A few weeks ago I saw my duck was limping. I checked her over no swelling, cut or bumble foot. She wasn’t moving around as much, but still ate and drank so i decided to keep and eye on her.
A couple days after I noticed she didn’t look great. I picked her up and saw she was covered in maggots. From not moving around as much she must’ve sat in poop and gotten fly strike. I gave her a bath and made a vet appointment that day.
The vets told me to put her down. I was at work all day and from what they told me she was on her death bed, and I asked them if i could come to say goodbye. They brought her in the room, and she didn’t look ready to go. She flapped around and quacked and i couldn’t have her put down.
I brought her home and spent all night cutting feathers and cleaning maggots. She spent a couple weeks inside.
I had to go out of town for 10 days so she stayed at my friends house outside with her husband duck. When I picked her up, she seemed much better. They said she went swimming. She still limped but not as bad.
It’s been a couple weeks since at our house and her limp is as bad as ever and she doesn’t move around much. I’m extra watching of the maggots now.
I still don’t know what to do. All of the local vets want nothing to do with a sick duck. We’ve tried all of the supplements and I don’t know why she limps. She still eats and drinks. I’ve had her for several years, and I was told she was a year when I got her. If that’s true she’s a 3 year old pekin.
A couple days after I noticed she didn’t look great. I picked her up and saw she was covered in maggots. From not moving around as much she must’ve sat in poop and gotten fly strike. I gave her a bath and made a vet appointment that day.
The vets told me to put her down. I was at work all day and from what they told me she was on her death bed, and I asked them if i could come to say goodbye. They brought her in the room, and she didn’t look ready to go. She flapped around and quacked and i couldn’t have her put down.
I brought her home and spent all night cutting feathers and cleaning maggots. She spent a couple weeks inside.
I had to go out of town for 10 days so she stayed at my friends house outside with her husband duck. When I picked her up, she seemed much better. They said she went swimming. She still limped but not as bad.
It’s been a couple weeks since at our house and her limp is as bad as ever and she doesn’t move around much. I’m extra watching of the maggots now.
I still don’t know what to do. All of the local vets want nothing to do with a sick duck. We’ve tried all of the supplements and I don’t know why she limps. She still eats and drinks. I’ve had her for several years, and I was told she was a year when I got her. If that’s true she’s a 3 year old pekin.
