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The more I read, the more it seems most people recommend at least two females per male to help the "mating abuse". Other people have reported females being drown by the drake mating in water...that's what we suspect may have caused our female's respiratory problems which led to her death...

You are correct, the injection of Enrofloxacin was 22.7 mg/ml, my typo in the original post... Jerry

He is doing pretty good...we on the other hand are struggling trying to keep him company 24/7. I started an new post trying to figure out what to do for him....let him get over it, bring another duck in or find him a good home to be with other ducks. Jerry

We lost our loved 7 month old Mallard female, Ethel, 2 days ago and coping with her 7 month old Mallard drake, Louie, left behind. We received both of them around April of this year from a neighbor who found the two ducklings on her back patio. We had them free ranging in our back yard which...

I forgot to mention, I have found ants getting into the food, so I put water in the square catch pan with the food in the center bowl which creates a water barrier for the ants but the duck use it to drink also.

She weighed 1640 grams according to the vet receipt. Hope this helps. Jerry

Although we were having good success with the feeding after getting the hang of it and able to administer her antibotics I am sorry to update that she did't make it through the night....she passed away around 2:30 this morning. ........ Now we have to try to console her mate who keep looking and...

I have used this set up for feeding and watering my 2 Mallard ducks for about 6 months since they were about 1 month old and it is amazing how well it has worked. The rectangular and square pans catch the excess water and food as long as you keep the two adjacent to each other. I cut a...

As long as we can keep good results with the syringe feeding not sure if subcutaneous fluid would be needed. I had some luck with her drinking a few sips of water after wetting her beak with my finger, but not drinking enough that way, hence the importance of syringe feeding which we also do...

We have both inside now. Louie, the male was not doing well alone outside and she needed to be inside out of the heat. We have Louie in a large dog kennel with Ethel in a box next to the kennel where they can be next to each other. Louie is responding much better where he can see her and she...

Feeding with a syringe. First few time was difficult but I believe we (including the duck, Ethel) has the hang of it. I hold her head from behind, my son holds her beak near the end just elevated somewhat and using a very skinny syringe I time the fluids with her breathing. We seem to be...

We have a pair of Mallard ducks, about 7 months old. The female suddenly became ill yesterday, not eating or drinking, not vocal (which she usually is very vocal) and moving very slow. Occasionally would cough once or twice and it sounded very wet like a person with pneumonia. They sleep in...