mypoorducky
Chirping
- Oct 7, 2021
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After the traumatic loss of my first duckling, I would like to ask for any tips, tricks, and other useful information when it comes to raising ducklings, so I do not repeat any mistakes others (and I) have made.
Here's my current plan and the knowledge I have:
I intend on getting 2 ducklings, so they have each other to play with rather than just a mirror, as my original duckling had when I was gone for school. Due to our circumstances, I can only keep them inside both for their safety and for our convenience and peace of mind, however I will try to go outside with them as much as possible. My original duckling was at first fed only bread by our neighbors before we got it, but I weaned it onto a diet of mixed vegetables, rice, and little scraps of whatever I was eating at the time (which was usually the former, but with stuff like eggs. I made sure it was edible for ducklings.) However, I occasionally gave them tiny scraps of bread once in a while as a treat, which it always seemed to love. I plan on feeding my future ducklings the same way, however I will try and look for proper duckling feed if I can find any.
Currently, I only have tiny little toy bowls I inherited from the neighbors, but I find anything larger, I'll get them it. My original duckling had a mid sized box we'd put it in while we were asleep or while we were cleaning its messes up, and I plan on getting a larger one for the two duckies. They'll have free reign of the house as long as I'm there to supervise them, but otherwise they'll reside in their little home.
Whenever they smell, or if they seem a little bored, I'll give them a little basket full of warm water they can stand up in. I will, of course, never, ever put any soap in their little pools. Never again.
I'll try to play with them as much as possible. Ducklings have filled a void in my life I never even knew I had, and now that they're suddenly gone from it again, I want to give the new ducklings as much love and affection as possible. I'd love to snuggle with them, pick up and pet them, and so on. I'll try and give them the best lives possible.
Please feel free to point out what I should do, what I shouldn't do, etc. so I can help my future duckies live their best life.
Here's my current plan and the knowledge I have:
I intend on getting 2 ducklings, so they have each other to play with rather than just a mirror, as my original duckling had when I was gone for school. Due to our circumstances, I can only keep them inside both for their safety and for our convenience and peace of mind, however I will try to go outside with them as much as possible. My original duckling was at first fed only bread by our neighbors before we got it, but I weaned it onto a diet of mixed vegetables, rice, and little scraps of whatever I was eating at the time (which was usually the former, but with stuff like eggs. I made sure it was edible for ducklings.) However, I occasionally gave them tiny scraps of bread once in a while as a treat, which it always seemed to love. I plan on feeding my future ducklings the same way, however I will try and look for proper duckling feed if I can find any.
Currently, I only have tiny little toy bowls I inherited from the neighbors, but I find anything larger, I'll get them it. My original duckling had a mid sized box we'd put it in while we were asleep or while we were cleaning its messes up, and I plan on getting a larger one for the two duckies. They'll have free reign of the house as long as I'm there to supervise them, but otherwise they'll reside in their little home.
Whenever they smell, or if they seem a little bored, I'll give them a little basket full of warm water they can stand up in. I will, of course, never, ever put any soap in their little pools. Never again.
I'll try to play with them as much as possible. Ducklings have filled a void in my life I never even knew I had, and now that they're suddenly gone from it again, I want to give the new ducklings as much love and affection as possible. I'd love to snuggle with them, pick up and pet them, and so on. I'll try and give them the best lives possible.
Please feel free to point out what I should do, what I shouldn't do, etc. so I can help my future duckies live their best life.