its scaly leg mites. my rooster did the same thing around this time last year. i just used Adams mite and tick spray. I sprayed for a couple monthes, even after they were gone.
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I have a juvenile wild mallard duck who is standing like this. I have given him ivermectin with no change. Have felt over his legs, hips etc can’t find anything abnormal to the to inch. Apart from this weird posture he seems healthy. It’s been this way for probably almost two months now with no change so I don’t think it’s metal poisoning or botulism etc.
he can fly fine, but only walk really slowly else he basically loses his balance and toppled over. I have never seen this sort of thing in a duck before. I thu Got it might be some sort of air sac/buoyancy issue so a few days ago I put him in a bath full of water to see if he could float, and he appears to be able to float just fine. His eating, weight, nares, breathing, energy, poop etc all lo9k normal. Just this weird penguin like posture, both standing and walking, and if he tries to walk any faster than a very slow stroll he totally loses his balance and topples over.
Does anyone have any idea what it might be?
He’s had ivermectin early on (injectable strength placed on the skin under the wing) and has no other symptoms of parasites. His posture has been this way since at least 4-5 weeks.
I don’t have any photos at the moment but his stance, posture etc is exactly like the rooster in the first photos....
It’s been a few weeks since I gave him the ivermectin so I might give him another dose tomorrow and see what happens but can anyone thing if any non parasite related cause of that posture? From the posts on page two I am assuming the rooster was cured by ivermectin so had some sort of parasite... but would have thought this duck would have come right after the over ivermectin a few weeks back if that were the cause of his problems.