Will he survive?

[CLovesDucks]

he is wild. we rescued him 3 weeks ago (all of his siblings died because of a predator) another mallard with one duckling keeps coming to his cage and got in at one point and stayed with him for a while. obviously not his mom since they other duckling is smaller and looks younger. could i release him to her?

If she is coming to his cage, she may think he’s hers. Try it! If she takes him, that’s fantastic and the best scenario for him.

 

[sourland]

he is wild. we rescued him 3 weeks ago (all of his siblings died because of a predator) another mallard with one duckling keeps coming to his cage and got in at one point and stayed with him for a while. obviously not his mom since they other duckling is smaller and looks younger. could i release him to her?

That might work, and would be an excellent solution.

 

[Duck mommy 2019]

the only problem is he doesn’t seem to like other ducklings (he was fine with the mom duck) and when we had another mallard duckling in for the night (to recover from a fishing line on his foot) we introduced them and even tho he was youngerand smaller he tried to attack the other baby

 

[ValerieJ]

he is wild. we rescued him 3 weeks ago (all of his siblings died because of a predator) another mallard with one duckling keeps coming to his cage and got in at one point and stayed with him for a while. obviously not his mom since they other duckling is smaller and looks younger. could i release him to her?

I'm a novice at rescuing wild animals, but it sounds to me like that momma mallard wants to take him under her wing. Will he follow her out? And if he does, why not let him? She will teach him what he needs to know, I hope. Keep in mind, I'm just suggesting. Have not rescued anything wild before.

 

[ValerieJ]

I wish I still had connections to the fabulous ladies who saved critters at the Humane Society, but that was years ago and that particular building burned down since. Very sad story that I wont tell here.

 

[Duck mommy 2019]

i’ll try to get him to go with her once he’s a bit bigger (in the next week or so) but for now if you want to see pics please message me!

 

[ValerieJ]

Can you post a picture in this thread? I sure hope it works out for him with the momma mallard.

 

[Duck mommy 2019]

Can you post a picture in this thread? I sure hope it works out for him with the momma mallard.

for some reason i can’t post pictures on the thread i’m trying to get it to work but it’s not working anymore!

 

[casportpony]

for some reason i can’t post pictures on the thread i’m trying to get it to work but it’s not working anymore!

This might help:

 

[ValerieJ]

I have a question. If the momma duck wants the baby duck, and the baby duck follows her, why wait a week? Wouldn't younger be better? Are they the same kind of duck? Is this perhaps the momma of this baby? Is that a possibility?