What’s wrong with my Pekin?

[Quacking ducks]

I'd get the Calcium Gluconate asap just in case it's an egg. you'll need to give her 1 ml by mouth it can be put over a small amount of treat or you can use a small 1 ml syringe[no needle] and give it to her that way. We have instructions on giving it by syringe just let me know.

I just picked up the calcium gluconate, do you have the instructions on how to give it?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Here is one way
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/
also if she has a fav treat and she is eating good you might just put 1ml over a small amount of treat.
Here is more info on the calcium gluconate
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/calcium-gluconate-for-egg-bound-ducks-preliminary.959537/

 

[Quacking ducks]

Here is one way
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/
also if she has a fav treat and she is eating good you might just put 1ml over a small amount of treat.
Here is more info on the calcium gluconate
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/calcium-gluconate-for-egg-bound-ducks-preliminary.959537/

Will this work as a syringe?

 

[Miss Lydia]

If you can get this in the right place I don't see why not.

 

[Quacking ducks]

If you can get this in the right place I don't see why not.

Ok, is this a one time thing or do I have to do it multiple times a day? And she’s not letting me get the syringe in her mouth

 

[Quacking ducks]

Jemima is still not any better, I think she is a little worse. Her abdomen is more swollen and she dragging on the ground. She’s having a hard time walking too.

What should I do now? Do I give her more calcium gluconate?

 

[Quacking ducks]

@Miss Lydia @KaleIAm any ideas?

 

[Quacking ducks]

She keeps falling over

 

[KaleIAm]

I'm sorry she's not getting better. I'm not sure how to help, I always take my ducks to the vet.

Were you able to get the calcium into her? They don't cooperate, so you have to really gently pry open their bills and stick the syringe to one side of their the back of their mouths. Some people wrap them up in a towel first so they don't wiggle as much.

You might find it easier to give her a tablet, but you'd still have to open up her bill and slide it down one side of her throat.

If you can put it over mealworms that would be the easiest!!

 

[Quacking ducks]

@casportpony any ideas?​