Da' Cute and Cuddly Call Duck thread!

[Julie Birb]

I no longer have Blackjack, sadly. He was an older duck and he passed away, but it warmed my heart that someone brought this thread back to my attention today and I just looked at the little cutie again...I do miss him!

Oh, I am sorry. Certainly a cutie.

 

[Amiga]

Hey, duckluck!

Sad to hear about your loss.

 

[Sammmy88]

Sorry to hear about your loss :-(

 

[chippysmom327]

The vet visit went okay...the last duckling is doing all right, but he's just not as strong as Milkshake was. He still hasn't quite got the hang of this whole "food" concept yet, either. He was tube fed to make sure his blood sugar stays up and was given antibiotics and some nutritional supplements to protect him and help him to thrive, but as you probably guessed from the pronoun, he is definitely a he. That means we cannot keep him.

So basically, I've lost everything. I'm happy I'll be able to give Pancake a good home in Olympia, but I've been crying for two nights straight over this and as the lone survivor it makes it that much hard to give him up... 

As for Milkshake, the cultures and blood test results came back and all signs point to normal. We even cultured my incubator, and it was immaculate! Without running an expensive $500 full gene sequencing test, we have no way to tell if she did in fact perish from a congenital defect, but I'm not sure what else it could possibly have been. I don't think Mitch's birds are genetically faulty, I just think that they're getting up in years, and between that and the fact that the babies hatched from shipped eggs, it was just a ticking time bomb waiting to blow.  I don't know what to do and I don't know where to go from here. I lost my baby girl, and I don't know how or when I'll ever get another female for Wobbles, let alone one as curious and full of sunshine as she was.

...I wanna thank all you guys for your love and support. You don't know how much it means to me to have friends as great as you. I'm gonna need some time to recover from this tragedy, but I'm deeply touched that you all care so much for me and little Shakes. I wish I could repay you all for your kindness. 

Wow Amy, I am so so sorry for your loss. That's absolutely heartbreaking. :

Just out of curiosity, why can't you keep two males? I found my males were two peas in a pod, and were very friendly to me because they weren't concerned with any girls and had no distractions. Just a thought.

 

[WVduckchick]

In which the ducklings discover the outdoors. And the big kids' pool. And kale.

That is so adorable. 4 very nice and different colorations. They are just lovely!

 

[AmandaVirginia]

Wow Amy, I am so so sorry for your loss. That's absolutely heartbreaking. :

Just out of curiosity, why can't you keep two males? I found my males were two peas in a pod, and were very friendly to me because they weren't concerned with any girls and had no distractions. Just a thought.

Yes! I completely agree! Afterall, wasn't Milkshake's name originally supposed to be Pancake? It's as if it was all meant to be.

 

[Kaessa]

That is so adorable. 4 very nice and different colorations. They are just lovely!

Thank you!

I did that on purpose so I could tell them apart.

 

[Buck Oakes]

Wow Amy, I am so so sorry for your loss. That's absolutely heartbreaking.

:

Just out of curiosity, why can't you keep two males? I found my males were two peas in a pod, and were very friendly to me because they weren't concerned with any girls and had no distractions. Just a thought.

I agree, two males should be perfect together with no females, they won't fight or be mean side there's no female to be concerned about

 

[Buck Oakes]

It's as if it was all meant to be.

lets not say that

 

[AmandaVirginia]

lets not say that

I said nothing wrong... God has His reason for everything.