Might be selling Jack and Charlotte *cries*

[Goat_Walker]

Well I think I might be selling my two indoor duckies Jack and CHarlotte.

I love them to pieces but I had a guy come over with his daughter the otehr day and she fell in love with them - and they with her. It was the cutest thing EVER.

I really hate to part with them, Charlotte is like a little angel and she is just stunning! But that little girl...

So ive been talking with the dad and If we agree on it he will come to get them next weekend.


On the one hand I will miss them so much

But then on the other they will be with a great family with a little girl that loves them to pieces and I get updated photos anytime I please.

 

[Duck_feeder]

Sad to hear they might be leaving, but happy to hear another family will get to share in the joy of pet ducks!

Would the family be keeping them inside or outside?

 

[duckluck]

Why selling?

 

[Goat_Walker]

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The little girl was just amazed with them and they kind of bonded. It just feels like the right thing to do for them. The little girl was crying when she left and the ducks even tried to follow them out the door.

I Love my ducks, and I always will, its just... well I guess you just had to see the little girl and Charlotte together to understand why I even considered letting go of my babies.

I can always raise a new pair of indoor ducks over spring and summer since ( thanks to the wonderful nettie ) I have all the harnesses and diapers Id need.




Joe - They would be Out in the backyard for the most part since the family has cats , but they get their own shed, grassy run, and the guy is building a mini pond for them with a fountain in it and everything. So at least they will be pampered . I told the dad if something happened and it didnt work out id like them back and he agreed that if something ever happened and they had to get rid of them they would call me.

 

[duckluck]

Well, I hope it works out...me personally, I'd never let a person have one of my favorite pets, kid or no. I remember years ago, I bought one of my horses from a dude ranch...I was 21 at the time but had known the horse since I was 10...one of the camp counselors tried to put the guilt trip on me for buying him, saying that I was breaking every kid's heart there by taking him away. Well, I'd been going there on and off for several years and knew how spoiled rotten some of the kids were, so I told her that they'd had plenty of years to beg mommy and daddy to buy him and nobody had bellied up the bar, so I was taking him and too bad, so sad!

I commend you for telling him what you did about bringing them back...I'd be worried that indoor ducks would be stressed out by moving outside, and also that the people would wear out the idea of a rather high-maintenance pet very quickly. I do hope they realize that the fountain won't be the end of their committment to the ducks' health...that a fountain is pretty expensive but it just doesn't end there. Getting back to my horse story and speaking of animals being a new "flavor of the month", years later after acquiring my guy, he developed a lump on his head that we think now was the first stage of the cancer that took his life...I had a guy come out that was a friend of a friend and, after riding him, offered me WAY more than a 20 year old, possibly cancerous horse was worth. He pretty much blind-sided me with his offer, and my friend too...he had been around horses a lot but had never ridden one and he was just smitten. I had to do some serious soul-searching on this one...he was offering me a pretty good chunk of money for a horse that I had even told him might possibly have melanoma, and there was a possibility that I would be needing to pay out quite a bit myself if I kept him and it got bad. I decided to tell him no anyway, and was very glad I did...I never saw the guy again after that, no visits to the horses, nothing. This was a guy who said he wanted to keep coming out and if I changed my mind, he wanted him. He has not even been personable with any horses that I know of since. My horse would have been a new toy to him and nothing more. My guy lived out the rest of his life with us until the cancer took him at 27, and even on the day we had to put him down, I was very glad that I had made the decision that he would never change hands again.

 

[Goat_Walker]

I'm glad yall kept him, sounds like he had a very happy life

I love all my animals very much, especially my ducks. They dad didnt guilt me into anything It was my decision to sugguest to him about the ducks. I offered him to take them home for a trial run as well to see how things go. And Jack and Charlotte are actually only part time indoor ducks. I dont have a pen in my room for them when they dont have the diapers on, just a dog carrier that they slept in at night throughout the winter. They love being outside as much as they do being inside. SO Im sure the transition wont be so bad

The dad has been asking LOTS of questions and is really enjoying planning out their new home - if his wife agrees , lol - so Im feelign pretty good about this.

I love my brats, and even though ill miss them if they go , Im just glad to be able to share my knowledge and love of ducks with others. And if it doesnt work out for them - because i have stressed ( like I do to all first time duckie owners 0 that they poo - ALOT , and he seems alright with it.


But hey, we'll see how it goes. : )