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Aloha all,
One of my Pekin ducks has fallen ill. Stumbles around....mostly not moving.
Ring around it's eye. Shaking it's head a lot last night....
Any ideas? I have separated it from the flock....not sure what to do at this point
Help!
Marlin
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Contact UH College of Trop. Ag, Animal husbandry division - Mike Dupont. Your taxes pay for this service. Hope your duck gets well. Do you have any Pekins to sell?
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A couple of these have the head shaking & eye discharge:
http://www.duckhealth.com/duckhlth.html
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during this dry dry weather, water gets stagnant ducks get botulism really easily. biggest problem is they drown when their legs give out. corral them and give them water in shallow pan. make sure you clean their eyes/bill holes with lots of fresh water. i have had 2 pekins had to pull through this. once it passes they will be ok. i sure was happy with that rain and really scrubbed out my pond. when it gets dry like that i empty my pond so the water cannot get fouled..
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AG office in Hilo will run tests for free. Or if its too late, free necropsies.
Hope the latter isn't necessary. good luck. Also might want to try the backyard chicken forum. People with ducks there too.
