Four ducklings wandered into my yard yesterday morning. Just tonight, two of them died. We found the first lying dead. We thought maybe it had snapped it’s neck because they were laying at an odd angle. However, at 3am (2 hours later), another one was acting oddly. It seemed like the poor little guy couldn’t hold up their head. We tried putting him in water to see if he would snap out of it and start swimming. He didn’t so we put him in a sock to attempt to stabilize their head. A few moments later he passed away in my fiancé’s hands. I’m not sure what caused this and if the other two ducklings are in trouble. Please help if you have any advice! I’m just trying to keep these poor babies alive. (They will be given to someone with better equipment and knowledge of raising them on Monday. I want to give them the best care I can until then.)
Btw, we have been feeding them old fashioned oats and frozen peas that have been cut in half. It’s hard to tell if each of them ate them. We have been keeping them in a plastic tote that has a close able lid. When we found the first dead the lid had been closed (with an opening for air) so we assumed the one had jumped too high and broke his neck. However, when we saw the next struggling the lid had been open so that was not the cause. In the tote we gave them a towel (that we switched out after the second one passed).
I am open to any and every care instruction! I just don’t want to see these other two suffer the way their siblings have
Btw, we have been feeding them old fashioned oats and frozen peas that have been cut in half. It’s hard to tell if each of them ate them. We have been keeping them in a plastic tote that has a close able lid. When we found the first dead the lid had been closed (with an opening for air) so we assumed the one had jumped too high and broke his neck. However, when we saw the next struggling the lid had been open so that was not the cause. In the tote we gave them a towel (that we switched out after the second one passed).
I am open to any and every care instruction! I just don’t want to see these other two suffer the way their siblings have
