Bumby!

[tulsa7035]

What a wonderful story! I had two pekins and a female mallard. One of the pekins was larger than the other two. He always looked out for them. They grew up together from babies and never ventured farther than two or three feet from each other. I gave them to someone who loves ducks and has a large pond to accomodate them. Thank you for the great story. That is an outstanding photo! ~ Janice

[Bumby's Mom]

Sorry it took me so long to reply, I didn't even know he was pet of the day! Bumby eats duck pellets and takes a bath (just water) everyday in the tub for two hours. This takes the pressure off of his feet and allows him to relax and float. Bumby likes tomatoes, green pepper, and spinach as treats. He lives in the house and has his own bedroom and his own ducky diaper bag full of toys. He is not potty trained, ducks can not be potty trained unfortunately, so we have rugs placed in the areas that he spends most of his time. The rugs get washed 2 or 3 times a week, and we clean up after him when he goes. Bumby will sometimes tolerate me holding him, but he would rather just lay in front of me. I am so excited he was pet of the day!! Thanks everyone for the nice comments. If anyone on here has pet ducks and are interested, there is a Yahoo! group called Pet Ducks R Us that is a group of people all with pet ducks inside and outside.
Angela and Bumby

[TamanduaGirl]

That's a great story that you were able to save him and give him a good life.

One of the ducks on the lake where we used to live would adopt all the stray ducklings that got lost. At one time she had 27 babies following her around of all different ages and sizes and even different species and breeds of ducks.