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    Ducks dying after drinking water???

    Update: no losses today!! I have been frequently offering and Then taking away the waterers all through the day after a few minutes to get them to calm down with the guzzling and not allow them to totally just have unlimited access.... Seems to have worked because no wobbly ducks or deaths. It...
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    Ducks dying after drinking water???

    Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    Ducks dying after drinking water???

    Also a really weird key to this mystery... is that some of them go on to fully recover within 15 min or so even after falling over with this seizure like activity and others do not recover. If it was poisoning of some sort I think they would all get affected and pass away and not recover...
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    Ducks dying after drinking water???

    Is it possible for them to drink themselves to death? Within minutes?
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    Ducks dying after drinking water???

    I also just confirmed our last well test was august 2019 showed nothing out of the ordinary except one well had a higher reading of manganese than what is normal. But only one well ...nothing else in the water. It’s so strange. I am looking into sending one of the deceased for a necropsy but...
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    Ducks dying after drinking water???

    thank you! It has been quite upsetting watching them go from normal healthy happy to acting “ drunk” falling over and just not surviving. Literally right before our eyes and immediately after just water playing and drinking! 😢
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    Ducks dying after drinking water???

    Hello! So I have gone through a few different styles to see if any changes over past few weeks. I tried the open rubber “pans” filled with water and they drink stand a splash like mini pools( used for feeder pans but same rubber material as the bigger stock tanks and pools. I have tried the...
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    Ducks dying after drinking water???

    Hello! Yes they have access to water however I do water rounds three times a day because they consistently and constantly willl do nothing but play with in and at the waterer until it is completely gone. They drink splash jump and play with it until it’s gone no matter how much I put in there...
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    Ducks dying after drinking water???

    Ok so update!!!!i was at the barn tonight and I brought down very warm water around 101/102 degrees and I’m sure it cooled a tiny bit but was still warmer than body temp. I refilled everyone’s water..... my older ducks are 4 months the young ones are 3 months 2 months and 1 months. same...
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    Ducks dying after drinking water???

    Thank you!!
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    Ducks dying after drinking water???

    Thank you So much 😭 it’s so sad to lose them and I’m hoping with the suggestions from other posters the problem can be fixed with warmed water!! I’ll give it a try!
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    Ducks dying after drinking water???

    Yes! The water is very cool straight from the tap/ hose. Thank you so much for suggesting this!! This never occurred to me and I didn’t realize this could create an issue but it does make sense!
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    Ducks dying after drinking water???

    I have been having this issue....I’m going to actually send two of my deceased ducks for necropsy depending on if they are operating due to what’s going on out there in the world. So.... I do the same routine everyday Refill food And refill water twice a day. Then one day I‘ll refill their...
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