scalped duckling :(

[getaclue]

Glad it's a girl, since I think that's what you wanted. I like the name!

 

[CayugaJana]

She looks so fantastic! You did a great job! If her skin stays tight you could always put the ointment on it and gently massage it outward from the middle of the head. It would encourage the skin to loosen up.

 

[cymbaline]

Glad it's a girl, since I think that's what you wanted. I like the name!

If the boys weren't likely to be so vicious to the girls I wouldn't mind them, but what they do to poor little Ruby's head... little Billie can keep her company while she's segregated from everyone else (like she is right now). Everybody else has their little cliques, and while the other mallard boys would love to keep Ruby company, that kind of defeats the purpose, lol.

 

[cymbaline]

She looks so fantastic! You did a great job! If her skin stays tight you could always put the ointment on it and gently massage it outward from the middle of the head. It would encourage the skin to loosen up.

I've been putting the neosporin on the new skin too, every time I doctor her head, in the hopes that would help. So far I don't see any change but maybe now that the big scab is gone it'll start to relax.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Congrats one the girl love the name. Maybe if you show your boss a pic of Billie Sue he'll be proud to have a duck named after him or better yet bring her to work lol

 

[cymbaline]

Congrats one the girl love the name. Maybe if you show your boss a pic of Billie Sue he'll be proud to have a duck named after him or better yet bring her to work lol

She's been coming to work with me this whole time! He's not there daily, so he's only met her a few times, but everyone else said they were really gonna miss having our little office duck around.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Aww how sweet. Well just keep bringing her.

 

[cymbaline]

Aww how sweet. Well just keep bringing her.

I want to; it's just getting a little old dragging this huge plastic tote back and forth. If I could get her to wear the duck diaper harness, however...

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Oh and by the way folks - it's a girl!

This isn't the best or most obvious girly-quack I've heard in the past day or two, but it's the only one I've been able to get on video, lol. She won't do it if I'm holding the phone up at her, and often only if I leave the room (so that's what I did, haha).
Meet Billie Sue - I've teasing my boss that since my little baby was bald I'd name it after him since he's bald as well (he doesn't find this as amusing as I do), and since the baby is not a "he" but a "she", I thought adding Sue helped distinguish gender and also honors her mommy, Ruby Sue.

Ya a a a!

 

[cymbaline]

Not much change the last 5 days or so... still just a hint of scab, no new feathers, and her eyelids are still drawn up.

But she is a lovely, (mostly) well-behaved little girl
She spent 20-30 minutes the other evening running around with the big ducks. She remembered her mommy, followed her around like her shadow, but I don't think Ruby knew she was her baby
Billie got nipped at a few times but no actual scuffles with anyone... this time.