Splayed leg duckling

[pricejacquelene]

Hello, I need some information. I just took my 2 ducklings to the vet apparently they have splayed leg. It initially started from a vitamin b3 deficiency. I am now supplementing and have been the past week or so. The vet suggested taping their legs together to help them walk but my ducks aren't trying to even walk. They just scoot, they will not even try. Wouldn't Wouldn't tethering their legs together cause them more problems than good. Please help!!!

 

[SolarDuck]

I would listen to your vet and tape their legs together, https://meyerhatchery.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017991012-Spraddle-Leg-Causes-and-Treatment

Are they still eating and drinking? Splayed legs is easiest to treat right away at the first sign of symptoms so hopefully they will still be able to recover.

 

[Got_The_Chick_Itch]

No, I think it might help, can you try to tape them together and support their wait so they get the idea. The link is to a video of how to tape their legs.

 

[CoriM]

Hello, I need some information. I just took my 2 ducklings to the vet apparently they have splayed leg. It initially started from a vitamin b3 deficiency. I am now supplementing and have been the past week or so. The vet suggested taping their legs together to help them walk but my ducks aren't trying to even walk. They just scoot, they will not even try. Wouldn't Wouldn't tethering their legs together cause them more problems than good. Please help!!!

How old are your ducklings? Do you have them on liquid vitamin B complex? This is the best way to quickly get them what they need for their legs. I had a duckling develop splay leg a couple years ago. She initially was walking, then just started laying much more, and having difficulty standing. I taped her legs together with vet wrap. It sticks to itself and not the duck. I let her swim in the tub everyday to exercise her legs, and when she needed to preen afterwards I kind of supported her body while she stood. You can do that a bit to help strengthen their legs, just don't overdue it. I left the vetwrap on several weeks - beyond when she was finally walking better, just to make sure. Here is a video after she was doing much better:

 

[CoriM]

When I did the vet wrap I initially had someone help me stand her up and put her legs in what would be proper position, then just go around a couple times with vet wrap. I might have put a little wrap first on each leg and then wrapped them into position to have the vet wrap stick to that.

 

[pricejacquelene]

I would listen to your vet and tape their legs together, https://meyerhatchery.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017991012-Spraddle-Leg-Causes-and-Treatment

Are they still eating and drinking? Splayed legs is easiest to treat right away at the first sign of symptoms so hopefully they will still be able to recover.

Yes, they eat and drink normal. They just scoot and don't stand or even try to.

 

[CoriM]

Did they ever walk? For how long and how long have they been scooting?

 

[pricejacquelene]

How old are your ducklings? Do you have them on liquid vitamin B complex? This is the best way to quickly get them what they need for their legs. I had a duckling develop splay leg a couple years ago. She initially was walking, then just started laying much more, and having difficulty standing. I taped her legs together with vet wrap. It sticks to itself and not the duck. I let her swim in the tub everyday to exercise her legs, and when she needed to preen afterwards I kind of supported her body while she stood. You can do that a bit to help strengthen their legs, just don't overdue it. I left the vetwrap on several weeks - beyond when she was finally walking better, just to make sure. Here is a video after she was doing much better:

They are between 5-6 weeks old. I separated them from my other 2. They kept getting stepped on. I left them swim in the tub to help strengthen. The are on niacin supplements.

 

[pricejacquelene]

Did they ever walk? For how long and how long have they been scooting?

They used to walk fine. They stopped between 3-4 weeks. They've been scooting for maybe 3 weeks maybe a little bit less.

 

[CoriM]

This works really well: