Hello everyone! I have a farm in SC and a month ago purchased 3 ducks from TSC (I know I know) I did what I usually do and picked 2 of the smallest ones that didn't look good and were getting trampled. I had plans on building a duck enclosure with a koi pond and river rocks so this wasn't an impulse purchase.
As soon as I got home I realized that one of them had horribly crooked legs. He fell over a lot and we'd find the poor guy on his back not able to right side himself up.
I work for a veterinarian and brought them to work and we discussed some things then. I had them on duck starter food, I was adding niacin to food and doing B complex. My boss said hopefully they'd straighten out now that they were on the right diet but also this could be a deformity out of the egg.
I think his legs are a lot better BUT he definitely limps and his right front isn't straight under him. They're 5 weeks old now, my question is will he be able to live a normal life and not be in pain?
He has no problem getting in and out of the baby pool although we did make some adjustments for him to climb.
Here's a link to a video of him walking:
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLBjCwf6/
As soon as I got home I realized that one of them had horribly crooked legs. He fell over a lot and we'd find the poor guy on his back not able to right side himself up.
I work for a veterinarian and brought them to work and we discussed some things then. I had them on duck starter food, I was adding niacin to food and doing B complex. My boss said hopefully they'd straighten out now that they were on the right diet but also this could be a deformity out of the egg.
I think his legs are a lot better BUT he definitely limps and his right front isn't straight under him. They're 5 weeks old now, my question is will he be able to live a normal life and not be in pain?
He has no problem getting in and out of the baby pool although we did make some adjustments for him to climb.
Here's a link to a video of him walking:
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLBjCwf6/