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Your granddaughter is very wise...I'm so sorry that Rosemary has passed. The pain and sadness from watching any of our animals, wild or domesticated, can be extremely traumatizing and long lasting. Unlike others, I really can't see botulism as the cause, but always better to be safe than sorry. I have just turned my chickens into a larger part of my yard that is not mowed and not beaten to bare dirt from the chickens yet, and I am worried they will eat some of the poison hemlock which abounds here everywhere, and it's impossible to get rid of. Some risks are just part of life but we do what we can to mitigate them.
Something I would always have on hand and use often is colloidal silver. It's gotten pretty expensive and I bought my own generator almost 20 yrs ago and it paid for itself in a very short time. I use it nearly daily and I add it to my chickens waterers, (plastic not metal) a few times a week and if I see any behaviors that hint of any illness or problems I bump it up for a while and if necessary dose an individual hen ( or any other animal I have that needs it). It takes the place of so many other drugs and medicines. Also, remember that Vitamin C is an anti-toxin and with silver (or without) will neutralize food poisonings, venoms, and other poisons. The key is in the dosing. Silver will take care of food poisoning and infections, fungus, etc.
One thing my granddaughter, who was 5 at the time,said to me when we had some kittens die that was out of our control, "Grandma, sometimes things just decide they don't want to be here any longer". Wise words.
I second on the Colloidal Silver. While not a miracle medicine, it has saved many animal's lives. We administer it directly whenever we get a new rescue and give it as a supplemental for the rest of our babies. It's worked great in cutting down recovery time for cocci (along with an antibiotic), respiratory issues, eye infections, open wounds, sores, weak animals and so on. The generator is a great idea honestly- I'll have to look into that myself.
Again, I'm very sorry for your loss... we get so close to them in the short time they are with us, and whenever one goes, a piece of our heart goes with them. Your duckies are so lucky to have a loving momma like you though