scalped duckling :(

[getaclue]

cymbaline, you've done a wonderful job with her. She should actually live a good, long, normal life, even though she got off to a bit of a rough start. She should be fairly happy to be part of her flock now too.

 

[cymbaline]

Me too! Awesome progress.

Can you go over again exactly what all you did for treatment? I think this thread will be used a lot in the future!

Let's see... I made sure she had brewer's yeast in her food for many weeks (I would have anyway, of course), and she drank mostly nutri-drench water for the first couple weeks, I think. I made sure she got a good long bath most every day. I guess the most important thing was keeping neosporin on it, twice a day. I read somewhere to never let the bone dry out or it would "die" and turn gray and the skin would never be able to grow back over it (that appeared to be true by the pics in the thread ).
I still think I was just lucky (or we were) that she wasn't injured worse somehow. She hadn't lost much blood, I guess... wasn't in shock at all...her eyes weren't injured. She might have done mostly okay without me, who knows? I do doubt she'd have had so much skin and feather regrowth though.
I'm forever grateful for the knowledge and encouragement from everyone here (on this incident and many others) - you guys are the best!

 

[Jpat]

Whats new after 2 weeks?

 

[cymbaline]

Whats new after 2 weeks?

Not much change in her appearance - she still looks about the same. She may just be a very funny looking duck from now on, lol.
She's doing fantastic out on her own with the other ducks. I don't know that I've ever experienced such an easy transitional period.
And boy does she love swimming in the creek! She dives and zooms around underwater...it cracks me up!

 

[Miss Lydia]

She wouldn’t be where she is today if she hadn’t had such great care!!

 

[cymbaline]

She wouldn’t be where she is today if she hadn’t had such great care!!

Aw, thank you!

When I let them out this morning, I got a video of her diving and popping up. At the beginning, the Golden Girls are on the right, all the others to the left, and Billie is in between, against the opposite creek bank (not the one splashing initially - that's her momma Ruby). You never know when and where she's gonna pop up! lol

 

[Miss Lydia]

Beautiful place and beautiful ducks, perfect place for ducks.

 

[casportpony]

Nice!

 

[Mullenklan]

Thank you for your post. I read all of it to help me with my little baby. Found it this way this morning. It’s only three days old. How old was yours when it happened to yours?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Who attacked it? So sorry but it can make full recovery with TLC if that is the only injury.