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    Should I clip a found duck?

    Thank you so much! Yes, all my muscovies are beloved pets, with names and personalities! I think I'll keep an eye out for lost/found ads for a few more hours, then get her clipped, so she can have a little more space out of the kennel and in the quarantine area. Thanks for your reply!
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    Should I clip a found duck?

    Thank you. I forgot to mention she is very sweet, and I'm about 20 miles south of any feral population I know of, so I'm assuming she was hand raised somewhere nearby. (I'm in an area of Hawaii where backyard ducks aren't uncommon; the feral population I'm aware of is mainly unwanted drakes...
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    Should I clip a found duck?

    Edited to add: She does seem as if she was hand raised. Bottom line question: If you received your duck back and a finder had clipped her, would you be offended? Is there some reason I may not recognize that an owner would choose not to clip a pet duck under these circumstances? I'm assuming her...
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    Drake had multiple surgeries, safe to mate?

    This is very reassuring, thank you so much for the information! Can I ask if you have an estimate of how long it's been since his procedure?
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    Drake had multiple surgeries, safe to mate?

    Thanks for the input! He's been living with the other drakes in more of less a bachelor situation, free ranging the garden while the girls have been in a large pen, for a number of years, now. While he is definitely bottom of the pecking order, and the other drakes bully him a bit, I thankfully...
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    Drake had multiple surgeries, safe to mate?

    Aloha, I have a Muscovy drake, Grimlock, who had a prolapsed phallus that was removed by the vet approximately a year and a half ago. (I've heard they *may* grow back.) A couple months after the phallus, he had a vent prolapse, also addressed by the vet. And not long after, another vent...
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