One of my two ducks died. PLEASE HELP ME

[Francoch]

Sounds like a girl to me! lol. She’s beautiful. Defiantly go with another girl or two bringing in a drake will bring hardship on your female. Drakes need At least 4 females an up to keep from over breeding females. Very sorry for your loss

Thank you, Miss Lydia, it seems like you know a lot. Do you know how much time it can take for them to get along if I bring another one? I am in a difficult position because I´ll be gone for a week in 10 days and the rest of my family thinks the best thing to do is to give her to other family.
I don´t agree because I know how we treat her, how we feed her; While in other places they might feed their ducks with seeds only, Lennon (Maybe Yoko now ) eats rice, lettuce, peas maybe

 

[sydthetreekid]

I'm very sorry for your loss.

In my experience ducks can and do grieve the loss of their flock mates, I believe the smaller the flock the harder the loss hits them. In my own flock it took months for my ducks to stop quacking loudly, looking for their deceased flock member. I still had 3 ducks remaining.

I understand that your duck is your friend and that you want to keep her. You feel like you can give her the best home, and if you treat her like a pet you are likely correct. I feel that way about my own ducks and I will never rehome them.

Also, we need to think about this situation from the duck's point of view. Your duck sounds really unhappy. Personally, I care about my ducks' happiness a lot. Some people have had luck with getting their ducks a stuffed animal toy or a mirror, mine don't care but you could try these things. Ultimately, I feel like you are going to need to give your duck a new friend if you want to meet her emotional health needs.

If your duck is quacking she is female. You can post a video here and we can help you with that.

Personally, if she is female, I would give my duck a new adult female friend immediately. You'll need someone to take care of her while you are on holiday anyway, and they can just take care of 2 ducks instead.

Let us know what you choose. I know you love her and you'll do what is best for her.

I have 4 ducks. I took one to the vet and she is staying overnight. If she (god forbid) doesn't end up making it, should I show her to the other ducks? I'm not sure if them thinking I just took her and they never see her again is better than knowing she died. I know they are very social. I did have 6, and lost 2 to a raccoon. They all unfortunately witnessed that so they know what happened.