My Pekin duck has bright green poo!

[Duckmomof6]

My duck, Charlie, just started having green poo yesterday, but it has gotten brighter and more frequent. In May, she started having egg laying issues. She was egg bound at first, but then later, we found fluid in her abdomen. She has seen a vet multiple times. She was diagnosed with egg peritonitis. I have her checked monthly for fluid build up. She was drained today, but since then she's been pooping green poo. Her vet was concerned about her liver back in May. Charlie had green poo then, too, but not as much. I give her milk thistle tablets, and she's currently on Baytril and Clindamycin for her infection. Is there anything else I can do to help her liver? She eats and drinks well, and she eats peas, Kale, duck food, and as a snack to put her medicine in, mac n cheese. Please don't judge me. It's hard giving animals medicine. She is a house duck, so there's no risk in her eating something she shouldn't outside. When she does go outside, she is always supervised.

 

[Debbie292d]

Hi,

Usually, the number one reason for bright green poop is the bird is emaciated, in other words, not eating, but since it's on medication, that could be doing it.

To help liver issues, avoiding fat is one, so I'd try come up with a different treat to mix the medication in. Chopped grapes is one idea.

In this article, it mentions this:

"Flaxseed
(When using flaxseed as an animal supplement, it should be ground, not served whole. Consider using a clean coffee grinder and grinding the seed right before feeding for greatest effectiveness!)
and turmeric sprinkled on chopped grapes can help as an anti-inflammatory treatment and, when supplemented in the diet of ducklings, it was found to reverse the aflatoxin-induced liver damage."