Duckling eye infection?

[Mikayla1234]

Hi! This is my duckling, Wally. He is 3 and a half weeks old and he has had this on his eye for the last couple of days. It looks like water, but it’s not. When I touch it, it just feels normal like his other eye? But this mark hasn’t gone away and im wondering if it’s an eye infection?
It anybody has any advice, it would really help

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

Hi! This is my duckling, Wally. He is 3 and a half weeks old and he has had this on his eye for the last couple of days. It looks like water, but it’s not. When I touch it, it just feels normal like his other eye? But this mark hasn’t gone away and im wondering if it’s an eye infection?
It anybody has any advice, it would really help

Do you provide water deep enough to dunk his whole head. Ducks need to dunk to keep eyes and nares clean
Also do you bath him at all ?
I start my babies at day 3
1-2 baths a day

 

[Mikayla1234]

Do you provide water deep enough to dunk his whole head. Ducks need to dunk to keep eyes and nares clean
Also do you bath him at all ?
I start my babies at day 3
1-2 baths a day

Yes, I started bathing him when he was less than a week old. Now he has a new, big esky that he dives under in. And he dips his whole head in his drinking water too.

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

Yes, I started bathing him when he was less than a week old. Now he has a new, big esky that he dives under in. And he dips his whole head in his drinking water too.

That’s good so he can keep it clean
When mine are little I change the water every few hours. As it gets dirty fast because they eat mom stop
Now I change it 2 times a day but they have several to drink from
I myself haven’t dealt with runny eyes or eye infection yet so I can’t really help
@ruthhope do you have any suggestions or know who to tag

 

[Mikayla1234]

That’s good so he can keep it clean
When mine are little I change the water every few hours. As it gets dirty fast because they eat mom stop
Now I change it 2 times a day but they have several to drink from
I myself haven’t dealt with runny eyes or eye infection yet so I can’t really help
@ruthhope do you have any suggestions or know who to tag

thank you. Yes! He loves to dirty his water and I am always changing it and keeping it clean.
I heard warm salt water is good for it, is that true?

 

[ruthhope]

I suspect the eye has got a speck of dust in it and has been watering.

Probably letting the duckling clean it up by dunking its head in deep water is the best process. It is possible to bath ducklings' eyes with salt water [1 teaspoon salt in 1 cup of previously boiled and cooled water] but they are wriggly little beings to hold while swabbing the eye with a cotton wool ball soaked int he salt water.

 

[Mikayla1234]

I suspect the eye has got a speck of dust in it and has been watering.

Probably letting the duckling clean it up by dunking its head in deep water is the best process. It is possible to bath ducklings' eyes with salt water [1 teaspoon salt in 1 cup of previously boiled and cooled water] but they are wriggly little beings to hold while swabbing the eye with a cotton wool ball soaked int he salt water.

Thank you so much!

 

[Maddcatter]

I suspect the eye has got a speck of dust in it and has been watering.

Probably letting the duckling clean it up by dunking its head in deep water is the best process. It is possible to bath ducklings' eyes with salt water [1 teaspoon salt in 1 cup of previously boiled and cooled water] but they are wriggly little beings to hold while swabbing the eye with a cotton wool ball soaked int he salt water.

Looked up this thread because one of my one week (ish) Ducklings has eye discharge...
@ruthhope is awesome again...

My duckling also seems to be panting when no one else is, is the brooder. Any thoughts?

 

[ruthhope]

Looked up this thread because one of my one week (ish) Ducklings has eye discharge...
@ruthhope is awesome again...

My duckling also seems to be panting when no one else is, is the brooder. Any thoughts?
[/Qhear?

Your one duckling may be too warm.
How old are your ducklings? How warm is the brooder? Can your panting duckling move out from the heat?

 

[Maddcatter]

Brooder ranges from 80 to 75, and yes, it can move to a cooler spot. (There's also a warmer spot)

...it doesn't move to a cooler spot, though. It sits often sammiched between a heat rock and other ducklings. The other ducklings aren't panting, and are sitting where they're supposed to for the heat lamp being the right temp.

I got them from TSC a week ago, and I think Tractor got them maybe a day before I did.

I'm worried it might have an actual infection of some sort, but won't a fever cause it to be cold and not hot?