Sickly duck at local produce store...

[SampyArctica]

Speaking of water therapy...

 

[heartsizedfarm]

Oh he has little Sesame Street water ducky toys! Kill me now!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Speaking of water therapy...

That's 1 happy duck

 

[Baymule]

I just finished reading this thread. What a lucky duck! He is so healthy and beautiful. How wonderful the way everybody helped you and encouraged you. BYC is a great place. Maybe when you take Whistles to the avian vet, the vet can confirm that Whistles is a drake or a duck. Best of everything to you!

 

[Finny]

Speaking of water therapy...

I love the last picture! It looks like he/she is smiling!

 

[SampyArctica]

^ Haha, that's his spinach face! I had actually been holding up a piece of spinach behind the camera (which, of course, he received straight after it was taken). But doesn't he have a gorgeous 'smile'?

At first we had to physically lift him and put him in his pool, since he didn't really know what to do with the water, but now he takes himself in and out of it all day.

He's not the most graceful getting out though, he's actually really clumsy, so my partner built him a little ramp to walk up and down so he doesn't hurt himself jumping out.

I just finished reading this thread. What a lucky duck! He is so healthy and beautiful. How wonderful the way everybody helped you and encouraged you. BYC is a great place. Maybe when you take Whistles to the avian vet, the vet can confirm that Whistles is a drake or a duck. Best of everything to you!

Oh, he's definitely a drake! I've mentioned in this thread before, but he hisses at our cat whenever she walks past, haha. We had been hoping he was a duck at first, before we'd heard him hissing, just for the eggs and the complication of separating him from the chickens when his hormones kick in and needing to get a few other ducks for 'girlfriends' but it wasn't a huge disappointment when he did start hissing. The most important thing is that we got him out of there and he's settling happily into our little family.

He still has his baby voice though, he only hisses occasionally.

 

[Miss Lydia]

^ Haha, that's his spinach face! I had actually been holding up a piece of spinach behind the camera (which, of course, he received straight after it was taken). But doesn't he have a gorgeous 'smile'?

At first we had to physically lift him and put him in his pool, since he didn't really know what to do with the water, but now he takes himself in and out of it all day.

He's not the most graceful getting out though, he's actually really clumsy, so my partner built him a little ramp to walk up and down so he doesn't hurt himself jumping out.


Oh, he's definitely a drake! I've mentioned in this thread before, but he hisses at our cat whenever she walks past, haha. We had been hoping he was a duck at first, before we'd heard him hissing, just for the eggs and the complication of separating him from the chickens when his hormones kick in and needing to get a few other ducks for 'girlfriends' but it wasn't a huge disappointment when he did start hissing. The most important thing is that we got him out of there and he's settling happily into our little family.

He still has his baby voice though, he only hisses occasionally.

Sampy I'd stick with Romaine, I understand spinach is not good for them I forget why at the moment though.

 

[Amiga]

Sampy I'd stick with Romaine, I understand spinach is not good for them I forget why at the moment though.

Spinach has something in it - oxalic acid, I think - that slows uptake of calcium. I think a little spinach is okay, just don't want loads and loads of it. And if Whistles is a boy, may not matter much except for bone development.

 

[SampyArctica]

^ Yeah, it's actually the same for humans - who would have thought?! We're not supposed to eat too much of it for the exact same reason. I had to do research into this a while back because I had been doing a juice fast and was still recovering from a broken leg (lasted two weeks before I just had to eat food again...

). He doesn't get it very much and only in small quantities, but absolutely loves it when he does!

 

[SampyArctica]

Vet found something growing in his air sacs, he's performing a minor surgery to enter the air sacs in order to find out if it's fungal or bacterial. Whistles is spending the night in the animal hospital for a morning procedure and hopefully I'll know more by lunch time tomorrow.