The Quack Shack

[Miss Lydia]

oh please that would not be a good idea.

Can somebody with more constitution than me come amputate the bone that is sticking out where Poofys middle toe used to be? I can't imagine lopping off a penis, though I had to have one lopped off. Her toe fell off but there is still some bone left. I want to take her to the vet but dh says he will cut it off.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

Its bothering me more than her. She's almost stopped limping. It did take 40 days.

 

[Jenbirdee]

I have read a lot about colloidal Silver in the last 24 hours and my conclusion is that i would not use it for internal treatment. The mechanism how Silver is destroying bacteria, viruses and fungi in not entirely understood, but believed to be mechanical, at least partially.
The mechanism of action looks a bit similar to Iodine solution, where the Iodine just reacts with the proteins, deactivating them. While Iodine is aggressively creating covalent- or ionic-bonds, which are very strong, the Silver atoms are reacting with a far weaker complex-bond that are weak enough to be taken apart by the enzymes in our cells, so not harming those. - That's what i understood.
An interesting page from the Department of Health and Human Services:
https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/colloidal-silver-what-you-need-to-know
I will use colloidal Silver for external treatment (eyes, scratches, minor wounds) but not internally and i consider the lung tissue as internal. I remember a couple of years ago there was a story about a man who ingested/injected(?) colloidal silver and his skin became purple. You don't want Poppy to become a purple duck?!

As for the Dimethylsulfoxid: How old is the bottle that you have? That stuff is broken up by UV-light and the resulting thio-ethers and thio-alcohols smell really bad. Trust me, i know all too well what i'm writing about, as teenagers we explored these classes of compounds excessively… Some thio-alcohols smelled not too bad (i.e. pop-corn, just cubed) but most of them made us gag. DMSO has been used in the past a some kind of wonder-drug, before it was discovered that it can »be harmful to the eye«, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimethyl_sulfoxide#Toxicity

I would stick to good old DHMO as a solvent.

purple duck would be cute but nah
dh and I have been taking colloidal silver orally (on and off not every day) for many years and we are not blue lol
In fact recently dh had been inhaling mold through cpap machine and had a horrible nasty cough for months until we had the bright idea of putting CS in the cpap machine and he actually got about 90% better the first day

BUT we didnt add any DMSO

Today I am trying the CS with about 10% DMSO added in my portable nebulizer on MYSELF
(to make sure I dont die
before I use any for dux )

So far so good

Its not old was still in the shipping bag from when I got it 2 months ago never opened until today

 

[Jenbirdee]

Its bothering me more than her. She's almost stopped limping. It did take 40 days.

you likely shared pics a while back but i missed them...?

 

[Miss Lydia]

purple duck would be cute but nah
dh and I have been taking colloidal silver orally (on and off not every day) for many years and we are not blue lol
In fact recently dh had been inhaling mold through cpap machine and had a horrible nasty cough for months until we had the bright idea of putting CS in the cpap machine and he actually got about 90% better the first day

BUT we didnt add any DMSO

Today I am trying the CS with about 10% DMSO added in my portable nebulizer on MYSELF
(to make sure I dont die
before I use any for dux )

So far so good

Its not old was still in the shipping bag from when I got it 2 months ago never opened until today

i take Silver I give it to my dogs and @New duck mommy 2021 uses it for herself and her birds.

 

[Luv Ducks]

Can somebody with more constitution than me come amputate the bone that is sticking out where Poofys middle toe used to be? I can't imagine lopping off a penis, though I had to have one lopped off. Her toe fell off but there is still some bone left. I want to take her to the vet but dh says he will cut it off.

I am not sure what happens when you amputate bones. I guess I would have to research it more myself before I started cutting on it. I live way to far to help or else I would. So sorry Poofy is having to go through this. I was lucky it was only the penis even though I have done the wings of my ducklings when I wanted to pinion them. They bleed and I just put cornstarch on them and hold them between my fingers until the bleeding stops. I would think you could do the same with the bone from the toe. People pinion adult ducks but I would never do that. I think that is cruel as they would feel the pain. When ducklings the nerve does not reach the end of the wing until they are at least a week old so there is no pain involved. My Little Call Drake did not even blink when I amputated the end of his penis so cutting off the dead stub on the end must not have been painful either. Good Luck on how you decide to handle this but I would think using sterilized utensils would be alright to do.

 

[Luv Ducks]

Its bothering me more than her. She's almost stopped limping. It did take 40 days.

If she is not limping and you do not think it will get infected I would just leave her alone. Having an open wound on her foot will not be good either if he does decide to cut it off. Maybe making a shoe for her to keep dirt out???

 

[Jenbirdee]

If she is not limping and you do not think it will get infected I would just leave her alone. Having an open wound on her foot will not be good either if he does decide to cut it off. Maybe making a shoe for her to keep dirt out???

I was thinking the same thing

 

[Miss Lydia]

I have read a lot about colloidal Silver in the last 24 hours and my conclusion is that i would not use it for internal treatment. The mechanism how Silver is destroying bacteria, viruses and fungi in not entirely understood, but believed to be mechanical, at least partially.
The mechanism of action looks a bit similar to Iodine solution, where the Iodine just reacts with the proteins, deactivating them. While Iodine is aggressively creating covalent- or ionic-bonds, which are very strong, the Silver atoms are reacting with a far weaker complex-bond that are weak enough to be taken apart by the enzymes in our cells, so not harming those. - That's what i understood.
An interesting page from the Department of Health and Human Services:
https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/colloidal-silver-what-you-need-to-know
I will use colloidal Silver for external treatment (eyes, scratches, minor wounds) but not internally and i consider the lung tissue as internal. I remember a couple of years ago there was a story about a man who ingested/injected(?) colloidal silver and his skin became purple. You don't want Poppy to become a purple duck?!

As for the Dimethylsulfoxid: How old is the bottle that you have? That stuff is broken up by UV-light and the resulting thio-ethers and thio-alcohols smell really bad. Trust me, i know all too well what i'm writing about, as teenagers we explored these classes of compounds excessively… Some thio-alcohols smelled not too bad (i.e. pop-corn, just cubed) but most of them made us gag. DMSO has been used in the past a some kind of wonder-drug, before it was discovered that it can »be harmful to the eye«, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimethyl_sulfoxide#Toxicity

I would stick to good old DHMO as a solvent.

I see you have a PFM cool

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Mine haven't found oil yet but I saw a Chinese person stick their head out of one of the holes the other day.

I know what you mean! To dabble and drill is a duxks greatest thrill