My Mystery Duckling is Becoming a Menace

Thank you for the steps on how to download a video :D I am going to have to what for my dad though.
You asked about toys. There are several duckling life enrichment options, depending on size. you can make tunnels from empty cardboard boxes [eg cereal boxes, for them to run through. You can make steps for them to run up from flat disks of wood or tile. Make sure the steps are stable and don;t fall over. there are various brightly colour wooden toys with bells retailed for parrots that they can peck at. When I had a rescued duckling I was rehabbing and it didn't have ducky friends, I used parrot toys, a mirror and simple things like bright red plastic milk gallon tops. The duckling loved picking up the red milk tops and dropping them on the floor for me to pick up and give back. My duckling also liked rolling a pencil across my desk. When swimming in the bath, I have two plastic lattice balls with a bell inside each. Ducklings can peck at them and push them around. One of mine liked to trample them down into the water.

All these suggestions need space in your brooder. If there isn't space for them, then that is likely why your duckling might be bored!!!
Thank you for the ideas ruthhope.
 
Sorry it took me a while to get these photos up 😬
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The duckling has gotten much better and there's been no more excessive pecking. Thank you everyone for all the ideas, I am very grateful:)
 
Sorry it took me a while to get these photos up 😬 View attachment 4231322View attachment 4231324 The duckling has gotten much better and there's been no more excessive pecking. Thank you everyone for all the ideas, I am very grateful:)
Do you know your temp in their brooder? Also any toys you give them make sure they cannot chew off strings or plastic eyes if a stuffed animal. Great to hear the duckling is doing much better!
 
Hi, another question on the mystery duckling, they are now three weeks old, and huge:hit(I miss the tiny babies). and I'm still not sure on the breed. She has been panting a lot😕 (mouth open and rapidly breathing). They have
NO supplemental heat even at night. I've been giving her a Homeopathic Remedy tincture of Antimonium Crudum. Any idea's, suggestions, or wisdom you want to share would be greatly appreciated (by me and Sweden the mystery duckling)




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A few side notes I forgot to add:
They have plenty of place.
She only pants when she's resting.
And their brooder is cleaned on a pretty regular basis.
 
Can you get a good close up of Sweden? Full face and body? Can you get poultry cell? I had to order but I believe TSC carries it. Many swear by it.

It could be a respiratory issue can you hear any noise when you listen to her chest and is there any discharge coming from nares or eyes? How's her appetite?
 
Thank you for the ideas, Ms. Lydia❤️ I do hear beating when I hold her to my ear (it is much louder than the other ducklings). There is no discharge from her nares or eyes, and her eyes don't look swollen. Her appetite is pretty good from my knowledge; her energy level is great (she with run around the brooder and go swimming when I take them outside every day). Here's a close up:
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Thank you again.
 

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