Hello, I have kept chickens for 5 years after getting some xbats, we were down to 1 last year and decided to get some nice bantams and ducks, we now have 13 hens and 10 ducks, 3 crested white, 3 crested silver apple yard and 4 black east indies.
We purchased crested in August by September one of the crested was not easting and just walking around with his head stuck in as if hed forgot to move it out when getting up. Anyway I read about botulism and thought maybe he drank from the old pool they had before I built their pond, so I emptied it and tube fed him pea protein for a week. He seemed to recover, started washing himself in the pond and eating again.
Phew, but then about 3 weeks later it happened again, so I thought maybe he got it from rummaging in the earth leaves etc, tube fed again for around a week and he perked up, but again he regressed a few weeks or month later, this has happened 4 times, but this time hes not recovering, I took him to the vets, hes had bloods and xrays and all seems fine, hes been given metacam and a high energy recovery formula to tube feed 3x a day, so I've bought him in the house and made a pen in a spare room, it has been approx 3 weeks of tube feeding now and he just cant seem to move his neck, and when he does you can see it's not working properly, he tried to groom himself but just doesnt have the energy and can lose his balance, not how you see a healthy duck do.
The vet has said we can try some antibiotics before going with further treatment, I'm just lost and nobody can help with ideas.
Ofc being a duck and being prob 20 weeks when purchased he hated being handled and just sses me of a monster grabbing him and stuffing a tube down him, hes scared and just doesnt understand up trying to help. I will post some vids if possible.
We purchased crested in August by September one of the crested was not easting and just walking around with his head stuck in as if hed forgot to move it out when getting up. Anyway I read about botulism and thought maybe he drank from the old pool they had before I built their pond, so I emptied it and tube fed him pea protein for a week. He seemed to recover, started washing himself in the pond and eating again.
Phew, but then about 3 weeks later it happened again, so I thought maybe he got it from rummaging in the earth leaves etc, tube fed again for around a week and he perked up, but again he regressed a few weeks or month later, this has happened 4 times, but this time hes not recovering, I took him to the vets, hes had bloods and xrays and all seems fine, hes been given metacam and a high energy recovery formula to tube feed 3x a day, so I've bought him in the house and made a pen in a spare room, it has been approx 3 weeks of tube feeding now and he just cant seem to move his neck, and when he does you can see it's not working properly, he tried to groom himself but just doesnt have the energy and can lose his balance, not how you see a healthy duck do.
The vet has said we can try some antibiotics before going with further treatment, I'm just lost and nobody can help with ideas.
Ofc being a duck and being prob 20 weeks when purchased he hated being handled and just sses me of a monster grabbing him and stuffing a tube down him, hes scared and just doesnt understand up trying to help. I will post some vids if possible.
I hope you get this cleared up
