Do you find yourself doing things that you never thought you would do? As I get older I do more of these things. One of which was, I never thought I would give a duck a ten minuet Epson salt foot soak every day for fourteen days.
One of our Peking ducks, Pearl, began limping and after examination of her foot, I decided that she had bumble foot. Bumble foot is basically a foot infection that if not treated could possible cause death. You can read more about it HERE. Her infection had not reached the severity of the link I posted and surgery was not a route that I wanted to go.
I secluded daisy in a dog kennel. She had food, water & shelter. The best part of Pearl's stay was when she came in the house for a 10 minute Epson salt foot soak.
Now, if I never thought that I would have a duck in my bath tub, you can imagine that my husband never thought he would have a duck in his bath tub. After two weeks the area that I thought was bumble foot had healed and Pearl returned to her friends. Unfortunately Pearl seems to be predisposition to foot problems. Several months later she started limping again. This time I saw nothing on the bottom of her foot. So this I put her in the kennel with food and water for a few days (to restrict her walking) and when I let her out she was fine, no limping. So was this bumble foot? I don't know for sure, but I DO know that Pearl enjoyed her time at duck spa.
What questions or story's would you like to hear about our home stead?
What questions or story's would you like to hear about our home stead?
