Worried Duck mom

[Mama_Owl_3]

 

[casportpony]

Which one pooped that? Was it this duck?

 

[Mama_Owl_3]

Which one pooped that? Was it this duck?
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Yes, that is the female I am worried about. My husband brought her in and set her down on the kitchen floor and she let loose.

 

[casportpony]

That poop is not normal. Is she acting sick? She look off in the picture (standing with her dead drawn in).

 

[Mama_Owl_3]

Ok that's weird, it posted the pictures but not the info.

Help please! I have a 7 month hybrid, black Swedish and Cayuga, female duck and she is not her usual peppy self. She started laying eggs several weeks ago, almost every day, including one this morning. She also feels thinner than normal and I can say with certainty that she has lost about a 1/2 lb over the last couple of weeks. At first I thought her behavior was because we culled one of the boys and she missed him, but she has four other feathered friends that she gets along with for the most part. I have been making sure to offer crushed oyster shell, meal worms, and other snacks on top of regular duck food mixed withdry salmon cat food. As well as ACV in their water buckets. Occasionally I have been making sure she get meal worms dusted with nutritional yeast. But she seems to continue going down hill and now seems a little weak, plus her poop seems abnormal. I included a picture of the poo just in case. She is the duck on the left. Any thoughts or suggestions would greatly be appreciated, I am not sure what else to do.

 

[casportpony]

Is a vet an option? I ask because if she were mine I would probably start her on antibiotics. That poop looks like she might have a bacterial infection of the intestines.

 

[Mama_Owl_3]

Also the other four ducks that I have seem to be perfectly fine, normal poop, eating habits, and typical duck shenanigans.

 

[Mama_Owl_3]

Is a vet an option? I ask because if she were mine I would probably start her on antibiotics. That poop looks like she might have a bacterial infection of the intestines.

My regular vet doesn't see birds of any kind and I don't know of any local vets that do. I can ask around and start calling other vets, hopefully I can find one.

 

[casportpony]

My regular vet doesn't see birds of any kind and I don't know of any local vets that do. I can ask around and start calling other vets, hopefully I can find one.

Do you have a food scale that you can weigh her on? It would be good to get a baseline weight.

 

[Mama_Owl_3]

Do you have a food scale that you can weigh her on? It would be good to get a baseline weight.

She is currently 3lb 15oz, I weigh all of my ducks once a week to keep an eye on them.