and I am told it's ok to feed them bread with a little mold on it, (I've seen people with gross green bread) Is that Ok? I would think the mold would hurt them.
2006-08-28 13:46:47 · 12 answers · asked by starryhalo22 3 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Bread is the most awful thing that you can feed a bird. While bread is attractive to them, it fills them up without giving them proper nutrition. It has very little nutritional value, and lots of sugar. It is detrimental in large amounts (imagine all the people coming to feed the ducks at the park). A little bread certainly isn't going to hurt them but if they become dependent on bread handouts they will not remain healthy. The waterfowl may even become bloated and sick from too much bread.
Ducks feed naturally on bugs and wild plants only. If you care about waterfowl and other birds stop feeding them and allow them to return to their natural habitats. If you insist on feeding them, go to a local grain store and purchase some cracked corn.
2006-08-28 19:51:31 · answer #1 · answered by ctwitch24 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DON'T DO IT!!! The bread mold (aspergillum) will kill them. Muscovy ducks are the most susceptible. The mold can get in their lungs and continue to grow (it's called aspergilliosis), causing a slow and lingering death by asphyxiation.
Any pet store can tell you where to get such things as cracked corn, or other grain foods for them.
2006-08-28 20:55:29 · answer #2 · answered by Albannach 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mold won't urt them. Duck and geese eat alot of mold while in the wild and do just fine with it. No worries. Just have fun feeding your ducks! And if you want to see then go crazy wild try feeding them corn (dry or cooked kernels) Good luck
2006-08-28 21:02:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
bread is not a recomended foor for ducks . its very bad for them. i cant rember very well but, when i got 3 baby ducklings at a farm i went online 2 see what to feed them and that its really a fatty food for them and since so many ducks are given it they ignore the food that they need to find in the water. also when ducks eat to much bread it can clog up there artorys. also its not visible but they become slow and after eating to much and it become fatel to most or them.
2006-08-29 00:27:46 · answer #4 · answered by ferritfreak 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. mold is a natural substance. i mean, it won't hurt us to eat it. cheese is mold. well, after reading other answers, i don't know. maybe it can hurt them. why don't you try stopping in on a poultry show in your fair. ask the judge. have fun with the ducks - i love feeding them too!
2006-08-28 21:04:44 · answer #5 · answered by sir'slady 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really would not do that. Mold on bread is one of the most dangerous cancer causing substances. Ducks can get cancer also.
2006-08-28 20:49:54 · answer #6 · answered by papricka w 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
a duck is a living thing. just like you. if you ate a moldy piece of bread, first of all would you ever take bread from that person again? second of all would you eat it or take it? ewww... you would be mad if someone fed you that. plus, mold is mold, if you eat it...it will come back to you.
2006-08-28 20:52:20 · answer #7 · answered by trumpets,horns,oboes.OH MY!!!!!! 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
corn is better for the ducks stomach
2006-08-28 20:55:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's better to feed them things that are more natural like corn or greens
2006-08-28 20:49:31 · answer #9 · answered by sapphire 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
you shouldnt feed them at all!!!!! if you spoil them they will just keep coming bak for more. then if you move away, they will look for you and when they cant find you they will starve or something
2006-08-28 21:31:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