What in Ducky Heck is this!?

[biophiliac]

Your set up looks perfect to me!

You can just move the cage over to a clean spot-very easy.

OG is lookin' good too!

 

[WVduckchick]

Excellent job! Looks safe and secure.
And glad you found the PDZ!

 

[CayugaJana]

Great job! They look so good!

 

[DuckyDoodles]

Thank you guys! The addition of the poultry waterer seemed to be a bust. I got it thinking it would be a steady supply of fresh water whereas the other metal pan is for her dunkin their heads into (they have access to tubs in their run but this is just in the porch). The waterer works for sipping but Patty is making an even bigger mess with the waterer than she is the open access metal tub. *sigh* but! Not to fret; I also got the duckling brooder kit yesterday and that waterer will work wonderfully for them. Little pebbles at the bottom and they’ll have super water
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OG is doing really well but it’s sorta sad AND funny; she’s not had nearly the vocal gripe fests (when we go into porch) since returning home. I wonder if she’s thinking “man, I griped, and they punished my boobs!”

 

[biophiliac]

It might cheer her up to find a goldfish in her water pan?

 

[DuckyDoodles]

It might cheer her up to find a goldfish in her water pan?

Oh my god I totally want to do that (think back in this thread a millennia ago I mentioned getting some little feeder fish lol) so goldfish are okay to feed them? I have an entire pond dedicated to goldfish/koi fish (whatever). But should I get them from a store you think? I will totally do that because I’m ridiculous about these ducks

 

[Kusanar]

Oh my god I totally want to do that (think back in this thread a millennia ago I mentioned getting some little feeder fish lol) so goldfish are okay to feed them? I have an entire pond dedicated to goldfish/koi fish (whatever). But should I get them from a store you think? I will totally do that because I’m ridiculous about these ducks

Goldfish are fine as treats. They aren't very nutritionally good, so they aren't a good diet for anything, but as a treat they are perfectly fine. Honestly, if you can catch some of the ones in your pond, it would be better to give her those than the ones in the store. The ones in the stores are over crowded and the dead ones stay in the tanks messing up the water, so they aren't usually very healthy and they have typically been medicated. Most likely, the ones in the store are fine, but the "wild" ones would be better. Sort of like buying organic is better than regularly raised veggies even though the normal ones are perfectly fine.

 

[biophiliac]

Oh my god I totally want to do that (think back in this thread a millennia ago I mentioned getting some little feeder fish lol) so goldfish are okay to feed them? I have an entire pond dedicated to goldfish/koi fish (whatever). But should I get them from a store you think? I will totally do that because I’m ridiculous about these ducks

Yes you are! That is what is so completely endearing about you.

Goldfish are fine as treats. They aren't very nutritionally good, so they aren't a good diet for anything, but as a treat they are perfectly fine. Honestly, if you can catch some of the ones in your pond, it would be better to give her those than the ones in the store. The ones in the stores are over crowded and the dead ones stay in the tanks messing up the water, so they aren't usually very healthy and they have typically been medicated. Most likely, the ones in the store are fine, but the "wild" ones would be better. Sort of like buying organic is better than regularly raised veggies even though the normal ones are perfectly fine.

Agree with Kusanar - pond fish are healthier.

 

[DuckyDoodles]

You’ve sold me! I’m gonna catch some fishies from my pond and give them to the little turd duckies LOL.

I, of course because I have no shame, will post pics. You know the “ooooh!” happy sounds they make when they’re happy? (Of course we’ve adopted it into our natural conversations in the house; when we get excited about something we start mimicking the sounds). I’ll have to record it on video. Might have to make me a YouTube account just so I can share the “ooooh’s” with people who appreciate the tonal difference and further appreciate the unending butt wiggles LOL

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Update on how things are going (these will continue until follow up appt)::

This duck is a contortionist LOL

I’d put a box in the terriers’ cage in an attempt to halve the space available to her. Just trying to make her cramped enough to not go flapping her wings but spacious enough that she can move around/stand. We found her squatting between the box and the top of the cage maybe 10 mins later. As if to say “you silly human, you thought an empty box was a worthy adversary to me!?” We e also found where she moved the box over 2 inches to the left and was kind of hanging out standing/thinking skinny thoughts between the box and the cage wall.

I managed to get the sweet PDZ and managed to get them for $1.89 cheaper per bag (coupon plus sale, woohoo!) so I bought all 5 bags they had. Bought some bags of sand.

My body hurts now. I’m not a farmhand in physique it seems.

Was unable to find a cage worthy of my project so I pulled out my ingenuity and made something out of some yet-constructed wire shelving and some of the poultry netting I’m using for other projects.

She’s doing well I think. I don’t see anything that looks infected or popped stitches. I know she is SOOO ready to be ‘normal’ again.

I’ve attached some pics (all taken yesterday) of her incision, her acrobatics, Patty’s diligent pacing of the perimeter of the compound and even throwing in one of Patty following us indoors because she wants to plead the case of us letting OG out of cage.

Let me know what y’all think of the medical center (LOL)

Everything looks wonderful!