Duckling mortality

[Anonymous]

We have kept ducks as pets for some years but we lost our favourite duck to a fox a month or so ago and decided we would try to incubate the last egg which she laid. We had never done this before although we did have a small incubator available.

All went well - the egg hatched on 28th June and we had a really big healthy duckling which was eating well.

However, yesterday when checking the duckling we found it on it's back with it's legs thrashing around. It seemed to be having a convulsion. When it stopped moving I tried heart massage and blowing gently down its mouth but it died.

Does anyone have any idea what would have caused this.

 

[Anonymous]

Hmmn interesting, can't point you in any directions as to what that may have been. When a duckling dies on me i just beleive it just wasn't meant to be, but to have a healthy duckling feeding well etc its probably quite frustrating for you, sorry for your loss! I hope somebody on this board can point you in a direction as to what could of happend!