Sick Indian Runner Duck, possibly botulism?

[Niche Flock]

She just went poop and this is what it looks like, pretty green despite minimal exposure to greens. I gave her some kale chopped up in her water plus her electrolytes and probiotics which are a orange/green color now.

 

[Isaac 0]

The bubbles and the bright green color isn't good. Stop feeding her treats, just to see if that may be the reason for the color, but I doubt it. Do you have any antibiotics on hand, if so what? Do you have any tube feeding supplies?

 

[Niche Flock]

I checked on her this morning and she seems a bit more alert. Can right out of the kennel and flapped her wings. She still bob's her head in the water bucket and she might be swallowing, just not the exaggerated head tilt I see with the other ladies. I'm going to syringe some more fresh water to her and let her have access to some 20% crumbles she's standing and walking fine and shows interest in getting out of the pen which I guess is good. She pokes at the fencing with her bill.

 

[Niche Flock]

Ok she is drinking!! I can see her neck muscles working when she swallows by herself, she's tail wagging and feather fluffing. I reached out to a semi-local vet and inquired about avian services and an animal wildlife rehabilitator and am going to keep an eye on her poop.

Question: has anyone ever experienced a duck under severe stress? My flock is going through a pretty tumultuous time...I have three different age groups / flocks that I am raising now and will be integrating slowly. Four ducklings that are 2 weeks old, and six ducks and two geese that are about 5 weeks now, on top of my mature flock of 14. All kept seperate but they can see one another through hardware metal fencing at night until the lights go out (string lights for some night-light, seems to comfort them). I've adapted their usual spacious coop to make sections for each age group and am trying my best to keep it as stress free as possible, but I know it's not perfect. During the day I keep everyone much farther apart and spread out over outdoor fenced areas.

Originally I was supposed to have two flocks, the youngest ones are the replacements for some loss I had earlier on from my young flock.

Could the green poop and the inability to eat be a result of stress?? None of my other ducks are experiencing these symptoms and seem to be fine and healthy.

 

[Niche Flock]

I forgot to update this thread due to all the general chaos happening in my life and the world. Penelope recovered!! Every day I would take her outside to a shady section of the yard, tube feed her a solution of nutri-drench, vitamins and electrolytes. She hated this so much but I knew something was at least getting into her system. She slowly began to drink more water and enjoyed just sitting in her shallow bucket of water. I changed it frequently because she would go to the bathroom in it. One day she pooped and it wasn't as green. She was in an area next to her flock and I was feeding the flock mealworms for a treat. I threw her some and she gobbled them down!! She began to eat pellets again and I returned her to her flock, everything is normal and she seems healthy which is a huge relief! Thank you to all for the advice!

 

[Isaac 0]

Glad to hear she made a recovery, and thanks for an update.