Mottled Duck Tales-Day 15 update Safehaven

 

Day 1 of injury 4/27/2026

Missy, injured female Mottled Duck,flopped down  April 27, 2026, they had been in and out of pool and front yard for a couple of weeks, I thought she might die and/or lose her leg. 

Missy, Day 12 of my caregiver duties, May 7th. 

Missy has recovered all her feathers and though her leg will never function, on day 9 she took 2 steps, using the injured leg like a peg leg on a person. Day 10  she walked 2 feet, Day 12 she walked 3 feet, just like Chester, in Gunsmoke. 

the three of us have bonded, I do not feed them, they have all the food they need.

they love grass, our yard is perfect, they love sand and leaves, weeds and grass and algae to eat, its a duck buffet. 

Since I grew the grass tall for Beau, he has eaten no grass, which is our good news, for a month now. The grass is in the shade and Missy lays down to eat, Mr. does his bodyguard thing.

you can see them better if you pinch your screen out. Hard to see with cell phone pics. A good pic of Beaus Grass, now known as Duck Buffett

they love the sandy soil, which is our back yard, dirt, weeds. They bath in the pool and eat algae for dessert. ha ha

the photo above and below were taken Sunday May 10, Day 15 of MY ducks.

 I left Bob's chair outside to dry out the seat and Missy was so thankful. I may start a Duck Go Fund Me to buy her own wheel chair.

THE BIGGEST NEWS.

Today is May 18, 3 weeks yesterday since I wondered if she would live, or ever walk again.

She actually can spread her orange foot flat now. It does move  a little when she swims. and now she walks with it flat and has a slight limp. but, and she is flying, walking, swimming. they come and go, they have a schedule, just like we do. They sleep in the middle of the pool, (a sight that melts my heart seeing them in the moonlight, roosting in the middle in their Safe Place, they e eat breakfast, bath, dance on their tails, get out dry off and preen their feathers and fly off around 8 and come back at 10.. they spend the heat of the day in our shade and leave for dinner about 5ish.. She has healed and is 98 % healed.. I have to fight the desire to pet them/feed them, I could if I wanted to. I can walk up to one foot of them and put down a water bowl.