Too precious of a story. If the story counts in the judging, the rest of us just lost.
They are both very beautiful!!!I don’t know about all that but it is why she is special to me. There are a lot of precious ducks in this contest.
But thank you.
Entry #1
Name: Xena
Age: 11 Weeks old
Breed: Rouen
Gender: Female
I am a new duck momma (this is the first time ever owning/raising ducks). I call Xena my miracle duckie. When she was 5-6 weeks old she started having seizures. It progressed so bad where she was having them once an hr. Nothing seemed to help. She wasn't eating. Wouldn't drink. She'd lost around 50% of her body weight within 3 days. She was 2.9lbs when I first took her to the vet and 3 days later she was only 1.6lbs. By this time she had had well over 60 seizures (I stopped keeping track so I don't know how many over that number). The vet suggested that I may seriously think about euthanizing her. I was crushed. I literally was looking up a place to take her and where I could get a toxicology report to find out the "why". While I was trying to come to terms with a hard decision it got late enough where I couldn't do it that day. I told myself I would do it that next afternoon. But Xena, my little warrior, is a fighter. She started drinking that evening. I even got her to eat a little. She went the longest time without a seizure throughout the night than she had since this started. She wasn't giving up so I couldn't give up on her. Fast forward to today and I am so thrilled to say that she has made a complete recovery, has grown like a weed and is THRIVING. That is why she is named Xena, my little warrior duckie.
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They have a pool, lol. They have a blue baby pool in my front yard and a really big pool in their run. For some reason they prefer the water bowl.
They have a pool, lol. They have a blue baby pool in my front yard and a really big pool in their run. For some reason they prefer the water bowl.
