Seizures!!

[Jaelyn03]

My 12 week Peking duck is having seizures and someone commented on my post on fb about giving my duck cbd gummies. I’m not sure how much I should give my duck can someone help.

 

[nchls school]

I'd do some research if I were you on what causes seizures in ducks and how to prevent it. I do not know about gummies one way or the other, but I do know you can't believe everything you hear or read. Better safe than sorry over accepting as fact what was on face book, or, on BYC.

 

[nchls school]

At the very least, get a second informed opinion.

 

[Isaac 0]

Sorry to hear about your duck.

Seizures are a little tricky topic with birds, there are a few wide varieties of conditions and diseases that can cause seizures, ranging from neurological damage, nutritional deficiencies, to be more specific vitamin E and thiamine (B1), toxin ingestion, metabolic diease's, and possibly neoplasms. At her age, toxin ingestion, neurological damage, or a nutritional deficiency would be more likely.

A vet will likely be able to perform several diagnostic tests, to further narrow down what might be the underlying cause of the seizures with your bird, so I want to put emphasis that if you can see one, you should. Your duck has the best prognosis in the hands of one.

I know money is an issue with a lot of people, avian vets are very common either so we can try our best to help to the best of our ability.

A thorough anamnesis would be a great place to start.

What is she being fed, is she crested, are you aware of any damage that was done to her head or neck area, have you had any problems with your birds in the past, please further describe her seizures, Is there any consistency to them, how often does she have them, Do you know of anything she may have eaten, does she act normal otherwise, do you feed her any treats, could you post a video and picture of her and your setup that you're keeping her in?

Even if the underlying cause isn't nutritionally related, sometimes the affected bird's seizures will subside with nutritional support and supportive care. If she were mine, I would start her on Cattle B complex, and give her 1ml daily, either over treats or orally. In addition to that, I would start her on vitamin E 400iu capsules, you can give her one of these a day, either over treats or orally.

Regarding administering oral fluids, and dosage's read these links,

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/thiamine-deficiency-in-waterfowl-in-progress.75690/

The level in which I would provide basic supportive care would depend on the severity of her condition, if you further describe her seizures more, maybe I can go into what more advanced supportive care may be, but just for basic care, offer her feed and water often, do supervised water therapy, keep her on soft bedding, and avoid any deep water dishes in her play area that she could possibly drown or aspirate in.

CBD gummies, may help?, but they are not addressing the underlying condition, so IMO shouldn't be used.

 

[Jaelyn03]

She has had about 10 seizures today and yesterday she had 15 seizures. I have been writing them down everything she has them. I’ve given her activated charcoal, niacin, Kari syrup, brewers yeast and cbd oil. She usually stays out side most of the day with the other ducks we have and I watch them all the time then I bring her in.

 

[Miss Lydia]

she needs medicine for getting her seizures under control. A vet can give her meds. I hope you can take her.

 

[Isaac 0]

She has had about 10 seizures today and yesterday she had 15 seizures. I have been writing them down everything she has them. I’ve given her activated charcoal, niacin, Kari syrup, brewers yeast and cbd oil. She usually stays out side most of the day with the other ducks we have and I watch them all the time then I bring her in.

Can you take her to a vet?

 

[Linewife]

Definitely head to a vet ASAP, I had a Rouen that was seizing & it was the most terrifying experience I’ve gone through with her. The vet saw her 2 days in a row both days she had a selenium injection & she had a keppra injection the first day & I was given oral keppra for her to continue on. It was 4-5 hours post the keppra injection before the seizures stopped. We bumped up b vitamin supplements for the ducks & also an extra tbsp of nutritional yeast flakes in the food and no issues since