Is there a way to heal a duckling that has split legs?

My ducklings has split legs and has a hard time walking and running. I feel so sorry for him is there anything I can do to help it to heal or is it something he will live with for the rest of his life. Oh, he is about 4-5 weeks old.Is there a way to heal a duckling that has split legs?
YES! but do so wuickly! This is known as splay legs!





Make sure his nesting material is ***thick*** so that is will support his legs under him as they develop. Do this with all young birds. I like aspen pine shavings, as do many others. in a pinch used shredded newspapers thickly, but get ahold of aspen or something similar quick. Doing this Prevents splyed legs and can help them heal once it has happened.





Do you know that wound tape/sports tape that attackes to itself without being sticky. I cant recall the name, but your pharmacist will know what it is called. it adheres without being too hard to get back off. Wrap it around one of his legs up close to his feathers, making is somewhat thick and sturdey. They attach it over to the other legs, pulling them into place. Try not to make it so tight though that it will cut off ciculation.





If this does not last long enough, use the adhesive kind, but be advised that it will be harder to get off. Still, if you have to, you will need to go this way or your bird will live a very hard life! to get it off, just soak the everliving daylights out of it.





Also, ducks are terribly messy, as I'm sure you know. Try to keep the tape as clean as possible at least around the parts connected to his legs so no infections begin!





at 4-5 weeks I can only hope this works. if not, a vet may be needed.





if you need the brace between the legs to be sturdier, try cutting a tree stick to fit from out in the yard and wrap the tape around that. If you arent using a stick in the middle, just keep wrapping the tape on itself (the latter way is more expensive).





best of luck!Is there a way to heal a duckling that has split legs?
I'm not sure exactly what you mean, but you should defanitely take them to a vet, whether it's injury or deformity. They should be able to tell you whether the deformity is anywhere else; you have no way of knowing that something else isn't wrong inside. In the wild, they probably wouldn't survive, but if this is their only problem and they are well cared for, then they should be able to live a long and healthy life.
I hand fed a cockatiel that was hatched with splayed legs.With the help of a great vet we were able to getone leg back into the hip socket and kept it in a brace for 4 weeks and it worked like a proper leg should but the other leg didn't have a hip socket to be put into but he gets around fine and that was 9 yrs. ago and he's still doing great.
As best I know or have read there is no good nor realistic solution to ducks or chickens with hip and leg problems.Mostly it is a malformation which occurred in the egg.It can sometimes be caused (especially in chickens)By to much protein in the diet which causes to quick of a growth rate.Still there is no effective treatment and generally gets worse with time and age.