House Duck Keepers?

[Quackmire]

I love looking at everyones' ducks, and reading about them, but so far it seems most of the members here have ducks outside.

Which is what I would expect. lol.

But is there anyone here who keeps a house duck?

Quackmire is in our home and will remain inside with us. I bought him a diaper harness. It came in the mail two days ago. He has worn it once but has some growing to do.

Anyway, I was just curious if anyone else kept their quackers inside, how they got on with other animals in the house, and if they seemed generally happy.

Q does seem happy pretty much all the time..... He is 'out and about' often throughout the day, and when I can't keep an eye on him, he has a big 42' wire dog crate that he has a bed, food, water and toys in to keep him entertained. He goes outside with me when I'm in the yard working, and he follows close. He has a kiddy pool (our "budget duck pond") that he likes to swim in as long as I sit with him.

He also loves our dogs, and bosses around our cats. One of our dogs, Stubbs, also loves him in return, because Q gives awesome doggy massages. I know interaction between dogs/ducks is supposed to be only under the strictest of supervision, and it is. But they truly do seem to just want to follow each other around.....

 

[rainplace]

I know I've read in here about some people keeping them inside, maybe that was the geese area.

Your dog is so patient!

 

[redhen]

That was adorable! And what a good dog!

 

[nettie]

my two ducks are indoor duckies. they have a pen/duck apartment i made for them. they take baths in the tub... it's like keeping toddlers not pets!

 

[headred]

WOW, I'm just impressed!

 

[Becky89*]

My Dominic is a house duck the dogs don't mind him and neither does the house bunny. He has his own poop box that i clean out daily and he wheres a diaper when he goes to work with me or if he goes for a ride in the truck with my and my two puppy boys.

 

[Chick_a_dee]

Oh my isn't that just so cute! My ducks are not house ducks but they do live in a house of their own

I love to watch them groom.

 

[Quackmire]

So glad there are other house duck keepers here!

Q has been wearing his harness/diaper about half the day now, slowly working up to being out all the time. He really enjoys his time out, and everyone is adjusting pretty well to having him free roaming, except my poor husband who is not fond of having his toes preened.

The dog is not patient, but rather an attention hog. She wants attention. She doesn't care who it comes from. As long as SOMEONE is touching her. She loves her duck rubbins.

She's a very strange dog.

 

[aleciasayshii]

I happen to have a house duck, or I had one.
He actually looks like mine at one point, a muscovy wrapped up in blue tape for angel wing. Mine was actually wrapped in blue tape too.
But I had raised him from a tiny little guy, and babied and spoiled him to death. He was a great companion. Better than my dog. I had kept him inside for four weeks and then we built him his own personal run outside. Along with his own pool to trash.
He begun sleeping outside and would come in with his diaper of course, sit in my lap while I watched tv, follow me everywhere, he even sat in the bathroom while I took a shower. (Because if I locked him out, he would cry.) At one point he begun sleeping with me. Waking me up at the crack of dawn every morning so I could feed him and go to school.
He was the sweetest, most loving, loyal animal I had ever known. Then around 4 months he started getting an attitude. It was small, so I blew it off. Then it turned into full on aggression.
At 5 months (he's 5 and a half months now...) he decided that I was his mate and that wasn't very plesant. I know that the painful bites are 'love bites' but I only wanted to be his companion not his mate.

Now he attacks my friends, and family (except for my dad, I'm not sure why) trying to be protective of me. He bit my neighbors arm and made her bleed. He pins down my dog and attacks her.
He was my best little friend, but I knew all the frustration he was going through, so here I am, heartbroken with two ducks. That way he can have a mate that isn't me.
It's actually really sad, because he doesn't accept the other duck. He even attacks her when she gets near me. The poor duck is species confused and it's all my fault.

I hope you have better luck than I. Ducks are great friends. I hope mine will stop being so aggressive one day, but I can only hope.

here's a picture of him though.

 

[rainplace]

Awww, he hasn't accepted his new friend yet? Have you tried keeping the two of them together without you being around? Like penned out of the house?