Jenniferaei
In the Brooder
- May 15, 2022
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I have an indian runner duck about 8 weeks old weighs about 2 1/2lbs.
Last night we had our 3 Indian runners in their outdoor enclosure (we are putting them in it for a few hours at a time to get then used to it) and we got home an hour after dark to find Daffy had been attacked been a predator. Not sure what attacked them but there was digging around the cage and the holes are not very big. We think it was a grey fox.
Anyway, there is about 1/2 - 1/3 of Daffy's chest missing. (Pictures attached grafic warning) I don't think anything vital was hit because Daffy is still breathing, eating, and drinking. But Daffy was in shock and now that the shock is wearing off Daffy is just standing staring at us. We cleaned the would as soon as we found Daffy last night. We used hydrogen peroxide which we rinsed out with sterile water. We then out neosporin on the wound. We then bandaged it. We also injected penicillin which we will do for a few days.
There was bleeding when it happened but it quickly clotted and washed off easy. No obvious bleeding since we cleaned the wound.
Pooping is normal.
We removed Daffy from the brooder the other ducks are in and isolated Daffy in a large Costco sized tote with clean towels in the bottom so no bedding can get in the wound. We gave Daffy its own food and water.
We saw some online advice to not cover the wound because it will dry out and heal faster but we are afraid stuff will get into the wound without it being covered. We have tramadol for pets at home that we can give Daffy if we figure out the dosage because since the shock wore off Daffy has stopped eating and drinking as much as normal.
The advice i am seeking is should we cover the wound and what should we do for pain? Has anyone had anything like this happen with their duck?
UPDATE: We have given Daffy a dose of Meloxicam because she stopped eating and drinking and cleaned Daffy's wound again, this time with sterile Saline and then put Silver Honey antimicrobial spray gel on it. This is supposed to do the same job as Vetericyn (which we also bought) but it is supposed to also repel insects. We live in a trailer and have her in there with us but some Flys keep getting in and even though we kill them as fast as we find them if we can repel them from Daffy's wound that sounded safer. We are also putting a 0-3 month t-shirt on her (picture attached) because we stopped bandaging the wound but Daffy kept trying to preen it. Hopefully this allows the wound the air it needs to heal while not allowing her to damage the wound further. When we cleaned it my husband said the wound flesh looked darker and the wound looked a little smaller. When we gave her her second dose of penicillin we took a new picture of the wound (attached) so we can monitor the healing. Thinking of putting her in with her sisters after cleaning their pen for a few minutes to see if the competition will get her to eat and drink. Thank you everyone for the advice so far.
Last night we had our 3 Indian runners in their outdoor enclosure (we are putting them in it for a few hours at a time to get then used to it) and we got home an hour after dark to find Daffy had been attacked been a predator. Not sure what attacked them but there was digging around the cage and the holes are not very big. We think it was a grey fox.
Anyway, there is about 1/2 - 1/3 of Daffy's chest missing. (Pictures attached grafic warning) I don't think anything vital was hit because Daffy is still breathing, eating, and drinking. But Daffy was in shock and now that the shock is wearing off Daffy is just standing staring at us. We cleaned the would as soon as we found Daffy last night. We used hydrogen peroxide which we rinsed out with sterile water. We then out neosporin on the wound. We then bandaged it. We also injected penicillin which we will do for a few days.
There was bleeding when it happened but it quickly clotted and washed off easy. No obvious bleeding since we cleaned the wound.
Pooping is normal.
We removed Daffy from the brooder the other ducks are in and isolated Daffy in a large Costco sized tote with clean towels in the bottom so no bedding can get in the wound. We gave Daffy its own food and water.
We saw some online advice to not cover the wound because it will dry out and heal faster but we are afraid stuff will get into the wound without it being covered. We have tramadol for pets at home that we can give Daffy if we figure out the dosage because since the shock wore off Daffy has stopped eating and drinking as much as normal.
The advice i am seeking is should we cover the wound and what should we do for pain? Has anyone had anything like this happen with their duck?
UPDATE: We have given Daffy a dose of Meloxicam because she stopped eating and drinking and cleaned Daffy's wound again, this time with sterile Saline and then put Silver Honey antimicrobial spray gel on it. This is supposed to do the same job as Vetericyn (which we also bought) but it is supposed to also repel insects. We live in a trailer and have her in there with us but some Flys keep getting in and even though we kill them as fast as we find them if we can repel them from Daffy's wound that sounded safer. We are also putting a 0-3 month t-shirt on her (picture attached) because we stopped bandaging the wound but Daffy kept trying to preen it. Hopefully this allows the wound the air it needs to heal while not allowing her to damage the wound further. When we cleaned it my husband said the wound flesh looked darker and the wound looked a little smaller. When we gave her her second dose of penicillin we took a new picture of the wound (attached) so we can monitor the healing. Thinking of putting her in with her sisters after cleaning their pen for a few minutes to see if the competition will get her to eat and drink. Thank you everyone for the advice so far.
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I agree with your course of action 
