Weak and sluggish almost 4 week old duckling

[Ratchnick]

I think no grit is part of the issure. Impacred crop explains no eating and listless symptoms.

 

[Ratchnick]

Does anyone else think the crop looks distended in the video?

 

[casportpony]

Does everyone understand that if a crop is impacted that grit will not help and could make matters worse? For grit to work it needs to be in the gizzard, not the crop. The crop is where food is stored before it moves into the proventriculas where digestive juices are added. From there it moves into the gizzard, and that's where the grit needs to be.

 

[Ratchnick]

Whats the proper treatment?

 

[casportpony]

One would need to figure out if the crop is impacted or if it's just slow to clear. If the bird is still pooping and the poop looks normal, it's probably not impacted. If impacted, one needs to figure out what it's impacted with, ie: food, grass, shavings, etc.

 

[casportpony]

I have 100mg Nature's Blend niacin tablets and Nature Made super B-complex with vitamin C tablets, I don't live near any feed stores, will these work?

Can you post pictures of the bottles?

 

[CLUlelSS]

Can you post pictures of the bottles?

I have attached the bottle and the bottle label.

Letting your duckling be in water in 60* temps is too cold for them since they haven’t water proofing feathers yet. They need to be kept where temps are in the high 70’s and if you have a way to check temps that’s very important. They are also at an age where niacin deficiency is showing up. Crush up the niacin and b complex and put over their feed if that’s all you have for now. If you don’t address this problem your duckling will end up not being able to walk normal. If you can get to a TSC then get the Durvet liquid b complex it’s like liquid gold for our duckling with niacin deficiency. Keep them warm but no overly warm just comfortable. And don’t put them In cold water until they are feathered in and ready to be outside for good. View attachment 2092179

I didn't realize they still needed a pretty high temperature. I'll be sure to give them warm baths and showers now. As with the niacin tablets, I have been crushing a 100mg Nature's Blend tablet and sprinkling it over their feed ever since day 2 every day, so I switched to water so they could both get a consistent amount. Should I give them both niacin water and sprinkled feed? I'm scared of overdosing them. TSC is about 45 minutes to an hour away, depending on the traffic, so it's a little inconvenient for me.




Another Update: One of my duck has a drop of blood around it's eye, I'm not going to touch it, but I have no idea how it got there. I gave them a warm shower and let them sit on an old shirt with a towel, but I'm thinking the other duck was picking at it's eye and maybe caused it?
The warm shower did help liven the duck, since I saw some tail wagging, and some perking up. They started to eat better (not normal, but slowly eating it). I'm thinking of separating them with a clear container so they could see each other, but not touch each other.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE REPLIES!! I'm so grateful there's such a quick and incredibly helpful community out there.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Could have gotten pecked you can put a little Neosporin on that area. @casportpony can advise on how to give.

 

[casportpony]

Do you have a food scale you can weigh the duckling on? Can you post a picture of its poop?

 

[Miss Lydia]

@CLUlelSS