Rescued Duckling... newbie

[Raenh]

OMG, i think speedy is starting to nest!!! She noticed i finished fixing the old rabbits cage up for her about a week ago, and i had put hay in it for her too. Ive kept it shut so nothing would get in and nest in there too. She went in tonight and started rooting around, i added more hay and closed it up behind her. Fancy is pacing and all that... i have two attach to wire bowls im about to putbin with her.

 

[casportpony]

These are Muscovies?

 

[Ravynscroft]

They do look like they could be cecal poops, but cecal poops are usually only done 2-3 times a day, so if they are eating crumbles and all of their poop looks like that then there might be something going on.

This is why you're the poop expert!

 

[Raenh]

Theyre eating crumbles, cardboard, latex paint, great stuff foam, i had them try fresh cranberries last night - they weren't impressed, um meal worms, occassional oats and cracked corn, liams salmon dogfood, cats food, plastic bags - tries too, but i usually catch them, cotton stuffing that they've tried to pull out of couch - fixed that with gorilla tape, carpet padding - i just caught that last night they found a hole that one of my couch legs made in carpet and started digging. The new poops just started happening after i gave them the epsom flush - made with epsom, water, and vitamin with electrolytes in it. No blueberries lately. Oh and occassionally their own poo cause they try to play capture the rag when im cleaning up the food tray and 'hammock'.

 

[casportpony]

If all of their poop looks like that I think there could be a problem.

 

[casportpony]

The new poops just started happening after i gave them the epsom flush - made with epsom, water, and vitamin with electrolytes in it.

Why did you give them a flush?

 

[Raenh]

Not all their poo.looks like that, just one every so often - it wasn't often enough to freak me out, just to watch and check. Yes, they're muscovys. Fancy was just looking for her when he was pacing, once he saw she was in the cage/house, he was fine and perched on the cat tree.
This is a recent fancy poo.

Speedy ate latex paint and fancy likes the great stuff foam. I only gave them one dose though.

 

[Raenh]

If it's cecal then I'll just start calling him mr. Smelly instead of sir poops a lot... speedys nickname is poop slinger . Him and me though gonna go around if he doesn't quit trying to sneak bites of the great stuff when he thinks im not watching. He knows what drop it means and so does speedy, cause when they don't i chase them around until i catch them and pull it out. Had to do that with fancy cause he grabbed a piece of plastic and was running and chewing cause he knew i was gonna take it.

 

[Miss Lydia]

How come all this stuff is available to them to eat? Didn't you say one time you were going to make one of your bedrooms their area? Maybe you should do that and keep all these things they are getting into out of there so they won't eat things they shouldn't.

 

[Miss Lydia]

OMG, i think speedy is starting to nest!!! She noticed i finished fixing the old rabbits cage up for her about a week ago, and i had put hay in it for her too. Ive kept it shut so nothing would get in and nest in there too. She went in tonight and started rooting around, i added more hay and closed it up behind her. Fancy is pacing and all that... i have two attach to wire bowls im about to putbin with her.

She maybe getting ready to lay but she won't nest right off? and do you want ducklings?Have they mated yet? How old is speedy now?