Sick? Duck

[Goosebaby]

Something to keep in mind, the vet might want to test for lead and zinc and take an x-ray to see if there’s metal inside, my vet didn’t bother with an x-Ray because she said in many cases the lead often won’t show in an x-ray if it’s already been ground up and absorbed, but on the other hand there’s no point in treating with chelation if there’s still a chunk of lead or some other metal in their digestive tract, just something to keep in mind when deciding on your own what you think is worth paying for. Radiology can be pretty pricey.

Disease is definitly a huge concern of mine too, testing is the best way to figure something out than treating blindly in the hopes that we’ll chance on something that works, like I’m doing right now. Honestly that’s what a lot of people do though because there doesn’t seem to be an abundance of vets that will see and treat birds, or even poultry now that the farm vet generation is retiring.

 

[FoxManor]

Duck-date: shes improved today, still not normal but she’s able to keep up with the other ducks (as long as they don’t run), and not falling down! And she was actually hungry and ate almost a normal amount this morning. Fingers crossed she keeps improving. I’m now thinking it could have been some sort of poisoning or infection, maybe brain swelling from a fever? Not sure if it works that way with ducks.

I also remembered that I had to chase the ducks back from the road about 2 weeks back. They never go out there but they were scratching in an area the road commission just worked on in the fall. which made me wonder about salt from the road trucks or some other chemical. Anyone know how long symptoms of salt poisoning can last in birds?

 

[Goosebaby]

Duck-date: shes improved today, still not normal but she’s able to keep up with the other ducks (as long as they don’t run), and not falling down! And she was actually hungry and ate almost a normal amount this morning. Fingers crossed she keeps improving. I’m now thinking it could have been some sort of poisoning or infection, maybe brain swelling from a fever? Not sure if it works that way with ducks.

I also remembered that I had to chase the ducks back from the road about 2 weeks back. They never go out there but they were scratching in an area the road commission just worked on in the fall. which made me wonder about salt from the road trucks or some other chemical. Anyone know how long symptoms of salt poisoning can last in birds?

I don’t know about salt but asphalt layed up until the 70s 80s had a lot of lead in it, and older roads have a higher accumulation of lead from vehicle fuel, so of the road has been there awhile it’s a good source of lead.