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? asked in PetsBirds · 7 years ago

What is wrong with my baby duck?

I'm not sure how old she is but we bought a boy and a girl and the boy is doing completely fine but she is acting weird. The first few days they were running around and swimming and eating and drinking normal. Now she is kind of slouching weird instead of standing tall and she isn't chirping much, she's not eating or drinking, she doesn't run around much or even walk around, and she burrows her face in anything and pecks a little then she opens her mouth and breaths really heavy about 10 times and stops for a minute then does it again. It's really weird. I want to help her! We feed them both poultry feed that the feed store told us to feed them.

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  • 7 years ago

    This bird needs to get to a vet asap if you want to keep her!!!!!

    She sounds very ill she could be seriously ill, she seems to NOT be able to get enough oxygen to her lungs, she may need antibotices as well, Try to look into her mouth but have to be real gentel so you don't harm her look into her throat to see if she has a blockage of some sort.... Check her nostrils as well to be sure they are open if not un clog them as well be easy ... This may be a viral,bacterial or fungial or parasite infection......

    Do confine this bird keep her calm warm plenty of food and water relaxed till you get her to your vets asap the sooner the better......

  • ?
    Lv 6
    7 years ago

    Respiratory infection.. See the VET asap

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Foie gras

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    need a vet to answer this, if you are raising ducks, you need a relationship with a farm vet.. yellow pages

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