BeeDuckley
Chirping
- Mar 14, 2018
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My Prescott was attcked by a hawk today, in his "sanctuary", while U was cutting wood for it!!! She flew in through a hole in the framework, cause that's all I had so far, and he kicked her ass!!! He fought her off, and went to the pool to dive. She tried one more time before he was under water, when I got the door open and next to her. She flew out another opening, and he swam around frantically fluffing lopsided. He got out, and I scooped him up carefully to inspect him. He didn't resist, and he had one drop of blood where head meets neck. I daubed it with a peroxide paper towel, then squirted peroxide at the wound, and patted it with the paper towel. He was dazed. He wandered around aimlessly for a minute, very slowly, passing up beloved mealworms! He walked still slowly, into Goerge's food bowl, knocking it over, then barely touched the tip of his beak in the dogs' water. We then wandered toward his bedroom, the 2'×4'×3' dog traveller, and took a couple of sips from his own water. Then, he got into his bowl, so I ran to the bathroom to fill up our biggest tupperware with water, so he would fit. I set it up in his room, scooped him up and gently set him in it. He began to gingerly move his tail, not wagging like normal, and get some water in there.
I sat with him for about 20 minutes cooing to him about how awesome he is and what a good job he did, then headed back out to block those holes with chicken wire during the last of daylight.
When it was dark and I had completed all but the roof, I came in to watch the last of daylight with him on my lap. He was under my jeweler's bench, facing the corner! I picked him up and saw a tear from each eye!!!!! Then, I saw washed out blood on his lower abdominal feathers!!!!! It hadn't bothered him when I picked him up, so it's not deep.
I'm still sitting with him, and he doesn't insist on facing the corner, but is still eventually shifting to it. He is verrry quiet and still. Anybody else had a duck win a fight like this?? How was your baby afterward? How long were they in shock like this?
I sat with him for about 20 minutes cooing to him about how awesome he is and what a good job he did, then headed back out to block those holes with chicken wire during the last of daylight.
When it was dark and I had completed all but the roof, I came in to watch the last of daylight with him on my lap. He was under my jeweler's bench, facing the corner! I picked him up and saw a tear from each eye!!!!! Then, I saw washed out blood on his lower abdominal feathers!!!!! It hadn't bothered him when I picked him up, so it's not deep.
I'm still sitting with him, and he doesn't insist on facing the corner, but is still eventually shifting to it. He is verrry quiet and still. Anybody else had a duck win a fight like this?? How was your baby afterward? How long were they in shock like this?