Strange Hatching

[NCVic]

That was what you wanted at TSC you just peel the top of the foil, the rubber stopper is just like a lid for us who use a needleless syringe to get out the liquid. pull the rubber stopper out and suck out the liquid.

OK, I will be going out later & will get some at the feed store where they are nice to me. TSC has turned me off. The WM stuff has less strength than the other and no B-1 so I think it will do in the meantime. At least I know I have done no harm!

 

[NCVic]

Nope straight. You want him to get full dose. I'd give it a couple times a day if he is taking it so well.

thanks, will do

 

[DuckyDonna]

OK, I will be going out later & will get some at the feed store where they are nice to me. TSC has turned me off. The WM stuff has less strength than the other and no B-1 so I think it will do in the meantime. At least I know I have done no harm!

here is a picture of what you need to get so you can show it to the employee to avoid confusion. It's the same stuff, just different label now.

 

[NCVic]

That is what I got yesterday. Giving 2-3 doses per day.
Still does better in the water than on solid surfaces and seems frantic in it's movements but the vitamins seem to calm it a little.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I wonder if it has something neurological going on? Hopefully the vitamins will help.

 

[NCVic]

I wonder if it has something neurological going on? Hopefully the vitamins will help.

That is my hope.
Do you know how to give vitamin A to a duck? Another site suggested it.
Thanks!

 

[NCVic]

An update: the duckling is still going strong. It's legs are getting stronger and causing it to push itself over onto it's back. It kicks & gets turned over only to do it again. It seems to have figured out that being up next to a wall or other surface can give some stability & let it move better. It eats, climbs out of the laundry basket & eventually finds the water. Splashes it everywhere but obviously gets enough to survive. I hold it up to the water to let it drink without flailing at least 2 times a day, just to be sure.
It used to do better in the water but lately has the same problem of one leg pushing too hard and flipping it over in the water. Scary but it always gets up & keeps going. I figured it would have lungs full of water and die the first time it did it but it's a fighter. I am trying to get some film clips of it but have no smartphone so it's taking longer than usual. Giving B-complex and A vitamins in the food as it refuses anything from a dropper so not sure what dose it is getting but most of the food is eaten, I think. A lot gets kicked out, now that I think about it. Am starting to put everything on the meal worms as every bird I have seems to prefer them to proper food! The mash is still there too.
That's it for now. Thanks for the help, I will put the film up if I can

 

[NCVic]

Looks like I won'tbe able to put the film up anytime soon or at all. Sorry, I wish you could see what I am seeing.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I couldn’t find anything on Vit A but if you can post the info you found I’d like to read about it.

 

[Isaac 0]

Vitamin A is involved in mucopolysaccharide, bio-synthesis and is needed for the formation of mucus membrane and epithelial surfaces, for growth, for vison, for the development of the vascular system in embryos, for the production of adrenal hormones and for the formation of the red/orange pigments found in feathers.

http://avianmedicine.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/31.pdf