help!!!!

[Isaac 0]

I find it weird she will let you pet her, does she look more like this?

 

[animal and duck lover]

I find it weird she will let you pet her, does she look more like this?

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no, she looks like a normal mallard. just a little bit small

 

[animal and duck lover]

I find it weird she will let you pet her, does she look more like this?

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here’s a picture of her the day her babies were born last year (she even posed for the camera lol) and a picture of her baby when we took him inside to meet my cat (my cat loves ducklings)

 

[Miss Lydia]

I think ducks get so habituated to humans that they lose their fear. I know it happens with Muscovy. I wouldn’t take her ducklings away from her though. Being she is a wild native duck there are hefty fines for messing with them their eggs and ducklings.

 

[Isaac 0]

The reason you shouldn't touch her and her babies is, one she is a wild animal and should be left alone, two you wouldn't want to scare her off her eggs again, as she may become threatened and abandon the nest or the babies. Also, please stop feeding her treats, as she might eventually stop foraging for food herself and start relying on you for a food source.

 

[animal and duck lover]

I think ducks get so habituated to humans that they lose their fear. I know it happens with Muscovy. I wouldn’t take her ducklings away from her though. Being she is a wild native duck there are hefty fines for messing with them their eggs and ducklings.

playing with them doesn’t count as taking them away, since we give them back. longest we had one away from her was like 30 minutes and she didn’t mind (can wild ducklings eat adult duck food or should we buy them chick starter? they don’t get very much it’s mostly just a treat for them)

 

[animal and duck lover]

The reason you shouldn't touch her and her babies is, one she is a wild animal and should be left alone, two you wouldn't want to scare her off her eggs again, as she may become threatened and abandon the nest or the babies. Also, please stop feeding her treats, as she might eventually stop foraging for food herself and start relying on you for a food source.

we don’t give her enough food that she’s not hungry, its better than people feeding ducks a bunch of bread at the park. she gets a handful of feed or corn or some mealworms as a treat

 

[casportpony]

wait i can’t touch her babies?

Legally you are not supposed to touch them.

 

[animal and duck lover]

I think ducks get so habituated to humans that they lose their fear. I know it happens with Muscovy. I wouldn’t take her ducklings away from her though. Being she is a wild native duck there are hefty fines for messing with them their eggs and ducklings.

she left the eggs about an hour ago, uncovered (she usually covers them) will she be back? she’s swimming in the pond with her mate and isn’t going to the eggs

also - yesterday she had 8 and slept on them all night. today she laid 2 more. is that a problem? (like will 2 develop slower than the others or is laying on them for like 8(?) hours not going to make them start developing until they are all laid?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Duck have been hatching eggs forever and know how long they can stay off of a nest. But if y’all are messing with her she may give up on them. My female ducks like their privacy when brooding .