Wobbly duck

Thank you so much @Miss Lydia for that article. :thumbsup

Puts my mind at ease. I like to eat spinach so it's something I buy sometimes anyway. I use it like lettuce in salads. Put it on pizza. Even used it on taco's. lol

I don't eat it every week, but when I buy a bag I use it a lot before it goes bad. Now I don't have to worry I can give some to my ducks.

I kinda figured calcium absorption wasn't as much of an issue with drakes who forage & get varied diet but I wasn't sure it there was any other health issues with it besides that.

Sorry to kinda go off topic from original post.
 
In terms of spinach, they get it every once in a while as a treat along with some other greens, so it's definitely not the only thing in their diet!

Poppy is having a bad day today, back to being wobbly and unsteady. She fell down a few times already this morning while trying to clean and stuff. She also has a little discharge from one of her eyes.

When do ducks start laying eggs? She took a weird position where she "stood up" and sort of shuffled forward while her backside tipped low. She was also wiggling her tail a lot during that time. The only other time I've seen a hen do that was with a duck having egg laying problems. I was wondering if she could be having an egg binding issue and the pressure is pressing on a nerve or something, but she's a bit too young for that I thought. I felt her tummy this morning while treating her feet (which are looking really good) and didn't feel anything hard/firm on her tummy area.

The discharge from the eye makes me think of some kind of infection. Should I contact the vet to try and get her on some antibiotics?
 
Maybe with all that is going on, it would be best for the duck if you can take it to the vet.

I took her early this week (Tuesday) and the vet did xrays but was hesitant to do bloodwork / antibiotics. She wasn't sure what was wrong with poppy but didn't find any breaks or issues, no ingested metal etc. If I want definitive answers there's an avian specialist a few hours away I could try to reach out to. Vet said to keep an eye on her and see if she improves without any intervention other than what we're doing and to reconnect on Tuesday after the holiday weekend and give an update if she's alive/if we want an autopsy if she passes by then.
 
Ducks need anywhere from 100-125 mg of niacin a day. This could have been coming on gradually to where you didn't notice it.
I'd give her another day before doing the flush. Just to see if the B-complex is doing it for her. Some larger breeds just need that extra even if on duck specific feed like Poppy.
Glad to hear she seems to be improving.
Miss Lydia... I got the Durvet Vitamin B complex. Can you give me a suggestion on getting the cap off. I don't have any syringes and was planning on just using an eye dropper to try to give it to her orally.
 
It will come off you just have to work a it. Work on peeling off the metal piece then under it is the rubber stopper like a plug pull that off and use your dropper. You can’t shoot the liquid b straight down her throat though it might go in the wrong hole.
 
It will come off you just have to work a it. Work on peeling off the metal piece then under it is the rubber stopper like a plug pull that off and use your dropper. You can’t shoot the liquid b straight down her throat though it might go in the wrong hole.
I got it off finally. She is on her third day. I was surprised that she came out of her pen this morning and was sitting about half way up the yard. I didn't see her when she got there. She came the rest of the way and again I didn't see her getting there. She is laying under one of my above ground planters sleeping and I was able to see the foot and it is shriveled. I tried zooming in as best I can. Any thoughts, opinions or suggestions?
 

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Make her a shoe so her foot lays flat you can use a plastic container like a cool whip one cut it size of her foot wrap in vet wrap to cover sharp edges. Place foot on it wrap it in vet wrap tight enough so it won’t come off but don’t cut off circulation.
 
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