I have one pair of call ducks that are raised together as pets. I got them from the breeder as a juvenile pair, and they seem to be attached to each other very much, and could not bear one second of separation.
However, the drake is becoming more and more aggressive. He attacks me by biting my trousers and my hands whenever I'm within reach. I think this is OK as his bite does not really hurts, and I assume I just got a bad tempered bird. The female, on the contrary, is super sweet. Recently the drake starts attacking the female. Within two weeks, I found the female got a bleeding wound on the head three times.
The first time I rushed her to a vet. The vet said she was fine and only needed anesthetic ointment, but she needed to be separated from the drake for some time. I tried for a day but she kept quacking for the drake (so was the drake quacking for her), so I put them together again and they seemed to be happy together.
But after a week, I found her wound bleeding again. I put her in a separate box and after the wound seemed to be healed, I put her back with the drake.
Then tonight I just found her wound was bleeding again. I did not hear them fighting at all and they did not look like they were in war with each other though.
It looks to me that I should keep the two ducks separated for good. But I'm worried that the female duck would be lonely. However, I'm also worried that even if I could get her a new female companion, her situation won't get improved, as she has a sweet temper which might make herself a target of duck abuse.
Does anyone have any experience about how to stop an aggressive duck from attacking other ducks?
Thanks in advance!
However, the drake is becoming more and more aggressive. He attacks me by biting my trousers and my hands whenever I'm within reach. I think this is OK as his bite does not really hurts, and I assume I just got a bad tempered bird. The female, on the contrary, is super sweet. Recently the drake starts attacking the female. Within two weeks, I found the female got a bleeding wound on the head three times.
The first time I rushed her to a vet. The vet said she was fine and only needed anesthetic ointment, but she needed to be separated from the drake for some time. I tried for a day but she kept quacking for the drake (so was the drake quacking for her), so I put them together again and they seemed to be happy together.
But after a week, I found her wound bleeding again. I put her in a separate box and after the wound seemed to be healed, I put her back with the drake.
Then tonight I just found her wound was bleeding again. I did not hear them fighting at all and they did not look like they were in war with each other though.
It looks to me that I should keep the two ducks separated for good. But I'm worried that the female duck would be lonely. However, I'm also worried that even if I could get her a new female companion, her situation won't get improved, as she has a sweet temper which might make herself a target of duck abuse.
Does anyone have any experience about how to stop an aggressive duck from attacking other ducks?
Thanks in advance!