Trick or Treat Time
Well there was a lot of noise and fanfare as we had the costume march around the lake Sunday. A nice turnout and only a few gremlins to be seen! Firetrucks, happy police and lots of little folks all dressed up. A regular parade about the pond. That ended the evening on a great note.
Then, sadly, this morning we found a killed muscovy and our near pet Pekin named Daisy is in pretty bad shape. Feathers everywhere, so it could have been a dog or car I suppose. Neither was found in the street, so it likely wasn't a car and little white feathers were all over the bank. We grabbed up Daisy and have her in our little duck hospital and are hoping for the best. She's alert and can drink, but seems unable to move. Off to the feed store we go to try and help our pretty quacking friend.
The joys and sadness of the lake, losing the animals is hard on us.
As an update 11/1 - this morning we bathed Daisy with the garden hose and have tried pedialite, bread and corn since she was attacked. She seems to drink but not eat. We pet her, told her how lovely she is and tried to make her comfortable. She actually was up on one leg a bit this morning so we got hopeful. Our plan was to take her to the vet tonight as we feared a spinal injury or red tide type bacterial infection. Our eyes are now full of tears as Daisy died sometime early this afternoon. We will miss her terribly as she was one of the sweetest creatures we had ever seen around the lake. Daisy filled in for the mother mallard when she was attacked. I don't really have any proof, but I'm pretty sure it's loose dogs or people encouraging their dogs to attack the birds. That both my wife and I have witnessed. When Daisy was dropped off with her mate, her mate was gone the very next morning. We are so sad about Daisy. We know we aren't responsible for these animals health, but we can't help but care for the lovely creatures living in a lake surrounded by so many dangerous, ugly things.
Then, sadly, this morning we found a killed muscovy and our near pet Pekin named Daisy is in pretty bad shape. Feathers everywhere, so it could have been a dog or car I suppose. Neither was found in the street, so it likely wasn't a car and little white feathers were all over the bank. We grabbed up Daisy and have her in our little duck hospital and are hoping for the best. She's alert and can drink, but seems unable to move. Off to the feed store we go to try and help our pretty quacking friend.
The joys and sadness of the lake, losing the animals is hard on us.
As an update 11/1 - this morning we bathed Daisy with the garden hose and have tried pedialite, bread and corn since she was attacked. She seems to drink but not eat. We pet her, told her how lovely she is and tried to make her comfortable. She actually was up on one leg a bit this morning so we got hopeful. Our plan was to take her to the vet tonight as we feared a spinal injury or red tide type bacterial infection. Our eyes are now full of tears as Daisy died sometime early this afternoon. We will miss her terribly as she was one of the sweetest creatures we had ever seen around the lake. Daisy filled in for the mother mallard when she was attacked. I don't really have any proof, but I'm pretty sure it's loose dogs or people encouraging their dogs to attack the birds. That both my wife and I have witnessed. When Daisy was dropped off with her mate, her mate was gone the very next morning. We are so sad about Daisy. We know we aren't responsible for these animals health, but we can't help but care for the lovely creatures living in a lake surrounded by so many dangerous, ugly things.
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