Baby Ducks In My Swimming Pool

In mid june i came home to find a mother and 8 baby ducklings hanging out in my pool.

Baby ducks in my swimming pool.

Estimated to be only a couple of days old this video is a short documentary from their discovery to their escape rescue in the 2 days that they were here. They were exhausted from swimming in the pool all night we got the call and headed over to save these 4 little baby ducks. They eat on their own from birth feeding mostly on aquatic vegetation and insects they find by dabbling in the water. When the mother selected her nest site she was unaware that your pool would not provide the nutrients she is accustomed to finding in water.

They can be introduced to your pool when they defecate in the water. Trouble is they got stuck and needed to be rescued. On a rainy day a mama duck and her ducklings took refuge in the heated baby pool in our neighborhood. Second if the ducklings can t get out of your pool they will drown.

Chlorine at the recommended ranges can easily destroy many of these waterborne zoonoses but others can be quite resistant. Keep certain inflatable animal toys alligators killer whales snakes and dolphins in the pool when you re not using it to scare off ducks. How to keep ducks out of your swimming pool 1. Ducks and geese carry different diseases that people can get.

First there is no food in your pool for ducks. Wild ducks do not like predator infested waters. Put out some animal pool toys when you re not around. Use animal pool toys leave your shark floaties and flamingo inner tubes floating in the pool when you re not in it and while it is uncovered.