Premature duckling

[casportpony]

Should I keep it in the incubator or in under the heat lamb?

I keep mine in the incubator until they can walk.

 

[casportpony]

Temp 37.5 and humidity is 60

Is the duckling warm or cold to the touch?

 

[Mylied]

Sometimes they have gunk in their eyes and you can wipe it off with a warm wet cloth and get the eyes open. Is it walking?

 

[Helloworld]

What I see is a shrunk wrapped duck that needs to be washed off easily from head to toe with a warm cloth. Being that she through it out so quickly, I suspect she could not do the needed work and so abandoned. Make sure eyes get cleaned, wings, mouth. Eyes and mouth shut completely? Probably stuck.
I would wash it off and stick back into a dry incubator set at 99. Good luck!

 

[casportpony]

What I see is a shrunk wrapped duck that needs to be washed off easily from head to toe with a warm cloth.

Washed, as in get it wet? Not so sure I agree with that.

Make sure eyes get cleaned, wings, mouth. Eyes and mouth shut completely? Probably stuck.

Yes, clean eyes, nostrils, and mouth.

@Janetmaclean11, be very careful about getting the duckling wet because as fragile as it looks, getting it wet could chill it and cause death.

 

[Janetmaclean11]

Sometimes they have gunk in their eyes and you can wipe it off with a warm wet cloth and get the eyes open. Is it walking?

No it lifts its head and moves it’s legs but it’s not up on it’s feet

 

[Janetmaclean11]

What I see is a shrunk wrapped duck that needs to be washed off easily from head to toe with a warm cloth. Being that she through it out so quickly, I suspect she could not do the needed work and so abandoned. Make sure eyes get cleaned, wings, mouth. Eyes and mouth shut completely? Probably stuck.
I would wash it off and stick back into a dry incubator set at 99. Good luck!

Brilliant thank you for your advice I’ll try that

 

[Janetmaclean11]

Brilliant thank you for your advice I’ll try that

It’s eyes must have been stuck as it opened them after I cleaned them. It’s back in the incubator so just have to wait and see now thank you for advice

 

[PirateGirl]

It’s eyes must have been stuck as it opened them after I cleaned them. It’s back in the incubator so just have to wait and see now thank you for advice

Hopefully it finds its feet soon!

 

[Mylied]

No it lifts its head and moves it’s legs but it’s not up on it’s feet

Are legs splayed out? Do they look deformed? I'd be concerned that it's not walking after 24 hours.