Hello everyone! I am really unsure of what to do about my 2 week old pekin duckling. I got two pekin ducklings to add to my small backyard hobby farm (first time owner and I love them so much already!!!), and one is doing amazing, however the other one has been doing subpar. Here’s some history on her:
Ever since she was about 2 days old she’s had on and off respiratory issues. Her nares used to get clogged OFTEN and she refused to use her water bowl to clear them and would only dunk her head if her whole body was submerged in water. So we started doing daily 10 min bathtub trips with her where she would walk into a deeper end and then clear her nose and shed be good to go!
She is now two weeks and 1 day old, and she’ll clear her nose now with the water bowl (thank goodness) however she won’t do it that often and so she constantly has problems breathing out of her nares. She’s fine when she’s just laying around sleeping with the other or not excited, however as soon as she starts becoming active (eating, swimming, playing etc.), it sounds like she has asthma or something. She’ll just start breathing really heavy out of her nares and it’s very loud and heavy, almost like a whistle. I can see that her nares are not nearly as clean as the other ones, however she won’t make a real effort to clean them out either!! If she sneezes or anything nothing comes out, just dry sneezes, so I don’t think it’s a respiratory infection, however I can’t be sure. She just seems to really be struggling to clear out her nares and keep them clean.
Just in case I’ve started supplementing her with poly-vi-sol (no iron added), and also adding some oregano and thyme to her food which she really enjoys. Other than her nare problem shes very happy -> eats a lot, drinks, cleans herself, poop is normal, is very excited for play time and can keep up with the other one.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to help this? Is this a serious concern or am I just being paranoid? Is there anyway I can help her clean her nares out since she doesn’t seem to want too lol?
Ever since she was about 2 days old she’s had on and off respiratory issues. Her nares used to get clogged OFTEN and she refused to use her water bowl to clear them and would only dunk her head if her whole body was submerged in water. So we started doing daily 10 min bathtub trips with her where she would walk into a deeper end and then clear her nose and shed be good to go!
She is now two weeks and 1 day old, and she’ll clear her nose now with the water bowl (thank goodness) however she won’t do it that often and so she constantly has problems breathing out of her nares. She’s fine when she’s just laying around sleeping with the other or not excited, however as soon as she starts becoming active (eating, swimming, playing etc.), it sounds like she has asthma or something. She’ll just start breathing really heavy out of her nares and it’s very loud and heavy, almost like a whistle. I can see that her nares are not nearly as clean as the other ones, however she won’t make a real effort to clean them out either!! If she sneezes or anything nothing comes out, just dry sneezes, so I don’t think it’s a respiratory infection, however I can’t be sure. She just seems to really be struggling to clear out her nares and keep them clean.
Just in case I’ve started supplementing her with poly-vi-sol (no iron added), and also adding some oregano and thyme to her food which she really enjoys. Other than her nare problem shes very happy -> eats a lot, drinks, cleans herself, poop is normal, is very excited for play time and can keep up with the other one.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to help this? Is this a serious concern or am I just being paranoid? Is there anyway I can help her clean her nares out since she doesn’t seem to want too lol?
