Okay thank you for the advice! I let them swim normally at home but will look into buying a kiddie pool so they can play all they want during the day and forage in our backyard.
I also have a feeling that we integrated them into the backyard too soon. She was more than a month but he was about 2 weeks when we let them stay outside by themselves in the morning and brought them in at night. I think they are starting to associate us with going inside the house. We bought...
OMG Thats exactly what he does. He acts like I'm going to kill him when I'm trying to pick him up. Then, when he's settled in my arms, he sleeps like a baby but when I put him down he runs for his life. The only way we can touch him is if we cuddle the other one in our lap and he follows. I try...
Hi everyone,
So I'm starting to have a lot of problems with my younger duck. He's starting to get his feathers now and runs away every time we try to pet him or pick him up. I'm worried about this because he looks completely terrified whenever we get close. I even crouch down and try to look...
Thank you everyone!
I will try to teach my brother not to chase them anymore. He's such a handful sometimes. But I understand that the ducks are growing up, guess I'll just have to be happy with a pet here and there and handfeedings from now on.
Hello everyone,
I have 2 ducks, a rouen and a mallard. We got the rouen before the mallard and she was alone with us until the store had more ducklings in store. She was the sweetest little duck and always loved to cuddle with us. With the mallard, he was more easily spooked and hated being...