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3 days before my mom found 2 ducklings on the meadow befor eour house. Supposedly they lost their mother duck, now we (i.e. mainly my wife and me) are taking care of them.
My mom calls us "duck mom" and "duck dad" already.




They were the main reason why I wasn't around the files for a few days.
They eat oatmeal, watermelon and flies.

Hehe, how cute. Do they have names yet?

Those are so darling! I want to hug them and give them little kissies on their beaks.
Baby animals are the bestest!

Here's a picture of my sister's Bunny, only a few weeks old

Speaking of stew, rabbits are good inside of such things.

^^EEYOUCH!!!
Cute ducks & rabbit. I had a Dwarf rabbit a few years back, and he could not stop chewing up things...books, wallpaper, the wood of the wall itself, etc. Fortunately for him, he was smart enough to stay away from wires.

I've always given baby birds little pieces of ground beef rolled between my fingers. Plenty of protein and fat which growing babies need.

Over the course of the past month Roll and I have adopted 4 "children" of our own. Possibly more to come, considering the conditions at the Humane Society. I will post photos a little later.

Yeah, photos of cute animals are always good.
I'll also try to shoot more.

This is a photo of our dog after she saw the ducklings. She was so excited and jumping around like she never did before.


And here's my wife feeding the ducklings with tweezers.


Now they already eat by themselves.

Well, last night our collection of "children" more than doubled.



We adopted a mother and four baby rats from the local rescue/humane society, but she was already pregnant again because they didn't have the sense to know she was a female. (she was in the same cage as the males)

So, the mother, 4 babies, the new 14 babies that were born last night, and the 4 rats we had before makes for a whopping 23 fuzzy little rats. (except for the 14 pictured in the photo, they're clearly not fuzzy )

Here are some photos of the others:

Mama and her four older babies.


Splinter (from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) is on the bottom, Arthur (Ghosts 'n Goblins) is climbing over him (Arthur is on my shoulder as I type)


Samus (Metroid), and the other baby, Rhinoa (from FFVIII)


Another of the light-coloured baby


Arthur's belly spots.


Another of Samus.

I am sorry Luke but my Crawdad would take your splinter.

*Everyone start placing bets*

I am sorry Luke but my Crawdad would take your splinter.

*Everyone start placing bets*

I'll have to get you an updated photo that shows just how big he is...

But for now, just picture a 2 year old, very well-fed rat.

Your crawfish is toast.

You got no beef on SilverClaw :p.

He has killed:
1 newt
6 feeder fish
3 betas


So Luke lets just leave it here Because we all know that Sliver Claw will PWN your rat lets face it .

Great names for the rats! With a video game theme, you'll never be stumped as to what to name your pets.
Cute Yorkie, Manuel. It's nice to know someone else on the forum owns a smaller dog!

Spinter has pwned my CAT. Yes, a rat defeated a CAT. I think you're a little overconfident



Any suggestions for a female? One of the fuzzy babies is still unnamed.

Man, those rats are cute.
And Splinter somehow really looks like Splinter... as far as my memory doesn't deceive me here...

Well, if you want to continue with the Final Fantasy names, there's Lulu, or you could use the famous Zelda, or Princess Toadstool. And I'm trying to remember the name of the girlfriend in Double Dragon...

Man, those rats are cute.
And Splinter somehow really looks like Splinter... as far as my memory doesn't deceive me here...

Well, due to his age, he has some greyness, and off-colours in his fur, he does look eerily like a sewer rat.

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FOOD OF THE GODS, PART THREE! EVERYBODY RUN!



If anyone gets that joke, I salute you.




Any suggestions for a female? One of the fuzzy babies is still unnamed.

Gypsy. .

Manuel what has become of the ducks? Did you "fat them up" and cook them?
Or did you release them back into the wild?

Wow, Aaron, you remembered this old thread?

Well, we didn't eat the ducks.
One of the two flew away pretty soon after it found out how to fly.
The other one stayed, so we got him (it turned out to be a male duck) a "bride" (i.e. female duck). Now those two are the supreme rulers of our little pond. The little duck even attacks the much bigger geese and scares them away.

What species of duck are they?

I have to look that up in the dictionary...
They are mallards.

I have a photo from yesterday.
You can see him after he chased the geese out of the water.