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Before You Begin
We've had quite a few emails lately from people wanting to keep a duck as a house pet.
Please, PLEASE DO NOT keep a duck as a house pet. They are NOT suited to that kind of life and although it may make you happy to own one, understand that you are being cruel to the duck.
The second point, which applies to ALL potential duck owners: NEVER keep just one duck. This is also cruel. Ducks are highly social animals and this means they NEED other ducks to live with. Two is the absolute minimum, and 3 or more is better.
Please DO NOT get a duck, or any other animal for that matter, just to be 'different'. Think about the animal's needs, and how to give it the life IT needs, not the life YOU want it to have.
Ducks are wonderfully hardy, inexpensive, and easy to care for. They can live up to 20 years and make gentle and amusing pets. Ducks are social animals; they get along well with each other and seldom fight. While it is possible to keep just one duck, it is strongly recommended that you have at least one other for company, and three or four are best.
If handled frequently and gently from an early age, ducks will become quite sociable with people. Contrary to popular belief, ducks do NOT require a pond or other open water in which to swim. They do not have the odour of chickens, nor are they as subject to parasites, fleas or ticks.
Sexing ducklings is tricky, and so they are usually sold `unsexed'. When grown, the sexes may be distinguished by secondary characteristics. For example, in some breeds the males have a mainly green head, whereas the females do not. The rules for sexing by colour are dependent on the breed. Ducks can also be sexed by their voices from the time they are about 6 weeks old. The females will begin to quack while the males' voices sound hoarse, like they have laryngitis.
Care of Ducklings
Ducklings must be kept warm and dry for the first three to four weeks. Put a box or cage in a warm place (about 80-85oF, or 30oC), or supply heat with a light bulb. They must be allowed to move into or out of the heat as they choose, so place the lamp in a corner of the cage instead of in the centre. DO NOT leave them with water they can climb into when unsupervised - they can become chilled and could possibly drown.
At about 4 or 5 weeks when the ducklings' breasts are covered with feathers, they can be put safely outdoors if it is not too cold. Try to get them used to the outdoors slowly by placing their box or cage outside for longer periods each day. If the weather is nice they can be outside even when very young.
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