Hailey Bondia

Hi! My name is Hailey Bondia, and I’m a 17 year old aspiring artist! I love writing, taking naps, experimenting with makeup, and all different kinds of bugs!

Gerald and Marty

Today’s featured pet is my own! I’m the proud mommy of two ducklings, Gerald and Marty. They have an array of foods in their diet, surprisingly not consisting of bread! Some of their favorites include chopped grapes, mealworms, cheerios, freeze-dried crickets, goldfish crackers, celery, and any bugs they can manage to catch in the grass. My ducks are unlike most in a few ways, one being that they’re terrified of any water deeper than two inches and they love cuddles!
Water isn’t the only thing that scares them though, they’re also incredibly sensitive to loud noises like planes flying overhead, gunshots, and yelling. If confronted with any of these sounds they’ll run and hide under my legs. Because I bought them from Rural King, I’m not too sure when their birthday is but I bought them on my birthday so I’ve decided to share it with them!
There are a few downsides to owning ducklings though, one being that they’re incredible messy. They leave bedding chips and little brown “presents” everywhere they go. They also require a lot of consistent maintenance, they need to be cleaned up after, they need their water and feed changed every other day, they need to be let out for supervised exercise, and need to be watched closely because they can get into little squabbles where they could potentially injure each other. All things aside I think ducks make an excellent pet and I love them tons!  

 

 

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