Sick duck, please help

[Aunt Angus]

It really does look like a leg strength issue to me. I could be wrong, though.

 

[Djbeau1978]

Its legs seem ok, sometimes it steps on it's own feet. Never like this though

 

[Djbeau1978]

It really does look like a leg strength issue to me. I could be wrong, though.

Its legs are very strong, it's a balance issue. Also its head swings around which makes it worse. Gets worse when excited

 

[Aunt Angus]

Well, I don't know, then. It's very strange, thatsfor sure. Hopefully someone with more knowledge hops on and gives better advice. I wish I could help.

 

[Djbeau1978]

Well, I don't know, then. It's very strange, thatsfor sure. Hopefully someone with more knowledge hops on and gives better advice. I wish I could help.

Thank you very much for reaching out. Any info people throw out there, gives me a direction to go in.

 

[Crazy Maizie]

It looks like all of the very knowledgeable duck people have offered advice - have you started supplementing the niacin?

 

[Djbeau1978]

It looks like all of the very knowledgeable duck people have offered advice - have you started supplementing the niacin?

The food is high in niacin and I use brewers yeast. I had to order fortified b complex

 

[Miss Lydia]

Your duck will benefit from the liquid B complex but you need to start it asap. wouldn't hurt them both to be on it. 1ml each 1X a day until which can be 1-2 weeks or longer before you see significant improvement. And Pekins may need it all their lives with how fast they grow. But getting them on it quick to see if this is the problem is best. Brewers yeast doesn't have near the B3 in it that they need. Once your duck is up walking and not having problems with balance you can switch to Nutritional yeast sprinkled over their feed but for now she needs the B complex. We have see some awesome turnarounds using it.

 

[Djbeau1978]

Your duck will benefit from the liquid B complex but you need to start it asap. wouldn't hurt them both to be on it. 1ml each 1X a day until which can be 1-2 weeks or longer before you see significant improvement. And Pekins may need it all their lives with how fast they grow. But getting them on it quick to see if this is the problem is best. Brewers yeast doesn't have near the B3 in it that they need. Once your duck is up walking and not having problems with balance you can switch to Nutritional yeast sprinkled over their feed but for now she needs the B complex. We have see some awesome turnarounds using it.

Thank you for this awesome info. What I use is nutritional yeast, I just refer to it as brewers yeast. I had to order the b complex, it was out of stock at tsc

 

[Miss Lydia]

That's good to hear. Please keep us updated on how she is doing and her progress once you get her started on the B complex. I tell ya it's amazing stuff and has helped so many ducklings that have balance and walking issues.