Duck feet problem

[Jhndrrus]

I could use some insight as what to do for my little duck. This guy came out of the brooder at tractor supply walking funny and this is what it’s developing to. The other duck is healthy and grown twice as big. Other than the feet, he’s eating and drinking fine.

 

[Northwest_Wannabe]

How long have you had him? Do you have a photo of the feet when you first got him? They don't look good... do they have any sort of smell to them (besides smelling like a wet duck I suppose!) and what kind of bedding/substrate do they live on? The other ducks feet are totally normal?

 

[Pyxis]

I'm really going to suggest you take him to a vet. That looks very bad; the color almost makes me think the flesh is dying. Are they cold to the touch?

 

[Miss Lydia]

If on one of those heat pads it may have burned his feet, It looks like burns to me.

 

[Jhndrrus]

Not burns. Duck feet are always cold...cause they don’t have feathers.. They looked normal when I got them, but walking was difficult. This is one of 3 and the rest are fine. It’s almost like gang green. The bedding is straw. They get vitamins with their pellets. Nothing short of an easy life for ducks.

 

[Northwest_Wannabe]

Not burns. Duck feet are always cold...cause they don’t have feathers.. They looked normal when I got them, but walking was difficult. This is one of 3 and the rest are fine. It’s almost like gang green. The bedding is straw. They get vitamins with their pellets. Nothing short of an easy life for ducks.

It looks infected, but bare minimum it's not healing well. Can you take him to any sort of vet? How do you heat their brooder/enclosure where they're currently at? and are they let out at all besides being in your bathroom in the tub (like in the photos) and the brooder?

 

[Sheepheart]

Wow I havnt seen anything like this before, looks like heavy bruising but I would think she’d have some heat in them is they were bruised to that point. Looks like it also could be some sort of infection, and again if it is it should be putting off some heat. Does she act like they hurt when you touch them?

Sorry to say but this will probably require veterinary care and even then I fear that she may not recover.

 

[Weeg]

What are you using for a heat source? Heat lamp, brooder plate, or heating pad? Do they smell at all?

 

[Weeg]

Wow I havnt seen anything like this before, looks like heavy bruising but I would think she’d have some heat in them is they were bruised to that point. Looks like it also could be some sort of infection, and again if it is it should be putting off some heat. Does she act like they hurt when you touch them?

Sorry to say but this will probably require veterinary care and even then I fear that she may not recover.

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[Weeg]

It also looks like an infection to me. Possibly dying flesh as well. She needs a vet that has experience with poultry.