If you're going to be at school, I recommend keeping him in his cage with plenty of food and water, and trust me he'll drink that water like there's no tomorrow, so be sure to give him plenty. And when he's a baby, he'll spill it and get it dirty constantly. I would recommend investing in a waterer to make things a little easier.Yodel wrote: What will it do while I am away at school?
Well that I don't know, I don't have the predator problem where I live. Unless your backyard has a reasonably sized fence, I wouldn't keep in a pool all day by himself if there are predators near by.Yodel wrote: How can it swim safely if there are numerous predators around our property (Foxes, Coyotes, Raptors)?
Not at all.Yodel wrote: Does it smell?
When they're really young, yes. When they get to about the same age as mine, not so much. I don't really let mine run around the house much at all, because yes, he will crap everywhere. Just not as much as he did when he was a baby.Yodel wrote: Doesn't it crap on everything not covered by ceram wrap?
I've gotten used to cleaning it up, just a quick spot steam with a little hand held Bissel does the trick.
Also, when he's a baby, he can't be left alone in the water. He WILL drown. Unless he can stand in it, you can't leave a baby duck unattended in a body of water. Period. I would wait until he's about full grown to let him go swimming on his own.
That doesn't mean don't let him go swimming, when mine was a baby, I filled up the bathtub and let him swim in it almost everyday, he loved that.
