HELP -rescued baby duckling

[Ducks4us]

EXACTLY.............Anyways .....I was only trying to help....

Cheers!

Are you from idaho?

 

[chickens really]

EXACTLY.............Anyways .....I was only trying to help....

Cheers!

Are you from idaho?

As if .......Proud Canadian...

 

[Ducks4us]

As if .......Proud Canadian...

Thats what i thought

 

[chickens really]

Never been to the states in years...Hope again someday ?

Why Idaho? Lol

Did I sound like a Potato?....lol....Not being mean to people from Idaho at all....... not getting the question?

 

[Ducks4us]

EXACTLY.............Anyways .....I was only trying to help....

Cheers!

This person deleted their quote.
But like i said all areas are different.
To interefere is not illegal. There are many licensed wildlife rehabilitors.
I worked at a vet clinic for 15 years, and we dealt with many fish and game officers and wild life rehabilitors

 

[chickens really]

EXACTLY.............Anyways .....I was only trying to help....

Cheers!

This person deleted their quote.
But like i said all areas are different.
To interefere is not illegal. There are many licensed wildlife rehabilitors.
I worked at a vet clinic for 15 years, and we dealt with many fish and game officers and wild life rehabilitors

Again we can agree to disagree.......All good ..

 

[Ducks4us]

Thanks everyone,
The mother ducks and other ducklings definitely have left, the duck is a mallard and I think it's a day old.
I live on a farm with pleanty of nearby ponds with other ducks for it to socialise with and so it should be fine living here, although I will definitely research it more and contact my local wildlife centre for help/ advice.
It seems to be walking a little better now, although it's left foot is curled up and doesn't open when it tries to walk - well, more like leap and stumble around . I think it just needs a bit of practice.

Keep us updated

 

[Miss Lydia]

Thanks everyone,
The mother ducks and other ducklings definitely have left, the duck is a mallard and I think it's a day old.
I live on a farm with pleanty of nearby ponds with other ducks for it to socialise with and so it should be fine living here, although I will definitely research it more and contact my local wildlife centre for help/ advice.
It seems to be walking a little better now, although it's left foot is curled up and doesn't open when it tries to walk - well, more like leap and stumble around

. I think it just needs a bit of practice.

You might find info on here that will help with the curled foot making a lil shoe https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/poultry-podiatry

 

[Pyxis]

Maybe where you live,
But its not illegal to interfere or help with all wildlife where i live.
Some protected birds- like birds of prey
But not most birds or ducks. I have spoken with fish and game.
All areas are different.

I just wanted to pop in real quick and let you know that even if your local department is not enforcing the law, it is indeed against the law in the entire country of the United States to take wild ducks and ducklings out of the wild. Since they are migratory birds, they fall under the Migratory Bird act. If they decided to enforce the law, there could be large fines and even jail time levied against a person who took them. This law also includes their eggs.

Wildlife rehabilitators are able to take them because they have a permit for it, and are trained in how to raise them in such a way that they can be released back into the wild.

In this case, however, this doesn't matter because OP seems to be from England, and I don't know what the laws are there or whether it's illegal or not to take in a wild duckling.

Thanks everyone,
The mother ducks and other ducklings definitely have left, the duck is a mallard and I think it's a day old.
I live on a farm with pleanty of nearby ponds with other ducks for it to socialise with and so it should be fine living here, although I will definitely research it more and contact my local wildlife centre for help/ advice.
It seems to be walking a little better now, although it's left foot is curled up and doesn't open when it tries to walk - well, more like leap and stumble around . I think it just needs a bit of practice.

It's great to hear that the baby is doing better It might need some boots to straighten the foot out. Look up treatment for curled toes on chicks and make something similar for the curled up foot. Hopefully in a few days it will improve. It's also a good idea to be contacting your local wildlife department like you said you would, just to make sure you're in the clear as far as having him goes.

 

[Ducks4us]

This person deleted their quote.
But like i said all areas are different.
To interefere is not illegal. There are many licensed wildlife rehabilitors.
I worked at a vet clinic for 15 years, and we dealt with many fish and game officers and wild life rehabilitors

I just wanted to pop in real quick and let you know that even if your local department is not enforcing the law, it is indeed against the law in the entire country of the United States to take wild ducks and ducklings out of the wild. Since they are migratory birds, they fall under the Migratory Bird act. If they decided to enforce the law, there could be large fines and even jail time levied against a person who took them. This law also includes their eggs.

Wildlife rehabilitators are able to take them because they have a permit for it, and are trained in how to raise them in such a way that they can be released back into the wild.

In this case, however, this doesn't matter because OP seems to be from England, and I don't know what the laws are there or whether it's illegal or not to take in a wild duckling.
It's great to hear that the baby is doing better It might need some boots to straighten the foot out. Look up treatment for curled toes on chicks and make something similar for the curled up foot. Hopefully in a few days it will improve. It's also a good idea to be contacting your local wildlife department like you said you would, just to make sure you're in the clear as far as having him goes.