I have been thinking about saying my duck is for egg laying . Good idea. I do not know if that is allowed, to keep ducks where I live for food or any reason due to zoning, but it is a start, it is better then saying she is my pet. It is interesting to find out that a lot of these rules are not...
How long do muscovy ducks live? I know my duck will not bother anyone but some neighbors can be mean. The neighbor who used to live next door was unfriendly and would have turned me in to code enforcement just because she could.
From my research I think that there are professional trappers...
What are the solutions to the out of control breeding going on with wild muscovies in Florida? Is there are a way to spay or neuter them like they do the feral and stray cats ? They do increase their numbers a lot . And that leads to angry homeowners. Not sure what I can do to help but I want...
Are you in Florida too? Yes now that they have made it harder to release muscovies or relocate them, it seems more people will harm them . I do not know why some people are so cruel to them
Not very many people know I have my duck but some of my neighbors do and the house next to me is for...
Thank you for the words of support and encouragement. When the lady came out and told me they had to euthanize I was upset and after that it was a little bit of a blur I do remember her saying multiple broken bones and she started to list them and among them I heard broken ribs, , I heard her...
Hi everyone. I write this sadly. I wish I could give you good news but I can't... I said I would tell you what happened so here goes. The number I was given was to a lady who is involved with wildlife rescue. She contacted an animal hospital in a city nearby that takes in all kinds of wildlife...
I have a mostly fenced in front and back yard I just have not bought the gates yet. I can work on that . I also already have a special chain link cage for my own duckling I have been working on to fortify and make stronger and safer. I bought some vinyl coated metal mesh to line it with so...
Hi Thank you for your information. I did read about nutritional yeast and other vitamins and I add it to my duckling's food but it does not seem to help, though we believe she likes the taste. She is very small and for some reason still looks like a baby compared to her siblings. She has not yet...
Hi thank you for your offer of help. The idea of trying to give medical care myself gives me renewed hope that I can make a difference for them . I would like to try. And guess what? This morning we just saw the mother duck emerge from her spot in the bushes where she lays her eggs and she has...
Thank you that is what I thought too that demanding money is wrong her role is to care about all injured ducks not just the ones brought in by people who can make donations. She is a non profit . She has been around since 2005. I found articles written about her. That is how I learned about her...
Well she has had a bad day every time i talked to her then lol . Her replies to me when I contacted her over the first little duckling were so bad I refused to take her there. She would start yelling at me in all caps like when I asked questions on how she could keep the ducking ( who had...
Well that is the million dollar question. I guess I should have explained further but I did not want to confuse things with too much info. i have already taken one of them months earlier. The mother duck had her babies in the bushes of the house across the street from me and every day she would...
I do not know what a surrender fee is. They are wild birds even though legally Florida does not think of them that way. They are not mine. Is it really true that if you find injured wildlife and turn them in to a rescue you have to pay a fee? It is not really the drive that bothered me as much...
Some Muscovy ducklings that are almost grown were hit by a car on my street the other day. I have seem them grow since they were very small. Two died , one is limping and two others cant walkl They crawl on their bellies with on leg hanging limp and their wings and other leg propelling them...