u/Coco_the_duck

The smallest one started breathing weird yesterday. I thought maybe it was the temperature or it was tired (I noticed last night). I put a thermometer inside the box where they have the heating mat and it's like 30 degrees in the warmest part, but they have plenty of space to move if they're too hot.

I just made a small portion of food with soaked oats, a bit of boiled egg yolk and a tiny bit of sugar. Kind of a boost of energy. I let it eat a little. It's eating dry food too, and drinking water quite often. It poops fine too.

Any advice? I'm concerned that it could be an infection or something that went wrong when hatching, because it's always been smaller than the rest, and always walking slightly hunched 🥺

So this is the place I've prepared for the first weeks. What do you think? Any advice? They have heating under the box so it's warm inside. The food bowl is small but I'll get a bigger one as they grow. I just realised it's better to adjust the size as they grow. They're so sweet 🥰

So... Long story short... I'm fostering 5 muscovy ducklings 😂 I don't know how I always end up being a nanny of someone haha but I'm happy because they're the cutest thing ever 🥰 I don't have experience with muscovys, so any advice will be appreciated. There's one who seems a bit weaker but maybe it hatched the last one. We don't really know. I call that one Mini Pip