Pet Duck?

[Nicky]

I was just wondering if its legal to keep pet ducks in southern ontario and if anyone knows where u could buy one and anything about what they need to survive ,food, neutrience ,excersise that sorta thing
thx
kayla

[SaIiLdVaEnR]

My cousing lived in the suburbs and she had a pet chicken, it was weird but cool.

Aidan

[Andy_G]

I am not exactly sure if it is legal, but I know a few people that have some and they follow you around like a puppy! :)

[m1k3_88]

1 lady in my neighbourhood keeps geese.

[Nicky]

thx all,
does anyone know the proper caging, i've read acouple sites and they all say different things from letting them roam ur house to large metal cages to outdoor pens so i'm really not sure. I can't find anything on laws any other info would be really appricated or even some decent sites
thx in advance
kayla

[m1k3_88]

don't know about caging and such, but here (http://www.mississauga.ca/ecity/download/?repositoryKey=Ecity&itemDesc=file&dataName=data&mimeTypeName=mimeType&id=1000208) is the mississauga animal by-laws and at the very bottom it has a list of what u cant keep.

[asphyxia]

My Ducks
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/985cage_building_1_042.jpg

I got them at the Stouville flea market for 2.00 ea. and they just roam the yard with the dogs, I lost a few in the past to Racoons in Toronto, but so far in the new digs no probs.
Cheers
Brian

[Nicky]

aww i guess no ducks for me:(says all ducks geese and so on are banned
kayla

[asphyxia]

Just say they landed in your yard.

[Pixie]

Ducks are considered farm animals and those are often not allowed in suburbs...

I had some pet ducks when growing up and they can be fun, when they aren't nipping at you that is! lol We kept our in a outdoor pen for most of the time and brought them into the garage when it was really cold.

One thing that can be quite annoying, especially if you're not expecting this is that they get up quite early and are very noisy when hungry! It was a daily thing at our house when we had those ducks, just like roosters, they would awake at the crack of dawn (5-5:30am) and quack until someone ran out to feed them. The buggers can be pretty loud too!

Pixie

[scalawag]

I don't know anything about ducks, but if you haven't seen it before, here is a site to buy pet penguins www.penguinwarehouse.com

[m1k3_88]

Just say they landed in your yard. LOL that could work, and animal control comes by, dump em in the neighbours yard:p

[Nicky]

lol i have no prob with waking up early to feed them i might get one or better yet adopt and abandon one, once i find out everything i need to know does anyone know if theres any books published about them thx

[meow_mix450]

i heard that in some schools, they wait until a duck hatchs and they make a ball, to think its his mother, so the duck would follow the ball, ducks, anyone see 50-first dates??? i liked the penguin, the little guy:)

Meow

[seann]

due can you really buy a penguin? are you ****ing surious? cause that is so Kool!!!!! lol ahahahaha i wannapet penguin lol imagine bringing that home holy ^&*% thats great I love it!

[SerpentLust]

http://img1.photobucket.com/albums/0903/SerpentLust/ducks.jpg

Although I never kept them as pets, these were my rescue ducklings that I had for about a week. My mom used to work at the SH** Plant and ducklings would get caught in the filtration system. So I'd clean them up and give them back to their mothers.

Jenn

[Dozer]

Honestly, its a duck for crying out loud, I really doubt some ones gonna call the by-law cops on you for ownin' a duck... My ex - girlfriend bought ducks from a flea market up north somewhere, kept them in her back yard durin' the day, and at night they'd go to the big garage and sleep for protection ( lotta 'coons in my area ). Dont worry about about people callin' police on you 'cause you got a pet duck.

Mike

[KrokadilyanGuy3]

I had a duckling that I bought as food for a caiman that was a picky eater and I wanted to see if he'd take them but he didn't.. So I got stuck with a baby duck, cute watching them swim.. I got suckered in.. Anyways, I don't suggest you free roaming your animal unless you have hardwood floors and like to constantly mop.. Just throw the babys in a good sized box with aspen bedding and a food/water dish and youre set. Adults are best kept outdoors.. He now lives in the town cemetary, he's better out there than any of my ponds.. heh..
Good luck.
Xain

[Yve]

We had a bunch of chicks in our yard for awhile when I was a kid....every now and then I'd hear them sqwauking only to find our pet sheltie licking them like popsicles!lol that was in T.O. no one complained...we had a shed to house them as well. for some reason they started to disappear as they grew older???

