why are my ducks doing this??

[kkattt]

They are keeping their bills open?? Are they too hot??

 

[tbitt]

We have been under a heat advisory the past few days.... My ducks have been doing the same thing.

I think it is like panting in a dog, the hotter they are the more the pant.

 

[kkattt]

That is what I was thinking!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Mine do it too.

 

[Amiga]

Yup - panting. Can you give them some cool water to sit in?

 

[kkattt]

Going to clean their pool out now!

 

[StevenW.]

My ducks like it when I get the hose and put an attachment on it that makes the water into a mist.

 

[Speceider]

It's known as gular flutter. Similar to, but not the same as panting. Done to disipate heat.

Clint

 

[easttxchick]

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Yep, do this several times a day and along with their pool(and a shady place to lay in the dirt) and they'll do OK.