I swear, things always happen on the weekend… and we recently moved, so I have no vet to reach out to yet, so I’m asking for some advice/help from all of you… please help! I hope I’m just overreacting, but I know how quickly things can turn.
I have a Chocolate/Brown Indian Runner, about 4yrs old. Yesterday morning, perfectly fine - laid an egg, ate her breakfast, played with her mate… about mid morning, she came and laid next to our back door, which she has never done. After about 20 minutes, her mate convinced her to go play in the pool. I decided to give them some peas, which they devoured (especially her). It was only after this that I realized not much of their actual duck food had been touched yet. Shrugged it off as me just not paying attention, and just continued to monitor. They napped in the pool a bit, and I decided it was time to go back in the cage, and went to get them out of the pool, and she was struggling to stand. I immediately brought her inside, for fear of exhaustion or heat issues, and to make sure her mate did it try to mount her and cause other issues.
Initially, in an effort to get her to eat, I gave her a couple of her favorite treats, blueberries. She seems to struggle to swallow them, ‘chewing’ them much longer than usual, and honestly seemed to have a hard time getting them down. Since then, she doesn’t seem at all interested in ANY food! Thankfully, she continued to drink. I made sure she had some electrolytes in her water, as the last thing I wanted was dehydration. I gave her a couple of private bath times, in which she really just floated… no playing, or even swimming, really. But she did seem to be in a better mood after each in, and attempted to preen while laying down (she cannot stand in her own, at all, now).
Fast forward to this morning… she not as interested in drinking, now - just seems to push my attempts at food (peas and mealworms) around in the water, without really taking sips. She looks exhausted, like she hasn’t slept in days. I don’t hear any wheezing, but she seems to have lost her voice, and she has this weird movement she does, like a slowmo bob of her head. But she DID still lay an egg, though a little later than usual…
As far as the poop goes (cause I know I’ll be asked), was completed solid and normal at the beginning of this all, but as to be expected, without much food in her, it’s very watery now, with little color. I could tell her last full ‘meal’ was peas. Anything else I can look for there??
I really am just not sure what to do at this point! I feel like I’m helpless, and want to help he so badly!! But I don’t even know what she might need, at this point, since I’m not even sure what’s wrong.
Any thoughts???
I have a Chocolate/Brown Indian Runner, about 4yrs old. Yesterday morning, perfectly fine - laid an egg, ate her breakfast, played with her mate… about mid morning, she came and laid next to our back door, which she has never done. After about 20 minutes, her mate convinced her to go play in the pool. I decided to give them some peas, which they devoured (especially her). It was only after this that I realized not much of their actual duck food had been touched yet. Shrugged it off as me just not paying attention, and just continued to monitor. They napped in the pool a bit, and I decided it was time to go back in the cage, and went to get them out of the pool, and she was struggling to stand. I immediately brought her inside, for fear of exhaustion or heat issues, and to make sure her mate did it try to mount her and cause other issues.
Initially, in an effort to get her to eat, I gave her a couple of her favorite treats, blueberries. She seems to struggle to swallow them, ‘chewing’ them much longer than usual, and honestly seemed to have a hard time getting them down. Since then, she doesn’t seem at all interested in ANY food! Thankfully, she continued to drink. I made sure she had some electrolytes in her water, as the last thing I wanted was dehydration. I gave her a couple of private bath times, in which she really just floated… no playing, or even swimming, really. But she did seem to be in a better mood after each in, and attempted to preen while laying down (she cannot stand in her own, at all, now).
Fast forward to this morning… she not as interested in drinking, now - just seems to push my attempts at food (peas and mealworms) around in the water, without really taking sips. She looks exhausted, like she hasn’t slept in days. I don’t hear any wheezing, but she seems to have lost her voice, and she has this weird movement she does, like a slowmo bob of her head. But she DID still lay an egg, though a little later than usual…
As far as the poop goes (cause I know I’ll be asked), was completed solid and normal at the beginning of this all, but as to be expected, without much food in her, it’s very watery now, with little color. I could tell her last full ‘meal’ was peas. Anything else I can look for there??
I really am just not sure what to do at this point! I feel like I’m helpless, and want to help he so badly!! But I don’t even know what she might need, at this point, since I’m not even sure what’s wrong.
Any thoughts???
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