Injured leg - runner duck

[Beth42]

Hi - I've had a good look through posts on here, so apologies if this has been covered, but I have a 3 yr runner duck with an injured leg. She started limping about a week ago, and it got progressively worse so she has been crated for the last 4 days so she can rest and not be bothered by the boys.
She is not putting any weight on it and it appears swollen on her hock and swelling on the back of her leg going up from the hock.
I've tried to feel gently for a break, but can't feel anything obvious.
It doesn't seem to be getting any better, she still can't seem to put any weight on it unless she really has to. She is still eating and drinking. She has also laid a couple of times, even though I've told her she can take a break from that for now
Not sure if it is just a sprain or a slipped tendon.
Any advice appreciated, we don't have access to a bird vet or antibiotics.

 

[Beth42]

 

[CoriM]

Are her feet all clear, so it's definitely not bumblefoot? If it's just the leg, it's hard to tell what's going on from photos. If it were my duck I would put her in a smaller space with another duck, or where she can be near the other ducks, and just give it a week or two to rest and heal up. Sometimes they get little sprains and it's hard to say what's going on but they recover. Just be watchful.

 

[Beth42]

Thanks for the reply. That’s reassuring that it may take a couple of weeks to heal, when they’ve had a limp before it usually only takes a few days before they start using it again, so was getting worried.
Definitely no bumblefoot.
She is isolated in a dog crate in the duck shed, so all the others come and see her and her ‘man’ is never far away.

 

[Miss Lydia]

You could also give her leg some soaks in warm Epsom salt water, I put mine down into the bucket feet first [both legs] that makes it easier on me and the bird. Hold her there as long as she'll let you. Epsom salt can help with sore muscles sprains and inflammation. Can she place the injured leg completely down? like the other one.

 

[Beth42]

I will do some Epsom soaks too - I have done these before with a bucket.
She won't put any weight on the injured leg, apart from when absolutely necessary, but it does seem to go down completely when she does.