We got our rescue ducks a few weeks ago, two bigger ones and then the next day we got 4 more really tiny ducklings from there.

the first night when we had the bigger ducks we kept them inside, we had a roasting pan thing for them to swim in, i woke up during the night and went to go check on them and one was almost complately frozen because he couldnt get out of the water. i dried him off and put him in front of the heat lamp and he was fine agian.

when we got the smaller ducks someone had built a pond in the chicken coop for them, kind of like a big bucket sunk in the ground, until we could make the bigger pond.

at first we put a board in there for them to hop up on to get out, then randomly, a few days later my mom takes it out, and then last night i told her "you need to put it back in because when they hop in and out the water level goes down and then they cant get out"
and shes like "OMG ITS FINE! THEYRE FINE, THEY CAN GET OUT BY THEMSELVES!"

then this morning one of them was dead, and i told her "i told you last night to put the board back in there, it couldnt get out"

and she says "NO IT JUST GOT TIRED AND FELL ASLEEP" so i told her "thats like having a kid and taking the ladder out of the pool and then when they drown saying they got tired and fell asleep"

and she goes "ITS A DUCK. JINA." then goes to talk to my dad about buying a replacement from a feedstore.

a replacement. and especially from a place like that? I tried to explain to her theres a reason we got it from the shelter, but no! those are more expensive! well i wonder why.

life means nothing to her. :cry:

I'm sorry to hear that. I guess all you can do is explain how you feel to her. If its any conselation (sp?) my mum is one of those people who HATES animals and could not understand why I refuse to eat them, anyway after she got to know a pig I was looking after about a year later she had fell in love with it and completely changed her attitude. What I'm saying is that she will *hopefully* learn to love the animals when she gets to know them and their personalities, you can't expect it to happen straight away. Good luck.

You have an absolute heart of gold! If only the world was full of more people like you with a kind loving heart towards animals. I know people who make comments like your mum as a lot of people don't understand how people can love animals so much and truly believe they are replaceable. I know losing the duck must have been so sad for you, I hope you are okay. :sick:

i'm okay, im really mad about her though, and i've been kind of avoiding the chicken/duck area because i don't want to see it gone. :// if i do im positive i'll cry and then my mom will come out there like "WHATS THE BIG DEAL?!?" and then I'll feel even worse.

Why do you all have ducks?

I live in "the duck race capital of the world"! which spaws tons of cruelty/neglect cases, i got mine from a shelter for homeless ducks, since so many people buy them for easter-etc and then dump them.

Spaz, I am so sorry. I know what you are going through. My parents are very unsympathetic to animals or to my love of them.

You are just an Angel. I would adopt you if I could.

I had a duck once and she got so vicious we had to give her and her mate away.

Sorry Spaz. :(

I'm so sorry about your duck, and about your Mum.

I feel a bit better today, i've been spoiling out other animals rotton :S!
i managed to convince my mom not to get a replacement, so i feel a lot better.

thanks you guys, i know ive been making like a million threads here but you guys are a awesome help.

thanks agian. :)

Yeah.. one of my rats, Sned, was really sick and we thought he was going to die and my mom was like:

"It's okay.. if he dies we can get another rat. A Sned #2."

Good thing to hear that your mom won't be getting a replacement. Like someone said above, I think the world would be a better place with more people like you in it. Your story reminds me of my dad. My stepmom a long while back got a miniature pinscer (sp) and my dad accidentally ran over it. Then a week later they go buy another one which gets its head slammed in the car door by them, then they get another one which drowns in their pool. Then they got yet another one but as I thankfully stopped my relationship with them (not cuz of the dogs), I have no idea what happened to the "newest" waiting to be dead dog. Very sad. These people even named the g one of the dead dogs names but with the dreaded #2 behind it, just like you said Xer, about your almost Sned #2.
Oh, wow, just thought of this but my mom recently recieved nine baby ducks from my brother and a few died so she went a few days later (with my daughter in tow), and bought more "replacements", and she didn't really even care to have the ducks in the first place! My mom is a major!! animal hoarder though.
Good luck with your duckies Spaz. Glad they have you to take care of them:D

I thought your analogy was spot on. Too bad about your mom.

Sorry to hear about your ducks. Some people just dont have the capacity to love animals, some have never tried. I think people who have never loved a companion animal can ever understand. My best friend (my dog) died on here almost 3 yrs ago now and I posted on here devasted. When one friend asked why I was so depressed, so replied that he was just a dog. I slapped her. Some people just dont understand. I hope your mum will over time.