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I have seen a (young?) raccoon going through a 2"x4" welded fence opening. My duck pen ceiling (with a roof) has 2"x4" fence on the top. I thought it was very secure. Almost 13 years later, I found raccoon poops in the pen. One night before lights turning out, I saw the raccoon eating duck...

A very sad update. A Rong (the Peking duck) passed away yesterday. To our best knowledge, she was hatched around early March, 2011 because we bought her in TSC on March 15, 2011. She lived a long life (11 years and 5 months). We tried our best to take care of her and feel very sad and...

Thank you all for your advice. Almost 10 years later, this duck (A Rong) is still alive, along with her 12 year older sister. They are very happy everyday. This Sunday afternoon, a fox got her. I saved her from the fox but she was badly injured. Her lower back had a very big wound and most...

She continues to improve. She acts and eats normal and is gaining weight slowly. She has one more day of antibiotics and Lasix left. Talked to the vet today and we are going to continue the Lasix for another 30 days and see. He did want to cut the dose to half so only once a day and that...

The weather is also helping her. Today it is in the 50's and it rained last night. I let her free-range/swim today with the other two ducks and also found 8 earthworms for her. After about 2 hours, I put them into the pen and she ate the feed and is napping now. I will let her out again...

Sorry for cross-posting but I want to update this thread. Thank you all. My duck keeps improving. She is eating her own food now but I still need to give her medications for another 4-5 days. I let her out swim twice today because it was warm here in Michigan. She still walks a little...

My duck keeps improving. She is eating her own food now but I still need to give her medications for another 4-5 days. I let her out swim twice today because it was warm here in Michigan. She still walks a little slow because she lost a lot of weight and is only slowing gaining strength...

She continues to improve. I am so happy for her. She eats almost like normal now but is still a little thin, tired, and slow. We have half the medications left so there is still ways to go. With every day passing by, she is doing better and better. Thanks.

Another happier update. She keeps improving. It was an unusually warm day here in Michigan and we reached mid-40's. The other two ducks wanted to come out really bad to swim in the pond so I opened the pen. To my surprise, A Rong followed and went into the pond. I did not want to leave...

Thank you, Miss Lydia. I updated in the Disease section thread which you helped. She is doing better! Thanks,

She made some more improvements this morning, Ate some peas from me and then some of her feed. I sure hope she recovers. Going to feed her medication and a little baby fd with egg york now. Thanks,

At 7:30 PM, I took some peas and put them into the duck house from the pen. A Rong took a couple more scoops of the feed! These days, I am keeping all three ducks in the pen during the day. The two healthy ones really wanted to go out but I want them to be with A Rong. On Monday when we...

Sometimes I believe in miracles. I have not seen her eating food for about 6 days now. Today after I came home, tried to give her peas, but she showed little interrest so the other ducks ate all. I was sad and ready to come back to get some fresh water for them (it is freezing cold here). To...

Thanks, Amiga. From suggestions by others on the other thread, I ordered some baby bird formula and will starting feeding her tomorrow. In the last two days, I have been feeding her baby food with some egg yolk using a syringe. Some apple source for her medications (also using syringe). I...

Thanks. We love our ducks. The lady at the vet could not believe what we decided to do at the Vet's office. We want to give her a chance just in case what the Vet said might be wrong. The vet said she has heart problem and that caused her lung problem with infection and fluids. We hope it...