Swollen cheek, bleeding through nostrils.

[Chickenpuff75]

Thank you for sharing this info!!

 

[Miss Lydia]

I’m curious as to what that greenish looking stuff is hopefully the vet can explain.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

My vet told me what it was but I didn't catch it. She was posted at me for draining it myself and administering the wrong antibiotic. It sounded like She said serama, like the chicken. Maybe something like lymph fluid. I will Google around on poultry dvm and see if I can find something. Looking forward to hearing from pickles visit.

 

[Chickenpuff75]

Hey guys, sorry for being MIA. Having 7 ducklings and 5 kids and a million home projects leaves one....tired.

took Pickles to the vet, they said it was a gland infection. Gave her a needle of something (my wife was there not I) and prescribed clamoxicilin(?). A combination of amoxicillin and something else. This seemed to make it worse. Called the vet today and the sample they tookcame back as e. Coli. May need surgery at the university of Guelph veterinary school. hope it doesn’t come to that as I don’t know we can afford a big bill.

I’ll keep you posted.

 

[Isaac 0]

Hey guys, sorry for being MIA. Having 7 ducklings and 5 kids and a million home projects leaves one....tired.

took Pickles to the vet, they said it was a gland infection. Gave her a needle of something (my wife was there not I) and prescribed clamoxicilin(?). A combination of amoxicillin and something else. This seemed to make it worse. Called the vet today and the sample they tookcame back as e. Coli. May need surgery at the university of Guelph veterinary school. hope it doesn’t come to that as I don’t know we can afford a big bill.

I’ll keep you posted.

Likely Clavamox, which is Amoxicillin with the addition of Clavulanic acid.

So sorry.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Why can’t they just clean it out? I hope it doesn’t come to surgery! Thanks for updating

 

[Chickenpuff75]

Why can’t they just clean it out? I hope it doesn’t come to surgery! Thanks for updating

That’s what confused me when my wife came back from the vet, they didn’t drain it. Apparently, they were super excited to get a duck, which means they don’t have a lot of experience with them. For better or worse, Guelph Vet School is only an hour away and is highly rated, especially with farm animals (being right in farm country).

We shall see. It doesn’t help that I’ve been bedridden for the past five days, even got tested yesterday for “you know what”, ugh that swab is not pleasant. Dr has dealt with Covid patients and doesn’t believe I have it but the additional bloodwork he did (faster results than the swab but not as detailed) indicated I’m fight a viral infection (not bacterial), so likely a flu.

Despite all this Pickles seems to be acting like a duck, with the other ducks, the other ducks with her. So that’s nice.

Again, thank you.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

That's what Todd had and my Avian get said amoxicillin wouldn't touch it. Gave her Bactrim wwhich cleared it in about a week. I trust my vet more than yours I think. She treats lots of birds. You could talk to your get about this. She also removed most of the fluid with a syringe. I wouldn't consider surgery till you tried a different antibiotic. Duck can easily die under anesthesia and then you have a big bill and no duck.

 

[Chickenpuff75]

That's what Todd had and my Avian get said amoxicillin wouldn't touch it. Gave her Bactrim wwhich cleared it in about a week. I trust my vet more than yours I think. She treats lots of birds. You could talk to your get about this. She also removed most of the fluid with a syringe. I wouldn't consider surgery till you tried a different antibiotic. Duck can easily die under anesthesia and then you have a big bill and no duck.

This is the new antibiotic we were given. I’m trying to figure out how to do this. I’ve mixed the stock solution (100mg in 1.7L). Next is mixing 30ml stock solution into 4L. Fine, easy enough. But how do I deliver this to Pickles in a way she isn’t going to walk all in it and contaminate it AND give her access to bathing/swimming water? Thoughts?

 

[Miss Lydia]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/. This is great information on giving meds to one.