Little Duckling Health Issues

[Kaw]

Thank you for the article. I have to agree with everything. What particularly helpful is thinking in terms of reducing suffering and not extending a life if they are suffering. I have started reading about Lemon the Duck. I first googled Lemon Duck and that brought up some duck recipes! . This little guy can‘t move himself in a wheelchair. He is a Runner duck as well. Some do make good housepets but for the most part they seem tame but not domesticated. That can probably be said of all ducks, but some breeds seem more disposed than others to human contact. However a little longer and this guy may imprint on me. There are possibilities and things I can learn from Lemon the duck.

 

[Kaw]

I put Our little duck down yesterday. I named him Valentino which means health and strength. I hoped the positive name might help and his markings were similar to a blue swedish…he was very dapper, black with a white chest and speckles of black.
He wasn‘t eating enough and sitting in a plastic tub is no life for a duck. As much as I trued to keep him clean he would go amd my family didn’t like the snell. They set him outside alone (in a sheltered enclosed area). and yet he was trying his best. He had such a will to live. It wasn’t fair, but now he has his wings.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I'm sorry it ended this way, but you had to make the best decision for him and his quality of life.

 

[Kaw]

Yes. Even if he stayed inside with me it was no life for him. We had an appointment last Friday and it was moved to yesterday. After a bath he took a while to calm down. He had just started calming down if I carried him in a towel for a bit. He was adjusting.
Thank you for your messages and support Lydia.

 

[Kaw]

Yes. Even if he stayed inside with me it was no life for him. We had an appointment last Friday and it was moved to yesterday. After a bath he took a while to calm down. He had just started calming down if I carried him in a towel for a bit. He was adjusting.
Thank you for your messages and support Lydia.

Oh and the vet said it was neurological. There wasn’t anything we could do.

 

[sowNreap]

I'm very sorry for your loss. It's hard when you have to make live or death decision for loved one.

And with the problem being neurological Valentino would never have experienced life as a duck. But that doesn't lessen the heartache. You did more than most might have. I'm sure he knew you loved him & he'll always have special place in your heart.

Now that he's crossed the Rainbow Bridge he'll get to experience being a duck, free from his infirmities and pain. He'll be waiting for you.

 

[Kaw]

Thank you. I told him he would get his wings. I really don’t think he was eating enough even with help. He could have aspirated on a diet of fed mushed food.

He was one of many we hatched this summer but I became more attached taking care of him inside and watching his spirit and will to live.

On the way he was calm and alert. I played classical music, too thinking it might calm him for the strange car ride.

I think he would have suffered more to live but it does hurt. It may have been kinder to out him down by breaking his neck. I couldn’t do it, but he fought the injection at the vet. I don’t know, if it was easier but will research more if there is a next time.

 

[sowNreap]

t may have been kinder to out him down by breaking his neck. I couldn’t do it, but he fought the injection at the vet.

There's no way I could have done it either. I'm sorry to hear he fought the injection but hopefully he didn't suffer long.

I had to euthanize my pet fish (Bluegill so was pretty big) that I just couldn't cure no matter how hard I tried. He appeared to be declining & suffering but "lucky" for both of us the use of clove oil made it as stress free for the fish as possible other than having to net him out of tank. Me not so much, I didn't think I'd cry over fish but I did. The clove oil is anesthetic but an overdose puts them to sleep first & then they pass away in their sleep.

 

[Kaw]

Thank you for sharing. I am sorry. It’s hard to put down an animal even to lessen their suffering. I still think about it. Since then I have seen videos of three different ducks who can’t walk, enjoying swims and supported by swimgs. I have to remember the Valentino couldn’t swim without assistance or would drown, he could never go back in the pond as he listed to on side and then his neck would extend as he started to shake and could not always bring it back up. He was isolated inside. I hoped he would get use to us as his flock. He was getting thin despite his trying to eat and my efforts to assist. He didn’t use his legs, but now I wonder if he could in a wheel chair. He sat on a soft blankets and puppy pads. We went through about 100 a week. Being a Runner he would never fly but I hope he has found his wings and there is a rainbow bridge with a big pond on the other side.