Sick Two Month Old Runner Duckling! Help!

[Goldendreams]

White poop just means that it is urates not food waste. Urates are produced by the kidneys and excreted into the poop as ducks don't pee.

I don't know what is going on with your duckling, but the best management is supportive care. I agree to the suggestion that you substitute oral rehydration solution for drinking water. Buy Pedialyte at your local pharmacy or supermarket pharmacy shelves. Best flavorless solution in bottles (i can only get that at my local Walmart) but grape flavor isn't full of nasty red coloring like the other flavors. Alternatively, buy sachets of the salts and make up your own solution.

Keep you boy somewhere cool, out of the sun. And quiet. I bring sick ducks into the house and keep them in a dog crate or pet carrier depending on how sick they are. Cover three sides and the top with an old sheet or similar fabric to reduce drafts and noise. Tempt the duckling with defrosted frozen peas, or finely chopped watermelon, or mealworms. Offer just a few every hour or so but have their regular crumbles/pellets available all the time. I add nutritional yeast to the crumbles (1 tablespoon for every cup of feed) as ducklings need a lot of Vit B3 niacin when they are growing, and more when they are ill. You can buy that at your supermarket (Walmart's own brand is cheapest) or health food store.

Let us know if there are any developments

Its some kind of infection in the oviduct or intestines coupled with vent gleet. Try Colistin and meropenem?

 

[ruthhope]

Its some kind of infection in the oviduct or intestines coupled with vent gleet. Try Colistin and meropenem?

It was a drake so no oviducts. White poop is normal kidney excretion of urates not an infection

 

[ruthhope]

About 2 months ago, I got 5 day old ducklings. I ordered them and shipping took longer than expected and the male runner duck I ordered wasn’t doing well. I had to force him to drink water and he needed extra care for a couple of days. Since then, everyone has been happy and healthy until today. This morning, he was completely fine. Around lunch he seemed less lively than the others. This evening he was laying on his side and wouldn’t get up even when I gave them treats.

I removed him from the rest of the flock and have been letting him rest and swim as he pleases for the past couple of hours but he isn’t eating. His poop is completely white.

I live in Georgia and it was really hot today but they are completely shaded with plenty of ventilation and have constant access to clean water. Could it still be heat stress?

None of my other ducks have any symptoms. I think he’s doing a bit better now but it’s hard to tell.

Any advice is helpful. Thank you in advance!

What was the outcome of your situation with your runner drake? Has he recovered?