after you read this (which i hope you) please look at my other post with the progression
of the hatch)
please respond i NEED your views, I'm so lonely.
I feel morally responsible, everything was going so well, the duck has gotten out of his shell and only the bottom was left, he had been pecking away for 17 hours in total, I was there all of them, I though he made it, I just left him and though he was safe, I then fell asleep at the computer (on BYC), and woke up two hours later panicking, he was just laying there motionless in the bottom part of the shell, he probably tried to get out but just didn't have the energy left, I feel so gutted and very guilty, i have this sick feeling in my stomach when ever i think about him and how different it could have been if i had just stayed with him. I should have known that he would be tired.
Sending out a word of warning, if your chick/duck is at this stage, just to be safe give him a hand, especially if you only have a small hatch (like me, only 2 out of 12), every one counts, I think this would give a better chance of surviving for the crucial first few hours of his life with that little more energy. I was also worried that if i helped him he would bleed to death but this wasn't the case, the yolk was attached but dried out. so only do it if your chicks been hatching for at least 12 hours or more.
The chick was the opposite, he pipped later than the duck but was soon loosing energy and wasn't ready, my father said that we should help him out, that was a hard decision, he was breathing very slowly at uneven rates, but I had a feeling that the yolk or blood hadn't been sucked into him. We tried any way because he would have certainly dies within the next hours, he wad peeping but no sound was coming from his bill, thats how much energy he didn't have.
We peeled a small par of the shell but not the shell membrane, and left him with a damp cloth over the membrane, unfortunately i returned after and he had passed away peacefully in his sleep in the warmth of the incubator (about 5 hours after the duck).
after all those hours bonding with the duck i feel so helpless and sorry for him, instead of chucking him in the bin i cremated him and scattered his ashes in the pond, writing this now has turned me into tears.
On a positive note, I enjoyed every second with 'Duck' and will never forget the experience my first ever hatch has brought me even if ti was just for a couple hours, I still remember his first breath, his first peep and the first time he looked at me in the eye, (tears down my face like a waterfall now).
A few months ago my 8 year old neighbor died from a long illness, she wasn't aware of it and lived happy, she suddenly died, she loved animals and would have enjoyed the chick and duck soooo much, I hope that she's up there looking after them for me right now.
R.I.P The Chick & The Duck
video of his last good moment's i will remember on this wonderful planet:
of the hatch)
please respond i NEED your views, I'm so lonely.
I feel morally responsible, everything was going so well, the duck has gotten out of his shell and only the bottom was left, he had been pecking away for 17 hours in total, I was there all of them, I though he made it, I just left him and though he was safe, I then fell asleep at the computer (on BYC), and woke up two hours later panicking, he was just laying there motionless in the bottom part of the shell, he probably tried to get out but just didn't have the energy left, I feel so gutted and very guilty, i have this sick feeling in my stomach when ever i think about him and how different it could have been if i had just stayed with him. I should have known that he would be tired.
Sending out a word of warning, if your chick/duck is at this stage, just to be safe give him a hand, especially if you only have a small hatch (like me, only 2 out of 12), every one counts, I think this would give a better chance of surviving for the crucial first few hours of his life with that little more energy. I was also worried that if i helped him he would bleed to death but this wasn't the case, the yolk was attached but dried out. so only do it if your chicks been hatching for at least 12 hours or more.
The chick was the opposite, he pipped later than the duck but was soon loosing energy and wasn't ready, my father said that we should help him out, that was a hard decision, he was breathing very slowly at uneven rates, but I had a feeling that the yolk or blood hadn't been sucked into him. We tried any way because he would have certainly dies within the next hours, he wad peeping but no sound was coming from his bill, thats how much energy he didn't have.
We peeled a small par of the shell but not the shell membrane, and left him with a damp cloth over the membrane, unfortunately i returned after and he had passed away peacefully in his sleep in the warmth of the incubator (about 5 hours after the duck).
after all those hours bonding with the duck i feel so helpless and sorry for him, instead of chucking him in the bin i cremated him and scattered his ashes in the pond, writing this now has turned me into tears.
On a positive note, I enjoyed every second with 'Duck' and will never forget the experience my first ever hatch has brought me even if ti was just for a couple hours, I still remember his first breath, his first peep and the first time he looked at me in the eye, (tears down my face like a waterfall now).
A few months ago my 8 year old neighbor died from a long illness, she wasn't aware of it and lived happy, she suddenly died, she loved animals and would have enjoyed the chick and duck soooo much, I hope that she's up there looking after them for me right now.
R.I.P The Chick & The Duck
video of his last good moment's i will remember on this wonderful planet:
