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[Lightning~]

This was pointless 0-0

 

 

oh well

 

 

 

 

 

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What happens when ducks have hypothermia??

um, so, long story short, I was iniracting with someones ducks yesterday, and one stopped moving, so I put them in her coop, and I left her alone for `~20 min, and I checked on her, and she was falling over and struggling to keep her head up and stuff, and was lying on her back breathing hard. It was about 30-40 degrees f outside, so I think it could be hypothermia?

(I'm asking for myself, not the owners)

Edited by Lightning~, 30 November 2021 - 12:24 AM.

[Kikya]

Was the duck's body cold to the touch? If it was still warm when you picked it up, it probably wasn't hypothermia.

[Lightning~]

Was the duck's body cold to the touch? If it was still warm when you picked it up, it probably wasn't hypothermia.

It was cold-ish.

Not, like, the temp of the air, but it wasn't warm.

[Kikya]

It was cold-ish.

Not, like, the temp of the air, but it wasn't warm.

Its hard to say, she could have been sick and not able to to keep her body temp up. Some people don't take farm animals to the vet if it's a food stock type of animal so there likely wasn't much you could do.

 

Though, if it were me I would take her inside and try to warm her up, either way if she was sick or hypothermia. They usually tolerate cold fine unless they are ill. I wouldn't typically be worried unless it dropped to the 20s and they don't have a warm nest to snuggle up in.