Hello..
Two days ago we had a weasel attack our ducks in their coop. It only got one and tried to drag her out of the front fence. I got outside in time to scare the weasel off. To my surprise the duck was still alive - I tried to catch her but she managed to get back into the coop with the others for the night.
The next morning I caught her. She’s very wounded on the back of her head. Some of her bone was exposed and she was missing all skin/feathers. I cleaned out the wounds and put ointment all over the back side of her head before wrapping it up in gauze. She Then ate a few bites of food and drank some water.
This morning I cleaned out her wound again and let her have a bath in the sink. She seemed really relaxed and played in the water for over an hour. I bandaged her back up and put her in her cageIt’s been a couple hours and she’s still wet. She’s shaking and I just noticed she has a tiny thin yellow line around both of her eyes. I towel dried her and put her cage closer to the warm wood stove. She seems dry and is now sleeping but I’m worried she’s got an infection.
I don’t want her to be in pain, but it’s hard to tell if euthanizing her is the right option when she gave us so much hope this morning. Any thoughts will help, thanks.
Two days ago we had a weasel attack our ducks in their coop. It only got one and tried to drag her out of the front fence. I got outside in time to scare the weasel off. To my surprise the duck was still alive - I tried to catch her but she managed to get back into the coop with the others for the night.
The next morning I caught her. She’s very wounded on the back of her head. Some of her bone was exposed and she was missing all skin/feathers. I cleaned out the wounds and put ointment all over the back side of her head before wrapping it up in gauze. She Then ate a few bites of food and drank some water.
This morning I cleaned out her wound again and let her have a bath in the sink. She seemed really relaxed and played in the water for over an hour. I bandaged her back up and put her in her cageIt’s been a couple hours and she’s still wet. She’s shaking and I just noticed she has a tiny thin yellow line around both of her eyes. I towel dried her and put her cage closer to the warm wood stove. She seems dry and is now sleeping but I’m worried she’s got an infection.
I don’t want her to be in pain, but it’s hard to tell if euthanizing her is the right option when she gave us so much hope this morning. Any thoughts will help, thanks.