Treatment Log for Sick Muscovy Duck

[casportpony]

Breed - Muscovy
Age - 3 months
Sex - female

Found a sick duck this morning and thought I would log her treatment. She presented depressed, not interested in food, and had green poop.

Treatment so far:

• Weighed - 2kg at 10 am
• Gave antibiotic (Baytril), Corid, & Baycox
• Tubed 60 ml Gatorade at 10 am
• Tubed 60 ml Gatorade at 11:30 am
• Tubed 60 ml Gatorade at 1:30 pm
• Tubed 90 ml baby bird food at 3:30 pm
• Tubed 120 ml Gatorade 5:30 pm
• Tubed 90 ml baby bird food 8:20 pm

Tomorrow

• Weigh
• Medicate
• Tube 60-120 ml baby bird food every 4-6 hours

@Overo Mare, fyi.

 

[Weeg]

Following, I hope you get your lady on the men soon!

 

[casportpony]

Thanks.

 

[Painted Calls]

How much different is it when tubing ducks vs chickens with all that down and different crop shape?

 

[Painted Calls]

We also need a pic of your patient.

 

[casportpony]

How much different is it when tubing ducks vs chickens with all that down and different crop shape?

That's a great question. Tubing ducks is a little more difficult because of the shape of their crop and they are more likely to vomit because of the way it's shaped. It's most like a in the picture below:

We also need a pic of your patient.

I will get one.

 

[casportpony]

Treatment today.

• Weighed at 7:30 - still 2kg
• Gave Baytril, Corid, Baycox, & metronidazole
• Tubed 120 distilled water (distilled because Baytril can bind to the calcium in tap water) at 7:30
• Tubed 120 ml baby food at 11:30

 

[casportpony]

I'm running low on Kaytee Exact, so I broke out the stick blender and made a turkey starter gruel. Since it's not as fine as the Kaytee, I had to find "Big Bertha", the huge feeding tube (24 French)

120 ml turkey starter gruel tubed at 3:30 pm.

 

[Painted Calls]

"Big Bertha", the huge feeding tube (24 French)

Whew that is big.

 

[casportpony]

Whew that is big.

*huge*