EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[kajira]

Update : Vet said it's "kinky back syndrome" and duck should live, but probably won't be able to walk again. As long as we give her food in a bowl and change her water occasionally in the outdoor pool, she shouldn't just keel over and die on us, if we want her to live.

 

[Kiki]

Update : Vet said it's "kinky back syndrome" and duck should live, but probably won't be able to walk again. As long as we give her food in a bowl and change her water occasionally in the outdoor pool, she shouldn't just keel over and die on us, if we want her to live.

Long time no see Miss!
I gotta ask...would you want to keep her alive if she won't ever be able to walk again?

 

[kajira]

Long time no see Miss!
I gotta ask...would you want to keep her alive if she won't ever be able to walk again?

Why would we euthanize a duck that's fine hanging out in her little pool just because she can't walk?

She's not suffering. Unless she's suffering, why would I euthanize her? I have the room to keep her. It doesn't bother me, and the kids like the excuse to feed her from a bowl. Now that she can't get away, my daughter's very content to go out there every day and feed her by hand, that's just the kind of my 6 year old is. lol

We wouldn't eat her - so her death would be just because I didn't want to take care of her, and she's not a problem.

 

[Kiki]

Thanks for "explaining".
I'm glad you are able to care for a her.
Good for you!

 

[Kiki]

I should add....
I assumed by not walking...she couldn't use her legs...and I assumed ducks use their legs to swim..so I was thinking she wouldn't be able to get around at all.

I don't know ducks.

 

[kajira]

I should add....
I assumed by not walking...she couldn't use her legs...and I assumed ducks use their legs to swim..so I was thinking she wouldn't be able to get around at all.

I don't know ducks.

She can float, and move around in the pool, she just can't support her weight to walk.

 

[Kiki]

She can float, and move around in the pool, she just can't support her weight to walk.

Did the vet mention if there was any physical therapy that may help her?

 

[kajira]

Did the vet mention if there was any physical therapy that may help her?

The vet's advice was "Get a new duck."

 

[Kiki]

The vet's advice was "Get a new duck."

 

[kwhites634]

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