwalking.com/bird/condition/air-sac-rupture. What about this @Pyxis

Yes, that's possible. To determine, you'd need to aspirate the lump and see if air came out or something else. I know that's not something a lot of people are comfortable with doing. And it could be the crop, so no poking until pictures.

Hopefully we can get @casportpony in here to take a look at them too.

 

[Collinska]

@casportpony @Pyxis @DuckyDonna @Miss Lydia
Here’s a few photos she doesn’t want to stand up right now are these good enough
She also has green poop now

 

[Miss Lydia]

@Pyxis?what do you think? Bless it’s heart.

 

[Pyxis]

Poor little thing, that's huge! If you manipulate it, does it feel like air inside? Or is it more solid or squishy?

 

[Collinska]

Poor little thing, that's huge! If you manipulate it, does it feel like air inside? Or is it more solid or squishy?

@Pyxis I think it feels more like a balloon, when I think more solid and squishy I think like a thawed out gel ice pack I know that sounds weird but would that be an accurate representation? Also, I just private messaged you

 

[Pyxis]

@Pyxis I think it feels more like a balloon, when I think more solid and squishy I think like a thawed out gel ice pack I know that sounds weird but would that be an accurate representation? Also, I just private messaged you

Hmm. I'll be honest, I've never dealt with this myself. I think it might be best to wait until Kathy gets on and can take a look, and give her opinion. For now, I wouldn't do anything until she weighs in, but from what you're saying and how big that is, I think it's possible that it's a ruptured air sac.

 

[casportpony]

can you pluck some of the down to expose the skin, then take clear, close up pictures of the skin? I might be able to tell if it's air or food if you can do that.

 

[Miss Lydia]

@Collinska

 

[Collinska]

can you pluck some of the down to expose the skin, then take clear, close up pictures of the skin? I might be able to tell if it's air or food if you can do that.

How do I pluck the down? Will she feel that? And would shining a flash light to make it translucent then taking a picture show it instead?

 

[swuthrich]

This looks like what my duck admiral Quackbar had. We took him to the vet and they drained the fluid in his neck and it ended up being saliva. We put him on antibiotics and such but it only stayed drained for a couple days before it filled back up again. He had a clogged salivary glands and for a duck, there isn’t really much you can do about it. For a dog, they remove the clogged salivary gland.
Admiral Quackbar didn’t end up making it.
I would take Little Bit to the vet to have it drained. That will determine if it’s survivable.
quackbars next wasnt hard but felt like stuff was in it. And he did the head bobbing when he was trying to get food or water down- the clogged salivary gland swells and puts pressure against the esophagus.