- Aug 19, 2012
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For anyone following the Story of Ping, here's an update:
We released Ping after a week or so in the "Duck ICU" (its cage). He was looking very healthy and the wound had cleaned up after i posted previously. He immediately rejoined his buddies and there was a cacophony of quacking and celebration. He then quickly started sparring with the new dominant male and won because of his size. It was all looking great until the next morning; he was missing. We are afraid that while they were sitting on the bank of the bayou in our backyard (it runs right through town) they were attacked by either a fox or a different gator that we've been seeing which happens to be about 8 feet long, and it got Ping. The rest of the flock is now ominously avoiding the backyard. It's pretty disappointing, but it was a cool learning experience. This yet again proves our point of view that "It's tough being a duck".
immediately after amputation
cacophony
one-wingedness
pre-fight
visitors to the Duck ICU
We released Ping after a week or so in the "Duck ICU" (its cage). He was looking very healthy and the wound had cleaned up after i posted previously. He immediately rejoined his buddies and there was a cacophony of quacking and celebration. He then quickly started sparring with the new dominant male and won because of his size. It was all looking great until the next morning; he was missing. We are afraid that while they were sitting on the bank of the bayou in our backyard (it runs right through town) they were attacked by either a fox or a different gator that we've been seeing which happens to be about 8 feet long, and it got Ping. The rest of the flock is now ominously avoiding the backyard. It's pretty disappointing, but it was a cool learning experience. This yet again proves our point of view that "It's tough being a duck".
immediately after amputation
cacophony
one-wingedness
pre-fight
visitors to the Duck ICU
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