The Pets of The Ladies Lounge?

kowloon · 22-05-2008 5:25am

It seems something killed all of my ducklings during the night (including the ones in my photos). I can't figure out what killed them as I moved them to a roofed steel pen to protect them from magpies and foxes. Maybe rats.

Clare Bear · 22-05-2008 8:18am

kowloon wrote: »

It seems something killed all of my ducklings during the night (including the ones in my photos). I can't figure out what killed them as I moved them to a roofed steel pen to protect them from magpies and foxes. Maybe rats.

Aww no way sorry to hear that. Were they actually eaten or just mauled? That's horrible

Reku · 22-05-2008 8:58am

Sorry to hear it kowloon, hope you're not too upset.:(

here.from.day.1 · 22-05-2008 9:03am

Kowloon sorry to hear about that..

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Radharc na Sleibhte · 22-05-2008 12:23pm

This is Belle

Popsy · 22-05-2008 12:34pm

aw Belle is very cute.

This is Poppy and Benji

Radharc na Sleibhte · 22-05-2008 12:42pm

More Belle.
Her "Mammy" has her spoilt rotten, but I'm fairly guilty of it myself too.

kowloon · 22-05-2008 8:18pm

Clare Bear wrote: »

Aww no way sorry to hear that. Were they actually eaten or just mauled? That's horrible

Gone completely, will be in a foul humour for a while over this. I had taken a day out turning the pen into a duck fortress and something still managed to get in and out without a trace.

Clare Bear · 22-05-2008 11:36pm

kowloon wrote: »

Gone completely, will be in a foul humour for a while over this. I had taken a day out turning the pen into a duck fortress and something still managed to get in and out without a trace.

Ah that's awful, sorry to hear that. Could be wrong but sounds like rats. Sorry to hear it, sounds like you had a lovely set up for them.

bronte · 22-05-2008 11:39pm

That's horrible Kowloon, really sorry to hear that.

Clare Bear · 22-05-2008 11:40pm

Belle, Poppy and Benji are all gorgeous. Aww

Love the pic of Belle in her bed Mikey, cuteness!

Reku · 23-05-2008 8:59am

kowloon wrote: »

Gone completely, will be in a foul humour for a while over this. I had taken a day out turning the pen into a duck fortress and something still managed to get in and out without a trace.

Assume there was blood or something, or is it possible the poor little duckies have gone for a wander to find the nearest pond to swim in?

here.from.day.1 · 23-05-2008 9:03am

kowloon wrote: »

Gone completely, will be in a foul humour for a while over this. I had taken a day out turning the pen into a duck fortress and something still managed to get in and out without a trace.

Other people where I live had a Guinea Pig in a little hutch out the back with a Rabbit. Its been a few months now but within a week, the Rabbit died (suspicious poisoning), the Guinea Pig disappeared (similar to your case kowloon), cat died (also suspicious, was not that old) and then the hamster died (old age.) The kids were upset.

kowloon · 24-05-2008 5:19am

No blood trail at all and the ducklings had no way of getting out as the pen has fine chicken wire wrapped around it. The previous hatch used to walk through the bars but didn't go far as mammy couldn't join them, I meshed the pen after that. The previous hatch are all still alive though.