Today was a sad day. One of my ducks, the tiniest of the 8 "Baby" died in my hands. They outgrew their original tupper-wear storage bin so I moved them into a large dog cage. The bars are only a half inch apart, and cant fit through them. I monitored them to make sure they couldnt fit through the bars and they hadnt in 2 days. Just to be safe I even blocked off the first foot down on the bottom around the cage. My 2 year old left my bedroom door open, and instead of shutting it like I normally do I left it open. Well I was on the phone in the Family Room and they all start chirping really loud. They only do this if one gets separated, or if Im more than 4 feet away from them when outside (they follow me around like the ducky mama). Well I say what are they doing? and look toward the foyer to see a fluff ball fall straight from the upstairs foyer balcony onto the hardwood floor. I said omg and dropped the phone. I ran to the foyer it but didnt want to look. I did, and it was trying to get up. It was on its back and when I picked it up it couldnt hold its head up. It either broke its back, or neck. So I ran upstairs to make sure no one else got out, no one did. Its poor little body was shaking and its heart was racing. I didnt know what to do. I held it and it slowly stopped shaking and then I felt its heart slowly stop beating. I just stood there in shock. Im still actually in shock. I called my mom and told her what happened since I literally threw the phone as I was talking to her. She asked which one it was but I couldnt tell if it was Baby or not. I brought it back upstairs to compare it to the others, and it was Baby. I held it for at least 10 minutes after it died, and said I was sorry. I couldnt, and cant even cry because Im just in shock. Just minutes before I was holding it alive and well, then this. It all happened so quickly and so unexpectedly. Its so sad.
Baby was such a sweetie, and it was so tiny! It would have been one of the ducklings I would have definitely kept if I have to give some up. It was one of my favorites and I could always tell it apart from the rest. Its so sad looking at them now knowing that Baby is really gone, and that there should be 8. I was actually thinking about changing its name today before it died. Im not going to though, its what I called it from day one. I was thinking about naming it "Ducky" which is my favorite character from my favorite kids movie, "a Land before time". I had picked this name before they hatched and didnt know who would get it. Now a different one will be named this in honor of Baby.
Here is Baby less than 24 hours old:
Baby was such a sweetie, and it was so tiny! It would have been one of the ducklings I would have definitely kept if I have to give some up. It was one of my favorites and I could always tell it apart from the rest. Its so sad looking at them now knowing that Baby is really gone, and that there should be 8. I was actually thinking about changing its name today before it died. Im not going to though, its what I called it from day one. I was thinking about naming it "Ducky" which is my favorite character from my favorite kids movie, "a Land before time". I had picked this name before they hatched and didnt know who would get it. Now a different one will be named this in honor of Baby.
Here is Baby less than 24 hours old:
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