this one has me a little scared

[BelovedBirds]

They gave my sweetheart some pain medication, but all her eggs were still just follicles and they said there wasn't much to be done. The meds helped some, maybe 40-60% but she still had difficulties on a long foraging walk. Eventually she just got better when the eggs arrived.

I'm so happy your sweetheart is feeling better today!

me too!! She had me worried sick! I can't express how relieved I was to see her eat her breakfast.
Mostly back to herself now, bossing me around already

 

[BelovedBirds]

SO, Spright has been fine, eating drinking, running, swimming and laying consistently every night since this thread- I'm a little worried about her today do so I just wanted to check back. She's been lying down a lot today, her legs are stiff with a slight limp the few occassions I've seen her walking- Her tail isnt upright, not down too far, but she seems to be... Bobbing it down? A lot? I got a video of it.
I'm already planning on giving her a bit of extra niacin in a moment, but I'm wondering if this is egg related and if I should also give her a shot of calcium? She's going for a soak in the bath now, but I'll leave the video here:

 

[KaleIAm]

SO, Spright has been fine, eating drinking, running, swimming and laying consistently every night since this thread- I'm a little worried about her today do so I just wanted to check back. She's been lying down a lot today, her legs are stiff with a slight limp the few occassions I've seen her walking- Her tail isnt upright, not down too far, but she seems to be... Bobbing it down? A lot? I got a video of it.
I'm already planning on giving her a bit of extra niacin in a moment, but I'm wondering if this is egg related and if I should also give her a shot of calcium? She's going for a soak in the bath now, but I'll leave the video here:

I would give her calcium. When my duck was egg bound her egg would push on a nerve that went to her leg and make her unable to walk. It's called obturator paralysis. She also bobbed her tail. I've had my ducks just limp as well, when the nerve is just being touched and not compressed.

Do you give injections, or give calcium orally?

Edit: btw, my duck got this diagnosis at the vet.

 

[BelovedBirds]

I would give her calcium. When my duck was egg bound her egg would push on a nerve that went to her leg and make her unable to walk. It's called obturator paralysis. She also bobbed her tail. I've had my ducks just limp as well, when the nerve is just being touched and not compressed.

Do you give injections, or give calcium orally?

Edit: btw, my duck got this diagnosis at the vet.

orally- I did give her some, via a grape, which she was happy enough to eat despite being off her food again-

She's definitely not herself again, just lying down, and staying lying down when I moved her sister back to the pen, just stayed, lying there silently. Usually she stands on tip toes yelling at us to come back, but nope.
I'm hoping its nothing serious, but the niacin and calcium will set my mind at ease a bit. She's in pain, and flinched when I felt her lower tummy.

 

[BelovedBirds]

I would give her calcium. When my duck was egg bound her egg would push on a nerve that went to her leg and make her unable to walk. It's called obturator paralysis. She also bobbed her tail. I've had my ducks just limp as well, when the nerve is just being touched and not compressed.

Do you give injections, or give calcium orally?

Edit: btw, my duck got this diagnosis at the vet.

okay! Just had an egg! I stayed with her because she was very wobbly walking, calmed her down and out it came. Big, soft shell- she's having a rest now!

 

[BelovedBirds]

I would give her calcium. When my duck was egg bound her egg would push on a nerve that went to her leg and make her unable to walk. It's called obturator paralysis. She also bobbed her tail. I've had my ducks just limp as well, when the nerve is just being touched and not compressed.

Do you give injections, or give calcium orally?

Edit: btw, my duck got this diagnosis at the vet.

....and she just laid ANOTHER one
thats the third in 24 hours

 

[KaleIAm]

....and she just laid ANOTHER one
thats the third in 24 hours

Poor sweetheart. That must be really hard.

The soft shells are really hard to push out because the muscles have nothing solid to grip on to. The egg just kind of squishes out of the way when the contractions try to move it. My vet recommend I give calcium every day for 30 days when my duck was having soft shells. That might not be indicated for your duck, though.

Do you have an avian vet available for advice?

 

[KaleIAm]

Also, as you noticed it is painful. My vet gave me pain medications for my duck and that helped, too.

 

[BelovedBirds]

Poor sweetheart. That must be really hard.

The soft shells are really hard to push out because the muscles have nothing solid to grip on to. The egg just kind of squishes out of the way when the contractions try to move it. My vet recommend I give calcium every day for 30 days when my duck was having soft shells. That might not be indicated for your duck, though.

Do you have an avian vet available for advice?

usually her eggs have good solid shells, but occassionally if they lay a second, they lack a proper shell, they're also small- this time they were big, and had part thin shells which hadnt fully formed. Im stunned that she laid two in the space of ten minutes, three in total today. I think the calcium really helped, the contractions came on pretty furiously after that.
I'm keeping a close watch but cant get her to a vet atm, the nearest avian vet is a fair distance away and most of my family just packed up and left on holiday, taking the car. So for now I'll watch her closely and try to get her eating after she's rested a bit

 

[KaleIAm]

usually her eggs have good solid shells, but occassionally if they lay a second, they lack a proper shell, they're also small- this time they were big, and had part thin shells which hadnt fully formed. Im stunned that she laid two in the space of ten minutes, three in total today. I think the calcium really helped, the contractions came on pretty furiously after that.
I'm keeping a close watch but cant get her to a vet atm, the nearest avian vet is a fair distance away and most of my family just packed up and left on holiday, taking the car. So for now I'll watch her closely and try to get her eating after she's rested a bit

Since both my vet and another member's vet recommended daily calcium supplements when our ducks had similar issues I would give her at least a few days of supplementation, personally.

Do you see her eating oyster shells?