When we recieved our baby ducks in the mail they had little wire spiral ID rings to tell which were female and which were male. Since they were spiral, I assumed they must stretch as the ducks grow and come off on their own. But I've been keeping an eye on them and have found that they do NOT "grow" off but the leg grows around the band. (Ducks grow very fast) Oh dear, I am getting queasy....
I notified the company for some instructions and they said I should have taken them off within the first seven days of recieving them! Hello! Where was I supposed to find that out? I searched their site more than once for info relating to this...
Anyway, my husband got some wire cutters and plyers and my job was to hold the duck. Only I couldn't. Oh, I can hold a duck! But not for this procedure. See the queasiness factor took over. I warned him that the world was spinning and I was going to throw up. He gave me a pathetic look and told me to hold the duck.
IN the end, my daughter held the duck while I layed head first in the grass trying not to pass out.
Lessons learned: Get the dang rings off as soon as they come home! Two, companies need to be explicit with instructions for new animals. I'n not new to ducks but I am to leg bands. I hate to think what would have happened if we left it any longer...
A rather pale duck owner
2 comments:
The way you tell the story is a bit funny even though I know it is not. Knowing you and your queasiness towards belly buttons, I can easily imagine the scene. Your fight with Jonathan is like mine with Aaron when trying to get a tick off the cat. I can not do it and he looses patience with me when I squirm more than the cat during the process.
Which reminds me of your queasiness towards scabs! LOL I'm glad you got it taken care of before if hurt them. Company's should be better with instructions
Oh don't remind me of Cody's "tick"! LOL
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