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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsDon't feed the wild ducks bread!!
Feeding bread to wild ducks is incredibly harmful. Bread has almost no nutrients that are useful for the duck, so they become malnourished and more susceptible to disease. Compounding the problem is excessive bread in the water, which leads to high levels of E. coli and even botulism outbreaks. Wild ducks need to stay wild, and artificially feeding them causes them to lose their natural instincts for acquiring food.
If you want to feed captive waterfowl, consider chopped vegetables, whole grains, or fruit instead.
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Don't feed the wild ducks bread!! (Original Post)
Playinghardball
May 2013
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Scuba
(53,475 posts)1. Ducks are like girls.
They only like me when I have bread.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)2. You mean you aren't $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Oh well anyway!
Scuba
(53,475 posts)3. "He who is healthy is rich enough." -- My Grandmother
Thanks for the love!
tabbycat31
(6,336 posts)4. feeding ducks bread also makes them constipated
Liberal Veteran
(22,239 posts)5. Now I feel bad about that funnel cake incident.
I set my funnel cake down for one second and turned away and a duck just walked up and took it away with him.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)6. I used to buy cracked corn to feed them.