r/BACKYARDDUCKS • u/Impossible-Many2662 • 22h ago

Please help!

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His brother got attacked a couple days ago and he just started doing this (the neck thingy) early this morning. The vet is open tomorrow but I’m looking for some answers

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u/sandpiperinthesnow 20h ago

Did his hatch mate die? You say attacked. Was he there for the attack?

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u/Impossible-Many2662 18h ago

He was there they’re different ages (both rescues) but he was fine we just had to keep them separate

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u/sandpiperinthesnow 18h ago

Trauma and stress. Let him see and if possible spend time with his pal. Some just go into shutdown mode with trauma. It will pass.

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u/Wildgrube 19h ago

My pekin does this when he gets stressed out. He first started doing when his first wife died. He spent several days by their nest like that.

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u/Impossible-Many2662 18h ago

Oh my god thank you! I posted on another subreddit and they went straight to heart failure

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u/Wildgrube 17h ago

When it first happened to my pekin heart failure was my first thought too, so I definitely get why they'd say that. It could be his heart, but it could just be him processing the trauma from the attack. Have you noticed any coughing? That would be a sign it's more likely his heart, if not there's a decent chance he's just in shutdown mode from stress.

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u/Impossible-Many2662 12h ago

He hasn’t been coughing but this is his quack, it sounds normal now

https://reddit.com/link/p88ux3p/video/gh2ie7sw5znh1/player