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I certainly will! The breeder told me that they are descendants of holderread birds (the welshies, I mean - no guarantee on mystery duckling) so I might end up with some very nice birds! I'm having a tough time coming up with a name for the drake - I want to name him after Crackers, but not just...

Thanks for all the well wishes. I was so sad after his death, and I was browsing some chicken and duck sites...well, there'll be four more ducklings arriving on the 29th-31st, and you can bet the drake I ordered will be named partially after my boy. I hope he lives up to it.

Crackers passed away today. I'll be taking him outside tomorrow and burying him with his girls. I'd like to remember him in his prime, and not as the poor drake who was slowly wasting away, so to that end, here he is in his prime. He was a spectacular drake and I'll miss him dearly.

Well, the derma clense seems to be working - the scab loosened up and now I can easily manipulate his head into the proper position - before I couldn't. I'm sure if he could hold his head up he'd be holding it fine. He's still just flopping around though. I think I'll be calling the vet tomorrow...

He was still hanging in there when I left for work. Luckily it's a half day, but when you factor in that his last feeding was at five in the morning, he's gonna have to make it almost nine hours without being fed - I sure hope he does.

He's hanging in there. I've been up all night with him, feeding him. I keep glancing over to check that he's breathing and expecting that he won't be, but he's clinging to life with all he's got.

He actually stood for a while on his own a little while ago - I was so proud of him! He fell over after, but still. And I've never been so happy to see brown duck poop. It was lime green when he wasn't getting food. And, since I've been promising pictures, here's the wound on the back of his...

He's still hanging in there, tough boy. Still no energy but he did quack at me a little. He's in my lap right now - it's the only way he'll stay still. I've been feeding him every hour and I'll stay up all night with him if I have to - if he's not ready to give up yet then neither am I. We'll...

He went downhill fast today. He has no energy and just flops around. He can't seem to balance and I had to cradle him for an hour to get him to calm down and stop flailing, because he got panicked and kept failing onto his back and thrashing around the crate. He doesn't even seem to have the...

I tell you, it's an adventure to tube feed a duck by yourself. Right now, he's so weak that it's not as hard as it could be, although a third arm would be helpful. It's good experience for me, though - I start vet school next year so I'll be a little ahead of the game. He's still weak, but he...

He went to the vet today. We weighed him and he'd lost half a pound from not eating. So he got tube fed and now I get to tube feed him until he starts eating on his own. The wound on the back of his neck isn't infected, thank goodness. She said (different vet this time - the one I like) that his...

Well, he still hasn't eaten. Not even the superworms got his attention. One was unaccounted for when I checked on him, so maybe he ate it, or maybe I have a huge creepy crawly loose in my house :ep Anyway, when I called to make the appointment, I was told the vet was out of town and wouldn't be...

Hey all, thought I'd do a quick update. He's still hanging in there. His head problem has gotten no better and he still hasn't eaten, although I'm picking up superworms at Petco on my way home to try to tempt him with movement. He goes to the vet tomorrow, so we'll see what they say.

He is on trimeth- sulfa from the vet already, but I think this particular wound needs to be debrided. It smells like rotting flesh and decay. Tomorrow morning I'm calling the vet and hopefully taking him back in to get it looked at. I'll be posting pictures of it later when I take him out to do...

I will certainly get pictures tonight when I take him out to do his meds. Tomorrow I plan to move him over to a big enclosure in my heated garage, and split it in half because I'm buying a couple females from a lady who raises ducks. I'm getting an older, very gentle blue swede from her for just...

I tried bringing him out to see the ducks, and it went terribly. I fed them, and they started eating but he ignored their existence, and then they stopped eating and started trying to take shots at him while he hid under my leg and I shoved them away. I'm beginning to question if he's all there...

I think the only reason he's still moving around is because I'm putting nutri drench in his water and a ton of sugar. He has really watery green poop. Tomorrow I'm making a 'duck food smoothie' and feeding it to him from a syringe if I have to. Thanks so much for all the well wishes! I'm really...

I tried all kinds of treats, mealworms, bananas (which are his favorite, believe it or not) and a food mash, and nothing is interesting him. I'm almost tempted to bring in one of the young females I took back from my aunt and see if he eats with her. If not, all that's left is to force feed :(...

Yeah, I soaked it good last night. It's like there's a thin flap of skin over it and underneath there's a bunch of hard lumps. It was partially black last night and now the whole thing's black like the flesh died. I'm wondering if it would be best just to scrape the black flesh off, but I don't...

Ugh, well I realized due to misreading I've only been giving Crackers one tenth of the amount of medicine he's supposed to be getting. AND I found a huge festering wound on the back of his neck late last night so I think he has to go back to the vet AGAIN because it smells like rotting flesh and...