Please tell me this isn't a bone 🤢🤮

[BoradorBeans]

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 foot from yesterday (she runs like a track star in the yard to get away from psychotic Jerry when she gets her outside time).

Today it looks like something is sticking out from her foot. Please tell me it's not the bone.

Vets are closed and no emergency vets will see her because, you know, she's an exotic DUCK. We're going yo the vet who treated her aspiration tomorrow if we can get an appointment).

Anyone see something like this before?!

Cheers... because I'm def. having a drink because I can't handle this.

 

[Egg Snatcher]

Looks almost like a rock is stuck in her toe

 

[RisingPhoenixFarms]

Hard to tell. Is she having issues walking on it?

 

[BoradorBeans]

Looks almost like a rock is stuck in her toe

I thought so, too, but it won't budge. She's been soaking in an Epsom salt bath to try and loosen whatever it is.

 

[BoradorBeans]

Hard to tell. Is she having issues walking on it?

No, she acts like nothing is wrong. But it was bleeding because I see dried blood on her belly when she was laying down. I think it's bothering me more than her.

 

[BoradorBeans]

It's a bone fracture! Poor duck can't catch a break.

 

[Jenbirdee]

It's a bone fracture! Poor duck can't catch a break.

poor baby. how did the vet treat it? what did he prescribe?

 

[BoradorBeans]

poor baby. how did the vet treat it? what did he prescribe?

For right now, she's on anti-inflammatory medication and antibiotics. They did an x-ray to confirm the fracture.

She received an anti-pain injection into her toe by the fracture. Her poor toe is stolen too triple its normal size now.

Meloxicam - 1.5 mg/mL oral solution 1x a day with food (we put on a few peas)

Sulfatrim (TMS) Pediatric Suspension

The ER Vet is consulting a well known specialist for next steps, the specialist who happens to be the veterinarian 3hrs away from us who saved our adult female duck, Keisha from a terrible egg bound / peritonitis situation. Her name is Dr. April Romagnano, and she is THE BEST.

We should have a plan of action tomorrow. I hope amputation isn't required. Poor thing. Delly is about to compete with Keisha for the title of World's Most Expensive Duck...

 

[Miss Lydia]

Bless her heart I hope they don't have to amputate.

 

[Miss Lydia]

How is her foot looking today?