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The Duck Thread
Hi Miss Lydia Grit salt is simply very coarse salt that is not yet refined. Otherwise I should be able to use normal salt as well and simply mix it with the soil/sand on which they sleep. I will get a small sample of the salt first and see what they do with it, but any advice will help -
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The Duck Thread
Hi! I need some advice. I recently (Mid November) received three baby Muscovy ducks as a birthday present. They are extremely loving and friendly, but they are prolific poopers :) Their little hiding hole where they sleep fills up with poop quite often, and I do clean it. But I was thinking... -
Injured Duckling
So just a small update. Chopper did not like the hobble at all, he got depressed and was completely unresponsive with it on. He seems content with his leg as it is though, so I will not try to change it unless it become a danger to his health. The little buggers also escaped out of their... -
Injured Duckling
I do intend to keep the little guys yes :) I have a nice garden and pond where they will be able to live in peace. I will look into the idea of a hobble, but he does seem to be able to move around quite a bit on the one leg. He seems to have adapted quite quickly to use the odd leg for... -
Injured Duckling
Thanx for the advice everyone! The injury is from the rescue (or rather time stranded), since a thorn went into the foot of Chopper and twisted his/her leg. I have a shallow container in which I let them splash around for now. Franky dips and dives and swims under water, but chopper does... -
Injured Duckling
Hi everyone Last week I rescued a whole bunch of ducklings from a storm drain, but two of them were injured. The vet helped the one and it is now fine, but the other's leg is completely out of position and it seems uncomfortable. The vet did want to put him/her down, but I asked him not to...