Sudden death...cause ?

[70%cocoa]

Have you tried thawed frozen peas? My ducks would walk over hot coals for that.

 

[zekii]

Have you tried thawed frozen peas? My ducks would walk over hot coals for that.

No, but I see now Peas listed as a treat that ducks find delectable, so we will definitely try those !!!
Thanks so much

 

[70%cocoa]

Sounds good If they have never seen them before, they might be a little suspicious at first, but my guess is that they will go crazy for them once they have a taste. Just toss a handful towards the ducks and let them investigate. Good luck!

 

[buggymuffin]

Our ducks love mealworms (as well as all insects.

) but those are a special treat we can get at the pet store. We buy the live ones, not the dried ones.

 

[buggymuffin]

Keep an eye on the remaining ducklings for any sign of illness. I live in New Hampshire and we just lost three 7 week old ducklings in a similar fashion (lethargy then death a few hours later). We had the last one autopsied and they were killed by a mosquito bourne parasite. Still waiting for test results to determine exact parasite. Our other ducklings seem fine so far, but we are being cautious.

 

[70%cocoa]

That is very interesting, Buggymuffin. Terribly sad about your ducks though Did your vet give a name to the disease that the mosquitoes passed on to them?

 

[zekii]

Our ducks love mealworms (as well as all insects.

) but those are a special treat we can get at the pet store. We buy the live ones, not the dried ones.

I raise mealworms, have had my culture going for almost 10 years now, so that is good to know
that this would be a good treat for ducks.

 

[buggymuffin]

We are still waiting on test results for the actual parasite. We should know by next week.

 

[zekii]

A person in keene that we gave 2 ducklings too just called today telling us he thinks he is about to lose one of
his, which he thinks is a drake...so this really has us a little on edge, wondering if there is some sort of health issues going on
with ducks in our area. So far our other 5 look fine 5 weeks old tomorrow...

 

[70%cocoa]

That's not good. I hope it's an unrelated incident..

Do you have a vet that you go to regularly? I'm wondering if it's worth contacting them just to see if they have heard of other deaths being recorded in the area.