Safe and Protected. Ducks clean themselves a lot but they poop a lot and it is uncontrollable for them. This is one of the most challenging parts of trying to keep them inside the house. They cannot help it but when it comes it drops.
Ducks quack a lot, they are very talkative and noisy. Ducks are natural water birds. So that inside they are restricted from their natural habitat. It is always best that they have some sort of access to water.
A pond, small swimming pool, they love water. Keeping Ducks totally indoors is very difficult. It is best for them if they have some backyard access. They love Grass, they love the freedom to get exercise. If your backyard is fenced, that makes an excellent play area for them. Yes, since Ducks are not able to control their pooping. It just happens whenever and wherever they are at. If they are in the water, it drops. That is one of the most challenging things if you are trying to keep them indoors.
If you have them outside its no problem, like chickens and other poultry makes good fertilizer. Little hatchlings can poop as often as every 15 minutes while they are tiny, their little systems are short and moving fast. If you tell someone you are housetraining the duck people may laugh at you, but it is beneficial due to many reasons such as:. You can housetrain your duck, but a lot of dedication is needed to potty train your ducks.
If you can get your duck to do business in a specific location, then you will have a cleaner garden. Pet training no matter which animal is very frustrating and time-consuming due to many failures and setbacks. According to a behavioral scientist, there are many ways to evoke impossible action from any animal, even one as apparently unteachable as a duck. That means you can train your duck in a certain way, especially their toilet behavior.
The first step you can take is to make a list of duck behaviors and the reason behind each behavior. If you have more than one duck, you have to make a separate list for each behavior. Hunger is used as motivation to change behavior for food rewards. This method is beneficial, but the health of the duck is also essential, so do it gradually.
Now choose the behavior that will take the duck to the specific area where you want it to do business. Ducklings baby ducks can poop every minutes. Adults several times an hour. My recommendation is that you either tolerate your duck pooping and abandon any idea of potty training it or keep it outside.
Most duck or geese owners that put their birds in diapers suggest changing them out every hours. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Skip to content Menu. Anyway I have one that is very attached to me an honestly i have never had ducks indoors there parents were from another owner, are tame but not as tame as they should be but so far they do make great pets.
They are not dogs, cats or hamsters.. The one that i have is a female and I taught here since she was a baby to sleep on my hand and hold her and she actually always does that when I hold her Right now i am trying to see if i can teach her some tricks if possible Maybe there is a way to do it. Thanks for the help Nettie and lets keep in touch with our indoor ducks! I hope to continue talking of pet ducks in this thread as many people learn the facets on keeping them indoors, and other peoples experience like Nettie's.
Feb 27, 5 You might also try searching yahoo groups for pet ducks. I can't remember exactly the name of the group, but when I first got ducks Ij oined a yahoo group about ducks and geese.
The people on the list had ducks and geeseas pets as opposed for food or eggs and many people on that list had them inside. I didn't let my ducks inside already have 4 dogs--husband would kill me , but did learn a lot from the group, and always think "maybe someday. Sep 17, 1 0 6. I disagree with some of netties statements tho parts are true.
They can not be potty trained, there is no control but our duck howard came when he was called, we never did the treats learned when we said no he kept going to the neighbor's home so we would say no come here, he would come back He would come running if i was blow drying my hair to have me blow dry his feathers.
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