- May 25, 2017
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Over two weeks ago I put my ducks into their coop and in the morning my runner duck with one blind eye came out crawling and not able to walk. One leg was dragging. I put her into a dog crate and was nursing her with food for a little over 2 weeks and I see huge improvements in the movement of her leg. She is standing on both legs but lifts the hurt one every so often and limps when walking. She is in great health otherwise and no bumbles, she eats well. The leg is the side of her blind eye so I figured she stepped on something or hurt her leg going into the coop somehow because can only use the other eye. I am puzzled but regardless she is recovering slowly. I have soaked her leg in Epson Salts a few times and she swims in the pond daily for a while and gets out on her own. I'm a little worried about the other ducks because of isolating her, when she gets out of the pond, she stands alone. When she is in her crate the other ducks will sit around her. Do you think she could have broken her leg? I did not think a sprain would take this long to heal. Anyone have this problem with a runner before. I have never had ducks limp this long and yes I have treated bumbles before she doesn't have any and looks like no infections and gets plenty of nutritional yeast in her food.