Re: My duck is limping
From: Linda Hardy (linda_ann_hardy_at_bigpond.com)
Date: 01/25/05
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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 00:29:26 GMT
" Jill." <news@REMOVETHISkintaline.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Linda Hardy wrote:
> > I have a female duck, age unknown, still young I think, she usually
> > lays an egg every morning, but for the last two mornings there has
> > been no egg, however what concerns me is her left leg.
> >
> > Her leg appears to be slightly swollen and she's having trouble
> > walking and is limping quite badly, she's had problems in the past
> > with a curled up swollen web foot on the same leg, but the foot has
> > got better and now looks normal but now her leg (same one) has
> > swollen.
> >
> > She is eating as normal and drinking as normal, should I consider
> > taking her to a vet, I live out in the countryside, she mixes with
> > other ducks and chickens and sheep, I have 12 acres and the ducks
> > just wander everywhere, they seem to walk miles, but today I've left
> > her in her pen and let the other ducks out, at night they go back in
> > the pen, thinking if she didn't do too much walking she may rest her
> > leg and it might get better, is this the right thing to do?
> >
> have a look at Mycoplasma synoviae infection in ducks
> While they frequently do not show the snuffles I gather -- the lameness
> might be related
> If you can give her a pal in her confinement that might settle her better
> ITs also possible that there has been some over energetic mating which has
> strained her weak leg?
> Good luck
>
> --
>
> regards
> Jill Bowis
Thank you Jill, I shall have a Google on that infection you mention above
and see what it says about it.
Linda
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