Please help! 2-day-old Mallard Duckling

[annageckos]

Hi guys. She ended up dying. Around 6:10 pm my time. I'm so sad. I wish i could've done more for her. I hate it so much that i couldn't help her properly. I guess she wasn't meant to live. I feel so bad. I just went to check up on her and she didn't respond to me. She was alive just a few mins before i checked.
Maybe i should've seen it coming with the leg suddenly going bad and the brown poop. I kept thinking it was the B complex too but i guess it wasn't. Maybe something went wrong in her stomach. I have no idea. I just don't understand why. And i don't think i want to know why. I'd hate myself so much if i find out it's my fault.
It's pouring rain here. I'd like to think that it's heaven crying for her.
Thank you so much to everyone who helped me and her.

I'm sorry your duckling passed, but please don't beat yourself up over it. I've done a lot of wildlife rehab and unfortunately they don't all make it, no matter how hard you try sometimes. Often times with wildlife if you find an orphan there is something wrong with it, even if you can't see it. You try your best, that is all you can do. I've always taken it kind of hard when I loose one, but also take some comfort in the fact I tried and make them as comfortable as I could.

 

[Roa]

I'm sorry your duckling passed, but please don't beat yourself up over it. I've done a lot of wildlife rehab and unfortunately they don't all make it, no matter how hard you try sometimes. Often times with wildlife if you find an orphan there is something wrong with it, even if you can't see it. You try your best, that is all you can do. I've always taken it kind of hard when I loose one, but also take some comfort in the fact I tried and make them as comfortable as I could.

Thank you. I guess that's why the mom left in the first place. But like you and everyone told me, i'm glad she could at least be comfortable while she was here ❤