[shaggybill]

My sister had two pets ducks when we were growing up in North Carolina. She kept them in a topless cage, and one night an owl came and got one, a few months later, she let the second one go free at Dan Nicholas Park. He was so happy being there with all the other ducks, he could hardly contain himself. He just quacked and quacked.

[meow_mix450]

all you have to do is keep it a secret and tell no one, when someone comes over put it somewhere so they wont find out, if you have a good friend that lives beside you they shouldnt mind, but i dont see the problem keeping a pet duck

Meow

[claycoke11]

I have ducks their the best, especially when their little, and when they play in the water, or with the sprinkler. I have rouens, muscovy, and minature, but I live on a farm.

[daver676]

The penguin site is fictional. You cannot just buy a penguin. :rolleyes:

[PhyllisB]

I never had Ducks but I've had Chickens before. What a mess!! I call them the Pidgeons of the barnyard. Sit anywhere and poop anywhere they liked.

[Lisa]

Originally posted by seann
due can you really buy a penguin? are you ****ing surious? cause that is so Kool!!!!! lol ahahahaha i wannapet penguin lol imagine bringing that home holy ^&*% thats great I love it!

think you could afford the air conditioning bill?

[ChokeOnSmoke]

you cant own an elephant in mississauga? whats up with that?

[sapphire_moon]

ok, if you get a young enough baby it will imprint on you. Basicly you will be "mother". It WILL follow you everywhere, and if you are out of it's sight, it will quack until you get back, or until it falls asleep. Which ever comes first.

You have to have something atleast 6ftx8ft, wings clipped, and a kids pool. They HAVE to have access to water like that at ALL times. Otherwise there is some kind of disease that will cripple their feet.

You should be able to find a good duck feed at any farm supply store.

If it is a baby, it will take a while for them to devlope their oils.

When I had mine, I don't know how old it was, but I put a little (and I do mean little) bit of baby oil on it's feathers. He looked funny for a long time, but the natural "duck oils" kicked in.

A mother has natural oils she uses when she preens the babies, and that keeps them afloat. So when you put a baby that hasn't been preened by it's mother in water, they kind of just soak the water up. So you have to be careful of that.

Just google "duck care sheets" and you should come up with a bunch of things.

[Pixie]

I would be careful about getting a pet duck if they aren't allowed. You won't be able to hide it for very long... The noise will set your neighboors off.

A couple of years ago, a neighboor of mine got himself a rooster. I was the one who called the city myself to complain because the thing was squaking every friggin' morning and wouldn't stop. I live in downtown Montreal so I was pretty peeved at being woken up at 5am by the damned rooster. I treasure my sleep and can ignore many sounds but a loud rooster just won't do!

You won't be able to prevent your duck from quacking and since they tend to do this very early in the morning, I would guess that it won't be long before someone complains about the racket...

I love all animals, but I won't tolerate a neighboor's animal making too much noise and regularly...

Pixie

[lostwithin]

Hey I've seen this post a few times and just never got around too adding my 2 cents worth, now this come from a guy who’s grown up on a farm, ducks are easy too keep, feed for them can be purchased at a farm supply store, and yes baby ducks will learn too follow you like they would there parents its natural too them and cute at first, but they don’t out grow it. lol,
As for living in the suburbs and owning one if your serious about it look up what is called a "calling duck" there a species of duck bread too look like many species of duck, or just pure white, they were originally bread in England for hunters too release into ponds too attract wild ducks, there small size made them easy to jam into carrying pens, they stay all small and "cute " there whole lives, they don’t get any bigger then your common pigeon I would suggest these as pets over any others, there cage would be able too be smaller and they wouldn’t draw too much attention. Could easily be kept indoors and wouldn’t require a full kiddy pool a large bowl with 4 inches of water would be plenty. Now how’s that for duck knowledge lol,
Devon