Prolapsed Duck Vent:( Need Guidance

[AZducks]

Hey everyone, it’s been awhile since I’ve posted anything on this forum but I’m glad to be back and I need a little guidance. My 1.5 y/o Rouen hen has a prolapsed vent. Most of the posts I’ve seen are for severe cases but Nubbins (my hen) has protrusion that’s about the size of a grape and is acting normal, eating, drinking normally. This has happened two times before and I’ve just treated it by warm clean bath, cleaned the area, generous amount of triple antibiotic and gently pushed the protrusion in. It worked for a month the first time and about a week the second time. Can anyone give me some guidance with treating this effectively?

 

[Duckworth]

My duck had a protrusion like that. My vet gave oral antibiotics and told me to put Preparation H hemorrhoid ointment on the protruding vent tissue to reduce swelling and lessen the likelihood that she or one of her companions would peck at or scratch it. The Prep H has numbing and anti inflammatory agents. It worked. Our duck’s vent healed in a couple of days and hasn’t reoccurred.

 

[Duckworth]

@casportpony @Miss Lydia

 

[AZducks]

My duck had a protrusion like that. My vet gave oral antibiotics and told me to put Preparation H hemorrhoid ointment on the protruding vent tissue to reduce swelling and lessen the likelihood that she or one of her companions would peck at or scratch it. The Prep H has numbing and anti inflammatory agents. It worked. Our duck’s vent healed in a couple of days and hasn’t reoccurred.

Thank you Duckworth! I have separated her from my 3 other ducks and placed her in my garage in a small dog cloth playpen with a blanket over it to make it really dark. I also placed a big jug of water with a calcium supplement dissolved in it. I didn’t put any food in there though. I’ll be putting prep H on her vent moving forward. I have injectable penicillin g so I will probably dose with that to help with the healing process. I guess my main question is how do I know it’s healed enough to allow her back in run?

 

[Duckworth]

Thank you Duckworth! I have separated her from my 3 other ducks and placed her in my garage in a small dog cloth playpen with a blanket over it to make it really dark. I also placed a big jug of water with a calcium supplement dissolved in it. I didn’t put any food in there though. I’ll be putting prep H on her vent moving forward. I have injectable penicillin g so I will probably dose with that to help with the healing process. I guess my main question is how do I know it’s healed enough to allow her back in run?

In our case, it stopped protruding and no longer looked irritated, so we let her out of the wire dog crate we were using as a “look—don’t touch” setup. I have better results when I am able to keep an injured duck both safe and together with the flock and a small wire dog crate fits nicely inside the run or duck house.

 

[AZducks]

That’s a good idea to put a crate in the coop so that she’s with the flock, but I was reading that keeping her in a dark place will help deter from laying. Is that really important as everyone says it is?

 

[Duckworth]

That’s a good idea to put a crate in the coop so that she’s with the flock, but I was reading that keeping her in a dark place will help deter from laying. Is that really important as everyone says it is?

It may be. My duck wasn’t laying at the time this happened.