duck injury

howdy, my duck greta has been attacked by an eagle. her throat was torn, but her esophagus and windpipe are intact, exposed but intact. I am trying to save the duck if at all possible. i was thinking of suturing her up, but im not sure if that is the best call. we have already given her a short...

video My 3 year old drake’s leg is straight back. He can’t walk on it, can’t even move it. I cannot feel a break, when I move it around he doesn’t seem to be in pain. I have tried pushing it around to see if it might pop back but no luck. Everything else if fine, including the other leg. Any...

Hawk just tried to snatch my duck he’s bleeding a little on his beak and his foot what should I do? I put them all away for now.

Of course, leave it to my ducks... my pampered spoiled rotten ducks to get into trouble and give me heart attacks. Here's baby Delly (approx. 3-4 weeks?), a Pekin we rescued from a horrendous market. She was aspirated and recovered with nebulizer and antibiotics. Now this. A cut on her...

So bad things happen in threes, and I'm hoping this is the last bad thing for a while because compared to the two duck deaths in two days it's minor. But still needs attention. Not sure what, if anything special, to do. So while upgrading the outer defenses of my pens i hear a loud crash as a...

Hi all! I noticed today that my black Indian Runner duck, Poe, is tucking her leg up when she stands. I noticed slight limping and inspected her feet. I noticed a tiny bump on the top of her foot. We have bees, so I suppose it could be a bee sting? I see no visible injuries or bumble foot on...

Hello, A few days ago neighbors found an injured Muscovy duck and brought her to me because I have been raising ducks and chickens in my backyard. However, I have never had a bird with such a terrible injury; the duck seemed to have been bitten by something around her tail area, and the cuts...

Hello! Almost a week ago one of my pekins started to limp, not wanting to put weight on her right leg. She has a few tiny bumbles but none as serious as what she had in the past. We gave her 10 min epsom salt baths for two days and her limping pretty much went away. But after playing in the rain...

Hey everyone, I’ve decided to post here because I need some insight into helping my duck Remi. About a week ago I noticed that Remi was limping, and then the next day he couldn’t put any pressure on his left foot at all. It was super swollen and he was having to use his wings to get around...

Hi all We have a 7 month old duck that we found this morning in the coop, she couldn’t walk without toppling over and when she stood, she stoop straight up and sometimes fell backward onto her back. Her neck was completely tucked in. Obviously we were panicked. We separated her immediately...

So I had two ducks, a few weeks ago the male attacked my female duck and sadly she hasn’t been able to walk since, it looks like her tail feathers were ripped out and she has since stopped bleeding but her butt still has no feathers and she still struggles to walk let alone stand still. I...

Another duck post.. they just keep getting into trouble. anyways, I have a duckling that’s just almost 4 weeks old, today i left their door open for a little too long and I believe an animal went into their area to seek warmth (it was snowing a bit.) A duckling that had just hatched that day got...

Hello! Sorry for the long post. I will try to use bullet points to make it easier to follow. We have a flock of 7, one drake and six gals. Frank (our drake) is a HUGE Pekin. We have a Pekin hen (Maggie) two Cayugas, a Blue Swedish, and two Golden 300 Hybrids. - Frank and Maggie (Pekins) are...

4 days ago I noticed that something was hanging out of my ducks mouth. I thought it was a worm. When I looked closer I saw that it was her gum. I put her in quarantine and used some colloidal silver on it. I repeated morning and night and it's been 4 days now. The swelling hasn't gone down...

Hello! I have a week old duckling with an injured beak. I was taking her outside on a nice sunny day, keeping her safe in my hands. My little flock of adult ducks waddled over, seeming interested. I crouched down, holding the baby (her name is Layla and she’s a Welsh Harlequin) close to my body...

Sadly my duck Emmy (she's 3) took a tumble and broke her left leg/femer. The vet said I might be able to find a local vet to put a pin in her leg or the other option is amputation. I know birds have a hard time going under for surgery. I'm hoping her leg can be fixed, but is it too risky? Should...

Last night our ducks we not put in before dark as normal. One of our hens was attacked by something and has exposed flesh at her neck and has injury yet to be determined at the lower left side of her body under her wing by her leg. I have to find a neighbor to help me with her so I can...

Hello all, could use some help treating my duckie. Noticed that she was limping a few days ago and her left foot was swollen. Both feet had scabs on the underside so I started Epsom salt soaks with iodine, cleaning with vetricyn, and wrapping it up with ichtammol thinking she had bumble foot...

Hey guys, I think my duck has bumble foot and I don't know how to fix it... HELP! (Sorry about the had quality picture and her dirty foot...)

Hi! This week's been all sorts of crazy; I wanted to make a separate thread detailing my experience so far, and hopefully get some help. I've felt nothing but defeated today and would really like to get some insight from others. Last Sunday, I noticed my 4/5 week old baby mallard, Moe, began...