Daily Archives: February 29, 2016

Gertrude's problems with her prolapsed oviduct continue. We had her in "lock-up", the darkened duck house, separated from the other ducks, for three days. She continued looking good, so I let her out to join her friends. After two days, the prolapse re-appeared, but not as bad. I ignored it for a couple of days, then put her back in the duck house, but not in the dark, just to keep her quiet and separate. I hoped that it would heal itself, but she kept laying eggs, and I think this aggravated ...

A couple of times, I've found a dead mouse in the ducks' paddock, and it looked a bit chewed. The other day it was pretty fresh, and I know that KK (the cat) hadn't been in there. It had to have been the ducks. I've googled it, and sure enough, ducks do catch (and eat!) mice. I didn't know we were getting more mousers when we got the ducks. By the way, KK and the ducks get along quite well. I have no worries about leaving them out together. I think the ducks are too big and scary for KK to me ...