The Duck Thread

[TroyerGal]

The left (the first infected cheek) side feels hard and squishy, and the right ( the second infected cheek) side feels squishy. With a needle?

For lancing, I would use a scalpel

TRUST me. I've done my fair share of lancing

 

[Spyderk117]

Metzer keeps a list of vets that they know of (through personal experience or customer testimony) specializing in waterfowl on their site. The only one in WI is:

Dr. Paul Gibbons at Animal Emergency Center & Specialty Services in Glendale. His number is 414-540-6710 and he is ABVP certified.

Don't know how close that is to you or if they would help over the phone, but I hope this can help.

Also if they are far away, perhaps they can recommend another vet close to you that they can work with or that they would trust.

Thanks, I just looked on maps and Glendale is 5 hours away from me.

 

[Spyderk117]

For lancing, I would use a scalpel

TRUST me. I've done my fair share of lancing

Oh, you need to cut it out!?!?!

 

[TroyerGal]

Oh, you need to cut it out!?!?!

I don't think so... But it's sharp, and easier to control

 

[Spyderk117]

I don't think so... But it's sharp, and easier to control

Oh okay.

 

[Tevyes Dad]

Thanks, I just looked on maps and Glendale is 5 hours away from me.

Of course that is who is on Metzer's list. We do have one waterfowl specialist, I have heard, but Metzer's only lists one in Bozeman, so I wouldn't consider that to be the end of the story, just a new trail to search on.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: If the pus is hard, then yes, the pus must be surgically removed.

-Kathy

 

[Ravynscroft]

The left (the first infected cheek) side feels hard and squishy, and the right ( the second infected cheek) side feels squishy. With a needle?

Thanks, I just looked on maps and Glendale is 5 hours away from me.

Dang... was worth a try...

Talk to Kathy... she has a lot of experience with infection removal and recently did a sinus infection removal...

Sounds like at this point, working under her guidance is yours (and Merlin's) best bet...

 

[casportpony]

Avian vet search links:

• http://www.aav.org/search/custom.asp?id=1803
• http://www.majesticwaterfowl.org/vetfinder.htm

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

• https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1081042/sinus-surgery-video
• https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1074036/sinus-infections
• https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1071718/nasty-eye-infection-pics
• https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...r-sinuses-so-that-she-can-breathe-ugly-photos

-Kathy