OMG! I think i killed all my ducks! HELP!

[trumpeting_angel]

Around here, wild turkeys march through the fields, lined up like Revolutionary War soldiers, picking off grasshoppers when the season arrives.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Good picture! My trimmer and I were the line of revolutionary soldiers and the ducks were the British soldiers catching all the grasshopper bullets.
I think those grasshoppers ate some poisonous plants and the Duckies ate too many hoppers too quickly and the poison accumulated, causing the vomiting.
But it was SCARY!

 

[ValerieJ]

Holy cow!!! Or should I say holy duck??? I'm glad they are faring this incident. Who knew? And who wouldn't have given their ducks the same exciting experience? We have all learned a ton from your experience. Thanks so much for sharing!!!

 

[Steven Bussell]

Not to make you feel worse. I ate a grasshopper on a $20 dear.
Turns out grasshopper can carry tapeworms

 

[Aunt Angus]

Not to make you feel worse. I ate a grasshopper on a $20 dear.
Turns out grasshopper can carry tapeworms

Ew. My sympathies...

 

[Willowspirit]

In case this is relevant uncooked grasshoppers can cause allergic reactions in susceptible humans. Ducks. I don’t know about ducks.

I’m glad yours are okay.

 

[Fishkeeper]

It's not an allergy, no, not in multiples. Besides, the people who are allergic to grasshoppers are mostly the ones who are allergic to shellfish- the exoskeletons are the same material.
Grasshoppers often have tapeworms, though, so uncooked ones aren't good food for anyone.

What kind of grasshopper? Can you catch a couple? Lubber grasshoppers in particular are poisonous. That's my bet, is either that the grasshoppers themselves are poisonous, or that their guts were full of a plant toxic to ducks. I can't imagine that eating too fast would make that many ducks that sick.

 

[ChickNanny13]

Glad to hear your ducks are better, that was some scare You did what I would have too. Thank you for sharing your ordeal, it helps us to understand animals can over indulge like we do at time

 

[Cryss]

That was a scary read! I'm so glad everything seems to be ok now.

 

[ValerieJ]

How are Limpy and the ducks this morning? Hope all is well.