Should I bring my ducks on vacation?

[SuperDuck]

Yes. We got Chuck and Buck at right around 24 hours old from Metzer, knowing they would be raised indoors as pets and that my then 11 year old son would be “daddy”. He was in charge of all of their needs and they imprinted onto him as they were his boys. They were family members from day one and they live a very adventurous life but that’s what they are used to and that’s all they know.

 

[CeceliaD]

If they eat any snails in the lake they could get flukes? Does anyone ever get swimmer's itch from this lake?

I don’t know and I’m also not sure how to find that out. Good point though, thank you.

 

[CeceliaD]

If we leave the house for more than a day, our two boys go. What am I talking about? If we go to Tractor Supply or Petco, they get to go. But they have no clue they are ducks.

They love to go bye bye. They’ve traveled quite a bit with us. They have gone into a big lake once (they aren’t a fan of murky waters) but they were always with my son who is a very experienced, open water marathon swimmer. They stayed right with him in the water. We always bring their portable dog pen on camping trips but they never end up using it except at night time when we go to sleep in the RV. We hang out at the campsite and bring their little pool to play in. They love to take naps in the lounge chairs And love sitting by the campfire at night. We do not leave them outside alone for various reasons. They behave better than the kids almost always.

We’ve gone Boondock camping with them and we’ve also gone to multiple campgrounds and even a water park camp resort with them. They love it. They love the car rides there and get so excited to stop and explore. We take rest stops to stretch our legs and give them water and let them flap a bit.

The only hard part of our outings is getting all the feathers out of the car or RV after the trip.

That’s awesome! Thank you for this. So they never got sick or anything like that? I might end up bringing them now...

 

[CeceliaD]

Not a bad idea. It's a very bad idea on too many levels.

Do you have anything to add that would be useful for me?

 

[SuperDuck]

That’s awesome! Thank you for this. So they never got sick or anything like that? I might end up bringing them now...

They’ve never gotten sick. I’m not saying it’s not possible but they haven’t gotten sick. They also swim in my in ground pool, too. I know some people freak about the chlorine but it doesn’t bother my boys. they just love swimming and diving with “Daddy.”