DucksAndGardens
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- Mar 31, 2015
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Cayuga Duckling
4 weeks old
Currently house indoors at night in a 4x5 wood pen with wire fencing around it inside. No heat lamp. Current temp inside the house approximately 70*F.
Food: Purina Flock Raiser Crumbles, some outside foraging, defrosted frozen peas for treats.
Grit is provided
Yesterday I let the ducklings stay outside while I was at work. They were in a fenced in area about 4 feet by 4 feet and a cover over the top. They foraged in the grass and ate a few bugs and slugs and grass and weeds. I herded them all in last night and put them in a warm bath because they were muddy from playing in the dirt. All ducks were fine. I put them back in their inside pen and fed them dinner and changed their water. At 9:30 all ducks were sleeping and looked normal.
This morning at 5:30 I got up because the dogs wanted out. I let the dogs out and the ducks woke up peeping for breakfast and I heard a weird scrabbling noise from their pen. I turned on the light and one of the Cayuga ducklings was on its side head outstretched and leg kicking furiously. It couldn't seem to stand on it's own. So I picked it up and held it upright with my hand on its chest and it hung it's head down but it's feet stopped kicking. It stayed like that for a few minutes and then it seemed to recover, lifted its head and looked around. I put it back in the pen and it walked normally although it didn't eat breakfast like the others did. It sat down and stayed there until another duck walked on it and then it stood up and walked over to the other side by the water but didn't drink anything. I kept an eye on it for the rest of the morning until 7:30 when I had to leave and the duck was still upright although didn't eat or drink.
Anyone have a duckling do this? Possible causes? Seizure? Other issue?
I didn't put them out to forage today in case they got into something that would cause this or they might be coming down with something.
Cayuga Duckling
4 weeks old
Currently house indoors at night in a 4x5 wood pen with wire fencing around it inside. No heat lamp. Current temp inside the house approximately 70*F.
Food: Purina Flock Raiser Crumbles, some outside foraging, defrosted frozen peas for treats.
Grit is provided
Yesterday I let the ducklings stay outside while I was at work. They were in a fenced in area about 4 feet by 4 feet and a cover over the top. They foraged in the grass and ate a few bugs and slugs and grass and weeds. I herded them all in last night and put them in a warm bath because they were muddy from playing in the dirt. All ducks were fine. I put them back in their inside pen and fed them dinner and changed their water. At 9:30 all ducks were sleeping and looked normal.
This morning at 5:30 I got up because the dogs wanted out. I let the dogs out and the ducks woke up peeping for breakfast and I heard a weird scrabbling noise from their pen. I turned on the light and one of the Cayuga ducklings was on its side head outstretched and leg kicking furiously. It couldn't seem to stand on it's own. So I picked it up and held it upright with my hand on its chest and it hung it's head down but it's feet stopped kicking. It stayed like that for a few minutes and then it seemed to recover, lifted its head and looked around. I put it back in the pen and it walked normally although it didn't eat breakfast like the others did. It sat down and stayed there until another duck walked on it and then it stood up and walked over to the other side by the water but didn't drink anything. I kept an eye on it for the rest of the morning until 7:30 when I had to leave and the duck was still upright although didn't eat or drink.
Anyone have a duckling do this? Possible causes? Seizure? Other issue?
I didn't put them out to forage today in case they got into something that would cause this or they might be coming down with something.
