Muscovy Ducklings in Danger

[Carolineisbroke]

I'm not sure if ducks like laying their eggs in the same spot or not, but there is a duck who's eggs hatched on Easter. I had watched and waited and when they hatched, a lot I noticed more and more ducks with their ducklings. About 20 were wandering around the parking lot of my apartment complex and the ditch nearby. Slowly started seeing less and less until there were no more. It took around a month till I stopped seeing them.
A duck in the same spot, with maybe 6-8 eggs, are due to hatch any day. My boyfriend told me the stray cats probably got the ducklings that we saw hatched on and around Easter. That sucks a lot. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I should do? Let nature run it's course? Take them in, even though I don't want to sadden the mama duck? Pretend they are all hiding out somewhere growing up? I've seen 3 different ducks sitting for a while and when they hatch, I'd like for them to survive. Any advantageous advice would be appreciated.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I'm not sure if ducks like laying their eggs in the same spot or not, but there is a duck who's eggs hatched on Easter. I had watched and waited and when they hatched, a lot I noticed more and more ducks with their ducklings. About 20 were wandering around the parking lot of my apartment complex and the ditch nearby. Slowly started seeing less and less until there were no more. It took around a month till I stopped seeing them.
A duck in the same spot, with maybe 6-8 eggs, are due to hatch any day. My boyfriend told me the stray cats probably got the ducklings that we saw hatched on and around Easter. That sucks a lot. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I should do? Let nature run it's course? Take them in, even though I don't want to sadden the mama duck? Pretend they are all hiding out somewhere growing up? I've seen 3 different ducks sitting for a while and when they hatch, I'd like for them to survive. Any advantageous advice would be appreciated.

Honestly there isn't much you can do, if they are wild then it's against the law to take them from the wild it would be better to try and deal with the feral cat problem, you might try calling your animal shelter and see if they would be willing to let you borrow their catch crates and bring these cats in. It is sad when you wait for ducklings to hatch and then they disappear and sad for the mama who has sat and waited too. Thanks for caring about these ducks/ducklings. Are you sure someone in your complex isn't getting rid of these ducklings to keep the complex from getting over crowed?