Walking/Standing issue. 7y/o female Cayuga

[Miss Lydia]

Here ya go
https://www.farmosan.com/en/poultry/layers/fls/

http://www.poultryhub.org/health/disease/types-of-disease/fatty-liver-syndrome/

 

[Miss Lydia]

Any update?

 

[Dar492]

We just got out from seeing the vet, she has a slightly high level of lead in her blood. They didnt notice any issues with anything else. She is slightly better in general, but I'll be giving her injections to counteract the lead.

Her level was 14.4microgram/deciliter if anyone is curious.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Any idea how this happened? Thank goodness you got her to the vet!!

 

[Dar492]

Not sure, it could just be in soil. I guess birds are very susceptible to lead, the vet said there was a swan just in that had 24ug/dL and didnt want to walk either, almost 2x the concentration Molly had.

It could be the cause of her issues or it could be just a coincidence, we will know better after we treat her.

She was very healthy other than that, no other issues.

 

[Miss Lydia]

That’s a plus for sure being healthy. I hope the meds get her through this. What are you giving her?

 

[Dar492]

Update: Molly passed away last night.

She was being kept in a container in the garage by herself at night for the past few weeks. She seemed to be doing a lot better until yesterday where she was stumbling around a bit again.

We noticed something was really wrong a couple hours after she was put in last night, like she was having a seizure or stroke, he neck was moving around oddly, seizing up and loosening up and going straight back.

At least she died not alone, in my arms and with my family.

What am I supposed to do with her? Idk if the other ducks know if she is dead yet. Should they be able to see her or is it better to just not let them see. I'm worried they will be depressed that she is gone.

I am really sad, she was our favorite duck. She didnt suffer until the last few minutes of her life and wasnt alone. She was ~7.5 years so she lived a decent life I think, just unlucky.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I am so sorry. I’d just give her a nice burial that’s what we do with ours and if there are other ducks she will be missed but not like if she left one alone. Having each other really helps. You could get a necropsy done to give you diagnosis if you wanted to know absolute. She had a nice long life. And I am sure knew she was loved.

 

[Dar492]

We are slightly curious why she died, but we'd rather not know, I think all it will do is make us question if we did everything we could when we did our best. We cant undo anything.

The boys have been separated from her for like a month already (they could see her through the fence), and the girl would get to play in the yard with her during the days sometimes. I think they probably already knew something was wrong. I worry the most about the 1 girl left since she would walk around with the other one sometimes.

I have 2 males and 1 female left. All seem perfectly healthy, so I doubt it is something contagious.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I wouldn’t think contagious either, hopefully you can add more females so your only one won’t get too much attention from the drakes. And she’ll have company.