Help Fiance overcome duck trauma

[calliope8]

I am a new duck mom with 5 rather entertianing ducks (4 Welshies, 1 Cayuga). I have wanted ducks for eggs for some time & the call was too strong this spring so I got a small flock. Only problem is my fiance (who is from England - we're just like Meghan & Harry! lol!) had a couple of ducks for a short time when he was young. But he was traumatized one day when he came out to find they had been killed by something (he blames a fox but coulda been a neighborhood dog.) He told me this story so I thought well great he will have ducks to love again! But only after I ordered them did he tell me the part where he swore he would never have ducks again! I send him a few pics & videos on occasion but he refuses to acknowledge them (he will be Stateside in a couple of months.)
He somehow thinks my life growing up in the country has been sheltered from pet deaths (nope) & that I will one day 'know the trauma'. I'm not sure how to get him past this childhood trauma. My sister helps me with the ducks & they bring us much joy & entertainment. I got them with the full knowledge that they could possibly be eaten by a predator someday. I hope not but such is country life. He did not grow up with any other pets but has taken to the cats & dogs just fine.

 

[chickens really]

My Husband isn't too interested in my Bird addiction either. I don't mind. I prefer it that way. He fishes and mountain sleds. Not my cup of tea at all. Don't push them on him. He will either like them or not..

 

[calliope8]

My Husband isn't too interested in my Bird addiction either. I don't mind. I prefer it that way. He fishes and mountain sleds. Not my cup of tea at all. Don't push them on him. He will either like them or not..

My Husband isn't too interested in my Bird addiction either. I don't mind. I prefer it that way. He fishes and mountain sleds. Not my cup of tea at all. Don't push them on him. He will either like them or not..

Yeh I kinda hope once he's here he'll warm up more. He's moved on from other past life traumas (gambling addicted ex who spent bill money on habit, father passing from cancer) and learned to love again but hasn't moved on from this. Thing is I'll need his help if I'm sick or pregnant or something.
He doesn't have any hobbies like fishing or mountain sledding but he'll get some chore-hobbies once he moves here. lol! I do want help him develop more interests like that though. He actually wants to be more self-sustaining but when I brought that up he said he just meant growing veg & such. He'll learn! Somehow his British accent hid the fact that he was a city boy when I first met him. lol!