Swollen duck

[Miss Lydia]

I’m surprised she didn’t want to put her by on an antibiotic just in case an infection of some kind. And she hasn’t laid an egg since when? Is she good at laying

 

[Miss Lydia]

@KeeleyDucks hows your girl doing?

 

[KeeleyDucks]

@KeeleyDucks hows your girl doing?

She is still up and down. She can spend hours acting normal then we find her laid up looking in pain. But then after about 20 min she is back and acting normal. One day it looks like the swelling is gone and then the next it is back. We are so confused what is happening.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Did you contact the vet about trying an antibiotic it may not do anything but then again it may.

 

[KeeleyDucks]

Did you contact the vet about trying an antibiotic it may not do anything but then again it may.

I haven’t had a chance because of the weekend but I will call today. We did a dose of the anti inflammatory pain meds yesterday.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Is she still pulsating her vent like she needs to lay an egg?

 

[KeeleyDucks]

Is she still pulsating her vent like she needs to lay an egg?

Yes but I only notice it when she is not doing well and laying down. Which happens about once a day. I still haven’t seen any kind of egg or soft egg.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I’d keep up the calcium supplement, if egg bound they don’t last long with out laying but the pulsing and not feeling well makes us know something is wrong in there that needs to be delt with. Some type of calcium, calcium citrate would be my next choice if you can get cal gluconate we had a member last year that had to dose her duck I’m pretty sure 4 days before she laid. From being egg bound

 

[KeeleyDucks]

I’d keep up the calcium supplement, if egg bound they don’t last long with out laying but the pulsing and not feeling well makes us know something is wrong in there that needs to be delt with. Some type of calcium, calcium citrate would be my next choice if you can get cal gluconate we had a member last year that had to dose her duck I’m pretty sure 4 days before she laid. From being egg bound

Thank you for the other calcium suggestion. Right now all we have are oyster shells but giving her a larger dose would be helpful. The calcium citrate I can get at the pharmacy. This was the calcium gluconate that they sell at the feed store. https://shop.farmlands.co.nz/ahd-bluecross-cbg-40-500ml/5637155419.p?back=true. Just don't know if that is too high of a dosage since it is meant for cattle.

 

[Miss Lydia]

The calcium gluconate here is 23% solution. We use 1ml dose orally I don't know you would be able to figure that out with what your feed store offers. I would be very careful with the oyster shells you don't want her clogged up from eating too many it can happen. That is why we never add it to the feed just let them eat it when they need it. Many times we have to give more than one dose of the calcium gluconate so it may be fine to use the one from your feed store. If she is eating well you could try the citrate over her feed. I don't think it will work as well the the gluconate though. The cal gluconate was what a vet used to get a members ducks to lay when she was egg bound and most of us have it on hand in case we need it in a hurry. I had a chicken hen egg bound about a month ago the calcium gluconate got her egg moving. Oh, and this calcium gluconate we buy here is also meant for cattle we just use it orally instead of injecting.