My duck suddenly died and i dont know why
2 weeks ago My duck randomly developed a weird walk to where it looked like she was favoring one foot over the other and of course i got concerned and went searching and from what i got from my anxious searches was just that she could have bad coordination and/or the floor she was on was slippery. that seem even more the case because when i applied pressure to the leg she didnt chirp in pain or anything and she could actually stand on the leg sometimes she just had a weird walk + she swam perfectly fine with perfect foot placements and everything. so i wrote it off as bad coordination and the slippery foot so i started putting a towel in her box and i only let her walk on floor where there was grip. I monitored her leg and i seen she wasnt falling as much as she was in the beginning so it seemed like she was improving.
Yesterday I woke up to do my daily routine which is taking care of my cat and duck and i had to get my duck ready because that was the day she was going to my gf sisters house to have a bigger living area with a backyard. i went to go grab my duck to go clean her stuff and get her ready. I noticed she was sitting her box when i woke up but i didnt notice anything unusual yet. when i brought her to the bathroom i noticed she kept just trying to be by my feet and rest her head there. Something felt off she looked weak and tired like her eyes werent as open as they usual are. I also noticed she wasnt walking or even standing like she usually was, she barely sat when out she only sat down when she was either under me, on me, or next to me. I moved her and she didnt use her legs at all and when she did try she just fell and would almost crawl to me + she wasnt making any noises. She also let me put her on her back and thats when j knew something was wrong she never lets me do that.
I then ran a bath for her to clean her and to test something. i put her in the water and she wasnt moving at all. any other time she swims, she dunks her head in the water and shes splashing. so i got really worried then i moved her to swim and she would use her legs to swim but she would chirp until i stopped. I grabbed her out the water and put her in a towel and called the vet and told them everything that was happening and as this is happening shes getting worse shes getting limp, she can barely hold her head up and she was barely moving. I then go to get food to see if she’ll eat she didnt react at all to the food. The vet told us to come in so i started getting ready and as i was holding her she was like pulling her head back and doing sudden head movements like a seize and i just started crying. I was upset to see her like this.
As im holding her trying to scramble to go shes trying her hardest to hold her head up and im kissing her asking her whats wrong as tears fall down. I went to brush my teeth and i put her on the bed propped up on the cover so she can keep her head up. As im brushing i go and check on her and i call her name and she looks up at me immediately. then i go and finish brushing and im grabbing her stuff to put in the box to go and as i go to grab her to leave it seems like shes not responding like at all, shes completely limp. i go close to her eye to see if the film would come up hoping maybe shes somehow still there and nothing happens. I broke down balling just completely broke down. I was so heart broken. I love her so much she was only 2 months but those 2 months were the best 2 months i loved her like a kid. I dont understand how this happened. I fed her the right food, i had niacin in her food and water, i cleaned her box, towel, and bowls everyday and food and water was never left out for longer than a couple of hours. I dont understand why my duck would just die like that she was perfectly fine the previous day chirping, walking, eating, drinking, pooping everything. Im so sad i cried majority of yesterday and some of today but i do feel a little better compared to yesterday. I buried her in a park by my house and i kept some of her feathers that she shedded and i kept a piece of her towel. i miss her so much