Duckling bobbing head up and down. Acting like a duckling

[bantiehen]

Just making sure that nothing is wrong with my little Mallard duckling.. It keeps bobbing its head up and down... other than it its eating and drinking just fine..

 

[Amiga]

How old is the duckling?

 

[bantiehen]

a week old

 

[Amiga]

An only duckling? I know when my adults start head-bobbing, they are looking for some affection. I am trying to remember if they bobbed so young.

Does she or he do that right after taking a bite of food? There is a kind of head bob that is them trying to work too large a mouthful down into their tummy.

 

[bantiehen]

An only duckling? I know when my adults start head-bobbing, they are looking for some affection. I am trying to remember if they bobbed so young.

Does she or he do that right after taking a bite of food? There is a kind of head bob that is them trying to work too large a mouthful down into their tummy.

There are three others in there with it... Another Mallard and two runners... My husband says it took some feed and then did the bobbing. I think it was trying to get to much

 

[Amiga]

If the feed is small enough and there is clean water easily available, there should not be a problem. Once I read on the forum about a duck that ate such a big piece of something that it injured its throat, which got infected. Hooboy! That is not common, so don't get too worried. My ducklings would occasionally toss quite a bit of dry food down their throats and then not get over to the waterer right away and I could see the food stuck in the top of their necks. . . I'd say, "Wasser! Trinken!" because for some inexplicable reason I use German phrases with them. . . anyway, sounds like you've got a hungry ducky.

Do they have food 24/7? That is advisable their first couple of months. Otherwise they may overeat.

 

[bantiehen]

If the feed is small enough and there is clean water easily available, there should not be a problem. Once I read on the forum about a duck that ate such a big piece of something that it injured its throat, which got infected. Hooboy! That is not common, so don't get too worried. My ducklings would occasionally toss quite a bit of dry food down their throats and then not get over to the waterer right away and I could see the food stuck in the top of their necks. . . I'd say, "Wasser! Trinken!" because for some inexplicable reason I use German phrases with them. . . anyway, sounds like you've got a hungry ducky.

Do they have food 24/7? That is advisable their first couple of months. Otherwise they may overeat.

yes small feed and water right there...

 

[Amiga]

Well, then, someone just has an appetite bigger than her gullet!

 

[bantiehen]

lol her eyes were a lot BIGGER lol thank you she seems to be doing fine right now...

 

[backyardigans06]

I’m really late to this but my duckling keeps doing the same thing and he has food and water available. He always bops his head when I’m around or when I play music I thought it was just a quirk but I’m kinda scared it could be related to seizures.