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18 years agoJXBrown (Sunset 24, N San Diego County)
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I rescued a duck and not sure what to do next.
Comments (3)Hi RoxtheFox. I think you're doing great with little whistle. Don't let the others get you down! I gernerally trust feed store owners for advice more than vets. Vets don't like it that the feed stores carry almost as many medications as the vets do, so I think the see them as a nasty little competitor. I alwas take my questions to my local feed store. Just doesn't sound like yours has a very good cage side manner! But I like the diet he gave you much better than the idiot vet. LOL one thing you might get him is a small kiddy wading pool. Ducks love to swim! But ducks are perfectly happy outside, and can stand quite cold temperatures. So unless you live at the nort or south pole, a good outing every day will make him a very happy duck! Now you have to remember that ducks bond very easily with ANYTHING. If you can't be with him 24/7 I would definitely get him a playmate or two. Maybe one of the opposite gender, and then raise a family of them if you have the space. As for the kind he is, I don't know. His colors will become more vibrant if he is a HE, and stay drabber if he is a she. Also, female ducks are the ones that really make a good quacking sound. Males (adult) sound like the can barely get out a whisper, and always sound as if they have a frog in their throats. Also when they are filly grown, a male will have a curly feather on top of his tail where the tail joins on to the butt. As for the dogs, dogs love to play and chew things. They may or may not intentionally try to hurt him, but may get too rough in play and hurt him accidently. Id make sure he has a safe place to be when you're not there to keep a watchful eye on them. Mostly, please remember that emotional bond is ver strong between a duck and his MOMM, or between mates. I had a pair once, and the female unexpectedly died. The male wouldn't eat, drink, sleep or anything. Within a week he grieved himself to death. There are many birds that are like this I say you're wonderful for rescuing him, and it sounds like you're doing a GREAT job of caring for him. Just give him a lot of love, and you'll have a great little friend. And the dogs can learn that he's part of the family and may actually protect him. But keep a close eye on that at first. Good Luck!...See More'Rescued' dendro, now what?
Comments (6)It may not be as rootbound as you think. Take it out of the pot and clean off all the dead roots and any medium. You might also have two keikis. Once you have it down to live root only get a pot that the roots just fit into. If there are some long strands, cut them so they don't wind around the bottom of the pot. An extra pair of hands will be helpful at this point. Get a bamboo stake and put it all the way to the bottom, then position the plant so the canes are in the center and in its final position. The other hands can add bark and work it down around the roots. Once the bark is firm enough to pick up the pot without coming loose, then you are done and tie one of the canes to the stake. If you have two keikis and decide to separate it into two plants, do exactly the same twice. You may find that you need a very small pot. If it is tippy, set the plastic pot inside a larger clay pot for stability....See MoreNYC Betta Rescue
Comments (2)I'm impressed by your caring for that fish. I'd love to give it a home but lodgistics prevent it. Good luck with the adopotion!...See MoreGrasshopper rescue society
Comments (42)Raid wasp killer works great. But then you have to track their horrible, convulsing, dying selves in order to prevent anything else (in my neighborhood: birds, dumb housepets, opossums, etc) from eating them. So I wait until they land on something non-edible then blast 'em with wasp killer. After they twitch their way onto a flat surface (and be warned- it is pretty gruesome) I use an empty nursery pot to cover and contain them. Because they are so big, I usually put a brick on top of the pot. After a few hours (or even better overnight) I dispose of them. I never garden in the early morning, so when I see them, they're super fast and never easily squashed. Even if I were able to catch them, I don't think I could tear their head off. Ugh. But the bottom line is they are widespread in my neighborhood, horrifyingly HUGE, prolific egg layers and each and every one of them is more than capable of eating the indiscriminate crap out of anything in any of my gardens. I don't like killing things, and I don't like poison, but I really hate those creepy-ass, destructive grasshoppers....See MoreFreesia577
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