Will my duck get SICK?!

[HollowOfWisps]

My ducks make friends with the rodents and eat the garter snakes. I don't approve.

I should have got chickens instead.

I just went outside to try out paint samples in the barn and my Barred Rock ran by with a mouse dangling. Definitely try chickens next time

 

[Quarterhorses1]

My birds swallow mice, frogs, fish, bugs, whatever they can find

 

[Luv Ducks]

sounds like the shrews put off a musky scent that keeps predators from actually eating them so hopefully, our poultry won't eat any.
https://www.pgc.pa.gov/Education/WildlifeNotesIndex/Pages/Shrews-Wildlife-Note.aspx

Thanks so much for that article. We have the short tailed ones and I have seen them in my duck pen before. I have put traps out and caught many of them but they multiply like crazy. It is good to know that their smell may keep the ducks from wanting to eat them. Also my neighbors cat has been visiting our backyard and I have not seen as many this year as usual. Thanks again Miss Lydia for your time and the article. The shrews do smell for sure so hopefully the ducks think so too.

 

[Luv Ducks]

I'd say they may be better than snakes at ridding us of vermin. This is the 2nd time This hen has caught a mouse that I've seen anyway.

We have shrews where we live here in Ohio. I have been concerned since they are deemed poisonous that they would hurt my ducks if they ate one. Do you know if they are poisonous to ducks?

 

[Zoologist]

Your duck will be perfectly fine it shouldn’t cause any issues If toads eat them without any issue your duck will do just fine, probably a tasty snack for her haha I’ve been bitten by one of those before and it hurts but it can only kill bugs plus I’ve seen ducks and chickens eat worse

 

[Miss Lydia]

One of my Muscovy females ate a small copper head when she was around 1 yr old I was freaking out thinking she was going to die called vets and the nature center and no one could tell me anything. She is 14 yr old now so they have to be pretty tough to eat something so poisonous and not haven't any reaction.

 

[Luv Ducks]

One of my Muscovy females ate a small copper head when she was around 1 yr old I was freaking out thinking she was going to die called vets and the nature center and no one could tell me anything. She is 14 yr old now so they have to be pretty tough to eat something so poisonous and not haven't any reaction.

Wow, that is really something. Thanks for letting me know that their stomachs must be tough! I am still trying to figure out my mixed ducklings. One will stand guard while the other two do whatever so I am hoping I have one boy and two gals. I can't even go by the shape of the tails as they all seem to be pointed and the legs are all the same size. Time will tell I know but it is so hard not to be impatient! LOL

 

[Emlpz_]

This morning I was lifting up rocks to hunt worms for the ducks one of the girls were right next to me and as I lifted up the rocks she would eat what was underneath,yes we found lots of worms but there was also a large red centipede and I’m scared that she will get sick because she ate it like it was nothing it was quite large probably around 3 inches long. I’ve read they can be venomous but wouldn’t venom only be enough to kill insects that they eat and not a whole duck?! Someone please tell me she will be all right or A home remedy to help her if she gets sick she seems fine but keeps lightly closing her eyes I’m not sure if she is happily closing her eyes or in pain closing her eyes

This is what the centipede looked like(not the exact one just online!

 

[Miss Lydia]

sounds like the shrews put off a musky scent that keeps predators from actually eating them so hopefully, our poultry won't eat any.
https://www.pgc.pa.gov/Education/WildlifeNotesIndex/Pages/Shrews-Wildlife-Note.aspx