Rescue Duck. Please don’t chastise me.

[Raenh]

I did think about it but I’m a little worried that I will get a mouth full from someone who doesn’t understand. It takes explaining that this duck is in danger and he’s a pet, not a wild animal. I don’t want to ask anyone to do anything they feel uncomfortable doing, or have an embarrassing confrontation because someone thinks I’m some sort of nut job chasing around wild ducks. Just having an audience makes me feel uncomfortable and I worry about someone calling the police on me!

I completely understand why you'd feel that way... that's how everyone was treating me when I was trying to rescue the ducklings from the storm drain in May... I was in tears, and the only help I got was from everyone on the forums, plus @Texag87 and his wife drove an hour and a half to come help me.
There is a Peking that lives at the holding pond with his muscovy mate by my moms work... hes been there for years, but he's in town and theres this guy that comes once or twice a week with two huge bags of cracked corn to feed them... the muscovy flock rotates, sometimes it's the wild black ones, or one of the two black/white flocks... but they all accept him and his mate has never left when the others do.

 

[HeatherMo]

I can understand that hopefully soon less people will be around and you can nab him.

I should go when the weather is horrible, cold and raining

I completely understand why you'd feel that way... that's how everyone was treating me when I was trying to rescue the ducklings from the storm drain in May... I was in tears, and the only help I got was from everyone on the forums, plus @Texag87 and his wife drove an hour and a half to come help me.
There is a Peking that lives at the holding pond with his muscovy mate by my moms work... hes been there for years, but he's in town and theres this guy that comes once or twice a week with two huge bags of cracked corn to feed them... the muscovy flock rotates, sometimes it's the wild black ones, or one of the two black/white flocks... but they all accept him and his mate has never left when the others do.

What an incredible story of dedication. I always thought dogs were so emotionally intelligent and discounted many other species.
Ducks each have their own personalities and are more like us than I ever knew. They have their likes and dislikes, their favorite “people” and they grieve like the rest of us.

 

[aart]

I should go when the weather is horrible, cold and raining

Or maybe at night?

 

[Duck mommy 2019]

can u get some people to stop feeding him?

 

[HeatherMo]

can u get some people to stop feeding him?

No. There’s a big sign asking people not to feed them but every time I drive by there are young kids with a loaf of bread .

 

[my spoiled chickens]

Go for it!I pulled a dumped duck from a local pond many years ago. I guess they thought a domestic Pekin would be fine with a pond full of wild Mallard and Canada Goose friends.

They were wrong. She wasn't equipped for Maryland winters and her feet froze solid in the ice. We took her home with the whole block of ice we'd chipped out around her still attached to her poor, frozen feet. We thawed her out in a set-tub of cool water and kept her for a week, until she was walking normally again, then took her back to the pond.

When I checked on her, later that evening, her feet were so sensitive to the cold that she couldn't walk and was spraddled on the ice. I couldn't leave her like that, so she came home and spent the winter with my chickens, in a nice, dry pen with limited access to cold water. Come Spring, she joined a friend's flock and lived out her final few years in comfort.

On a safety note, if you need to separate your guest for a bit, a dog kennel would keep him quarantined for a bit. Try your local thrift shop. I just picked up a really large one (complete with a tray) from GoodWill for $8.00, this afternoon, so I know they're out there! And Good Luck!

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