Swollen around bill

[DubVducks]

Hi all, I’ve looked high and low trying to find a case online about what might be wrong with my duck, Lucy. A few weeks ago her face swelled up to a point she couldn’t eat. We took some interventions like flushing her bill with water and that seemed to help but it came back to the point we had to lance it the best we could. It went down quite a bit but never fully subsided and today it was swollen larger than the picture. She’s is a two year old Dutch Harlequin, I believe, who lives with her sister Rhoda who is a khaki campbell. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[SmiYa0126]

Hi! Do you have access to antibiotics? Amoxicillin?

@BelovedBirds please help!

 

[DubVducks]

Hi! Do you have access to antibiotics? Amoxicillin?

@BelovedBirds please help!

I do have a couple from past prescriptions

 

[Jenbirdee]

@Miss Lydia

 

[BelovedBirds]

Hi all, I’ve looked high and low trying to find a case online about what might be wrong with my duck, Lucy. A few weeks ago her face swelled up to a point she couldn’t eat. We took some interventions like flushing her bill with water and that seemed to help but it came back to the point we had to lance it the best we could. It went down quite a bit but never fully subsided and today it was swollen larger than the picture. She’s is a two year old Dutch Harlequin, I believe, who lives with her sister Rhoda who is a khaki campbell. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

The liquid from her nares and the swelling in her cheek are typical symptoms of a sinus infection. It could also be an abscess but I think if so, it is caused by an issue in her sinuses.

Do your ducks have clean water deep enough to dunk their whole heads in? That's very important so that they can flush their nares out and to some extent prevent this sort of issue. It can still happen of course, but its one thing to consider and fix if not.

For treatment, she really needs to be seen by a vet, who would be able to confirm diagnosis and offer treatment (especially the appropriate antibiotics, which are important).
If a vet is not an option for you, then we will discuss next steps for home treatments. You will need to give her a course of antibiotics, and fresh clean water for her to dunk her head in while you treat her. Personally I would separate her from the flock and monitor her more closely, just incase it could be a respiratory illness, though I find that very unlikely. It would be easier to treat her if she is isolated and close by to monitor her breathing. I wonder if VetRX could be useful here to help her sinuses to clear? @Miss Lydia what do you think?

 

[Miss Lydia]

I agree it sure looks like sinus. What are the antibiotics that you have.

 

[DubVducks]

The liquid from her nares and the swelling in her cheek are typical symptoms of a sinus infection. It could also be an abscess but I think if so, it is caused by an issue in her sinuses.

Do your ducks have clean water deep enough to dunk their whole heads in? That's very important so that they can flush their nares out and to some extent prevent this sort of issue. It can still happen of course, but its one thing to consider and fix if not.

For treatment, she really needs to be seen by a vet, who would be able to confirm diagnosis and offer treatment (especially the appropriate antibiotics, which are important).
If a vet is not an option for you, then we will discuss next steps for home treatments. You will need to give her a course of antibiotics, and fresh clean water for her to dunk her head in while you treat her. Personally I would separate her from the flock and monitor her more closely, just incase it could be a respiratory illness, though I find that very unlikely. It would be easier to treat her if she is isolated and close by to monitor her breathing. I wonder if VetRX could be useful here to help her sinuses to clear? @Miss Lydia what do you think?

I change their water bowl several times a day to clean water but they tend to also clean themselves from it resulting in it being too low to dunk in. I’m looking into making them a pond but would like to get her fixed first. Originally a vet wasn’t an option due to what I’d be charged in my area but as it goes on I might just have to find one.

 

[DubVducks]

I agree it sure looks like sinus. What are the antibiotics that you have.

Just a few amoxicillin 500s

 

[Miss Lydia]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/amoxicillin-dosage-for-duck.1529204/#post-25782487 If a vet isn’t an option I’d order Baytril from https://allbirdproducts.com/products/baytril-10 [sorry I put up the right way to order the Baytril]

 

[DubVducks]

The liquid from her nares and the swelling in her cheek are typical symptoms of a sinus infection. It could also be an abscess but I think if so, it is caused by an issue in her sinuses.

Do your ducks have clean water deep enough to dunk their whole heads in? That's very important so that they can flush their nares out and to some extent prevent this sort of issue. It can still happen of course, but its one thing to consider and fix if not.

For treatment, she really needs to be seen by a vet, who would be able to confirm diagnosis and offer treatment (especially the appropriate antibiotics, which are important).
If a vet is not an option for you, then we will discuss next steps for home treatments. You will need to give her a course of antibiotics, and fresh clean water for her to dunk her head in while you treat her. Personally I would separate her from the flock and monitor her more closely, just incase it could be a respiratory illness, though I find that very unlikely. It would be easier to treat her if she is isolated and close by to monitor her breathing. I wonder if VetRX could be useful here to help her sinuses to clear? @Miss Lydia what do you think?

I change their water bowl several times a day to clean water but they tend to also clean themselves from it resulting in it being too low to dunk in. I’m looking into making them a pond but would like to get her fixed first. Originally a vet wasn’t an option due to what I’d be charged in my area but as it goes on I might just have to find one.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/amoxicillin-dosage-for-duck.1529204/#post-25782487 If a vet isn’t an option I’d order Baytril from https://allbirdproducts.com/products/baytril-10 [sorry I put up the right way to order the Baytril]

Thank yall so much for the information, I’ll be ordering the baytril immediately and starting her on the amoxicillin. Thank you again!