Comments by "Wobbles And Bean" (@WobblesandBean) on "Duck obsessed with woman thinks she's his mother" video.

He's gone. I'm a zoologist and duck rehabilitator, and the odds are very likely he's no longer alive. Just because he could fly doesn't mean he should have been in the wild. He is a domestic duck and is imprinted on humans. He was raised by humans and should not have been in the wild like that. There is no chance he is coming back. He was probably taken by a predator because he had no wild instincts. He could have possibly gotten an infection as well, but predation is more likely.
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@louisevanderlinde8590 And that's exactly why he's dead. He's a domestic duck who needed to be cared for by a rehabber or someone who keeps ducks, aka someone who knows what they're doing. This woman made every wrong decision, and he suffered because of it. See him limping towards the end? He has bumblefoot, a very painful but treatable condition. This woman didn't even notice, let alone get him proper care. Dogs are always trying to rush out the door and "into the wild" as well, would you let one go and go "awe, he chose to be free!" No, you'd call that ignorant and dangerous. It's no different with ducks. They are domesticated just like dogs, they cannot fend for themselves. Mick deserved better.
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 @DelightLovesMovies Muscovy ducks do not migrate. He is gone. This woman meant well, but he should have never been released into the wild.
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@cherylgawne711 Bumblefoot. Mick was walking on concrete a lot because this woman didn't do any proper research on how to care for ducks and never bothered to check his feet. Mick didn't want to be a wild duck, he had his teenage phase that all ducks do but he preferred people to other ducks. He needed proper vet care and a home with someone who could offer him protection. He didn't get that.
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He didn't "choose", though. All ducks have a teen phase where they want to be away from Mom, but he is a human imprint and could never survive in the wild. The fact that he only lived a year is very sad, because if he'd been given to someone who knows what they're doing, he'd still be alive today.
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 @Equestrian79 Muscovy ducks don't migrate. Mick is dead.
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This is not a happy story. This is very upsetting. This woman has no idea what she's doing, and poor Mick suffered a very painful, short life because of it.
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Call ducks and muscovies are the only domestic ducks week can fly. That doesn't mean they can live in the wild. IF they survive, they crossbreed with wild ducks which is a big problem. Case in point, he likely got predated on. He didn't "just fly away", he's a human imprint. This is why he was unreleasable.
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