help!!!!

[Duck mommy 2019]

i don’t know if this is something i should be worried about or if it’s fine but i brought my duck inside to give him a bath because he was dirty and hasn’t swam for awhile (since it’s winter) and he completely lost his waterproof! he was soaked!

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

Maybe a bath will encourage him to groom.

 

[sourland]

Simply being unable to bathe may have stopped him oiling his feathers. As long as he is otherwise healthy, he should do fine.

 

[Duck mommy 2019]

You just have to change 2 or 3 times a day. I'm not sure if your ducks a pets, but hers are and she cares for them everyday.

ours are pets and we love them, they do have 2 heated bowls that we refill a couple times a day but those are made so they can’t climb in them and swim. we care for them everyday too.

 

[sourland]

Whether because of the weather or some other reason he has not been water proofing himself - rather common with Muscovy drakes, but not common with mallard derived birds. Make sure that he is thoroughly dried off before putting him back outside.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

One of my friends on BYC had ducks that swim outside in winter all the time. They have cute little rubber stubs to sit in full of water.

 

[Duck mommy 2019]

One of my friends on BYC had ducks that swim outside in winter all the time. They have cute little rubber stubs to sit in full of water.

i wish we could do that, our water all freezes (gets down to negative temps here!)

 

[cluckmecoop7]

i wish we could do that, our water all freezes (gets down to negative temps here!)

You just have to change 2 or 3 times a day. I'm not sure if your ducks a pets, but hers are and she cares for them everyday.

 

[Miss Lydia]

If he isn’t water proof I don’t think I’d let mine bath outside in freezing an below temps.

 

[Duck mommy 2019]

Simply being unable to bathe may have stopped him oiling his feathers. As long as he is otherwise healthy, he should do fine.

thank you!