little ducks

[BX2]

My wifes cats brought a little duck in the yard. we rescued him and he seems ok. made it through the night anyway. Havent seen any ducks around so we took it to the waste pond and turned it loose. There were other baby ducks about his size there, so we were hoping hed get in line with the others. We think it was a wood duck but not sure at that age. day or two. Later that day they had another one.we rescued too. Will ducks adopt other little ones if they mix in with their own? Is there something better we should do? Wife wont let me shoot the cats.

 

[KDM]

HIRE the cats shot.

 

[FishReaper]

Did you get a cat from Eastwood??? Maybe he succeeded and is now breeding hunting kitties
http://www.fishingbuddy.com/cat_hunting_2

 

[Enslow]

There are so many ducks nesting right now it is amazing. The cat bringing in a wood duck would suck.

 

[Bed Wetter]

Took the kids to the park this weekend and saw two hens each with a brood of 8 ducks. Sure hope the rest of the pairs out there were as successful.

 

[NodakBuckeye]

Aside from a weasel is there anything worse at just killing stuff for fun; than a cat? Prairie dog shooters, etc... excluded!

 

[Brian Renville]

Aside from a weasel is there anything worse at just killing stuff for fun; than a cat? Prairie dog shooters, etc... excluded!

Not even close, domesticated and feral cats are the most destructive critter out there when it comes to native wildlife.

 

[Rizzo]

According to Google they will not adopt other ducklings and may harm or kill them. As for prairie lions, they need to be shot on site for reasons mentioned above.

 

[westwolfone]

Just from what I've seen over the years, I believe they do take care of ducklings other than their own.
Maybe they can't even tell them apart from their own?

If you watch them it happens all the time.

 

[BX2]

I thought they took care of others as well. I don't know how theyed keep them apart sometimes. I once saw a duck with 21 little one following it. I cant believe they were all hers.