my boyfriend's dad had brought over his two ducks from his house because we have two huge ponds n he was afraid they would get ran over on the road close to there house...so we have had them there for a couple of weeks..the one duck is holding his one leg up and and only walking on one leg...we arent sure what happened to it....so the other day they were laying on the ground n i took a container of food over near to refill there container and see if i could get a closer look at it...well it got up really slow and hobbled into the pond....its foot is gone..all that is left is strand of something and its black...i dont know how to capture it to get a better look or to take it to get checked...i feel really bad for it because it can hardly get around...goes from the pond right onto the shore to lay down...the other one is very protective of it...doesnt seem like it is in pain or anything..it was waddling its tail yesterday...i dont know...please help me...any suggestions would be much appreciated!!!
boyfriends dad said it was probably a snapping turtle....great...he said to find out if it is a snapping turtle in the pond for us to go to the feed mill n buy a certain kind of bale of hay that will float around the pond and collect the algae and if there is a turtle it will climb up on top to sun bathe...ewww....thats what i will be doing...because i have two ducks that r a little over 3 months old that havent yet gotten into the pond n before they do venture into the pond im curious to see if there is a snapper in there...and get rid of it for good....
boyfriends dad said it was probably a snapping turtle....great...he said to find out if it is a snapping turtle in the pond for us to go to the feed mill n buy a certain kind of bale of hay that will float around the pond and collect the algae and if there is a turtle it will climb up on top to sun bathe...ewww....thats what i will be doing...because i have two ducks that r a little over 3 months old that havent yet gotten into the pond n before they do venture into the pond im curious to see if there is a snapper in there...and get rid of it for good....