{"id":8359,"date":"2020-12-14T12:10:12","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T18:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/?p=8359"},"modified":"2020-12-13T02:37:54","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T08:37:54","slug":"ruddy-duck-with-an-opening-in-neck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/ruddy-duck-with-an-opening-in-neck\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruddy Duck With An Opening In Neck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8361\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/ruddy-duck-collage-wwcc-202012-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"ruddy duck photos showing injury\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/ruddy-duck-collage-wwcc-202012-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/ruddy-duck-collage-wwcc-202012-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/ruddy-duck-collage-wwcc-202012-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/ruddy-duck-collage-wwcc-202012-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/ruddy-duck-collage-wwcc-202012.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8365\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/ruddy-duck-pool-202012-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"ruddy duck exercise pool\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/ruddy-duck-pool-202012-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/ruddy-duck-pool-202012-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/ruddy-duck-pool-202012-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/ruddy-duck-pool-202012-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/ruddy-duck-pool-202012.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The following story was shared with us by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwccoc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wetlands And Wildlife Care Center<\/a> of California.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On December 27, 2019, Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center admitted a female ruddy duck that had the back of her neck torn open by a possible predator attack. We immediately treated the duck with antibiotics and wrapped the wound while awaiting surgery.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8369\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/ruddy-duck-release-wwcc-202012-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"ruddy duck release\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/ruddy-duck-release-wwcc-202012-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/ruddy-duck-release-wwcc-202012-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/ruddy-duck-release-wwcc-202012-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/ruddy-duck-release-wwcc-202012-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/ruddy-duck-release-wwcc-202012.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8373\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/ruddy-duck-cage-wwcc-202012-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"ruddy duck in cage\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/ruddy-duck-cage-wwcc-202012-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/ruddy-duck-cage-wwcc-202012-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/ruddy-duck-cage-wwcc-202012-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/ruddy-duck-cage-wwcc-202012-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/ruddy-duck-cage-wwcc-202012.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>She was not an aggressive eater, so we needed to tube-feed <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/emeraid-omnivore\/\">EmerAid Intensive Care Omnivore<\/a> at 4.5 parts and <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/emeraid-carnivore\/\">EmerAid Intensive Care Carnivore<\/a> at 0.5 parts to keep her nutrition up for the first few days of her care.<\/p>\n<p>Due to a decent-sized area plucked behind her neck that needed suturing, we knew she would be in our care for an extended period of time in order for her to be releasable. During this time, the duck would alternate between eating whole foods and then not eating, so we had to continue tube-feeding.<\/p>\n<p>After five weeks of recovery, her wound healed up nicely and her feathers grew back. She was released on February 7, 2020. Due to her finicky eating behavior, EmerAid IC Omnivore and IC Carnivore provided the nutrition she needed to be released.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A ruddy duck with a neck injury that requires suturing stays with the Wetlands And Wildlife Care Center to recover before release to the wild.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":8373,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ruddy Duck With An Opening In Neck - 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