I believe, the problem is mainly white bread, which is what people typically have in mind for feeding ducks.
As opposed to wholegrain, it only retains the endosperm, which is mostly just carbohydrates without many nutrients:
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I think, the lack of fiber is also particularly problematic. At least, I’ve heard that it gives them diarrhea, which probably means their guts don’t have time to extract the few remaining nutrients.












Good question. My best guess is that the buttons have become less important, because:
But yeah, I got a new monitor at work, and instead of buttons, it has a joystick on the backside. Now the monitor’s menu pops up every so often, I’m guessing because something shook the joystick just enough to trigger it.
When I saw that joystick for the first time, I wondered how long it’ll take before it breaks, but it’s broken on day 1, so that’s great. 🫠