loveducklings
In the Brooder
- Sep 28, 2020
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Hello, we have two pet ducklings and we got them 24 days ago and we speculate they were around a week old when they arrived. One of the ducks -Bambi- was noticably thinner and smaller than the other one -Bobby- and their size difference only got bigger with time. Other than Bambi being smaller he didn't have any other condition that would cause concern. However one day we let them out to play on the grass under the sunlight (as we do everyday) and bambi couldn't walk at all, he kept his foot closed and stood on it the wrong way. We got extremely concerned and suspecting it can be some kind of deficiancy we started supplementing him with any possible supplement he might need (niacin, vitamin D, calcium etc.). After 4 days he got a lot better, he is able to stand walk and even run if he needs to. His kind of stands funny on his right foot still but that is also getting better.
Today we let them out to play again and everything looked normal at first and they were both able to run. However after their daily swimming session we noticed Bobby (healthy one) couldn't walk at all he is able to stand on his elbows (or whatever that is called in ducks) but aside from that he can barely stand up.
He is able to move his legs when we lift him up but he has a really hard time standing up to the point that he crawls to his food rather than walking. We also noticed he is making a quack like noise but we are not sure that is a wanna be quack of a duckling going through puberty or him having respiratory issues.
I would be very happy to know if anyone had similar problems with their ducks and how they cured it if it was cured.
Today we let them out to play again and everything looked normal at first and they were both able to run. However after their daily swimming session we noticed Bobby (healthy one) couldn't walk at all he is able to stand on his elbows (or whatever that is called in ducks) but aside from that he can barely stand up.
He is able to move his legs when we lift him up but he has a really hard time standing up to the point that he crawls to his food rather than walking. We also noticed he is making a quack like noise but we are not sure that is a wanna be quack of a duckling going through puberty or him having respiratory issues.
I would be very happy to know if anyone had similar problems with their ducks and how they cured it if it was cured.