{"id":14010,"date":"2025-11-27T10:30:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T16:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/?p=14010"},"modified":"2025-11-17T17:07:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T23:07:08","slug":"ruddy-duck-grounded-by-wounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/ruddy-duck-grounded-by-wounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruddy Duck Grounded By Wounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14011\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14011\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14011\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/ruddy-duck-wes-2511-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"ruddy duck paddling in shallow water among brown vegetation\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/ruddy-duck-wes-2511-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/ruddy-duck-wes-2511-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/ruddy-duck-wes-2511-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/ruddy-duck-wes-2511.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of Wildcare Eastern Sierra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>The following story about a ruddy duck was shared with us by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eswildcare.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wildcare Eastern Sierra<\/a> in California.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In March, a Bishop resident found a ruddy duck in their apartment\u2019s parking lot. His feathers were bloody, and he was stranded on the asphalt. She contacted Wildcare Eastern Sierra, who picked him up.<\/p>\n<p>Upon examination, it was found that he had multiple puncture wounds under his wing. It was determined that he had likely been injured mid-air by a raptor and had then stranded in the parking lot. (Ruddy ducks cannot stand on land due to the placement of their legs on their bodies.)<\/p>\n<p>The ruddy duck stayed here at the center for about a week, where we treated his wound and washed his feathers to improve his waterproofing again. During this time, he was offered bloodworms and other aquatic foods, however he wasn\u2019t really eating them.<\/p>\n<p>Wildcare tube-fed him a combination of <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/emeraid-omnivore\/\">EmerAid IC Omnivore<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/emeraid-piscivore\/\">EmerAid IC Piscivore<\/a> to help him keep up his weight and energy until he was ready for release. Once his condition had improved and his feathers were waterproof again, he was returned to a local lake to continue migration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A ruddy duck is grounded by injuries, likely from a predator, and gets treatment at Wildcare Eastern Sierra to recover.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":14011,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ruddy Duck Grounded By Wounds - 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