Today I groomed a disabled Duck named Frankie

it's not every day that i get the opportunity to work on a physically disabled duck this is frankie and he's an american domestic pekin his wheelchair is still a work in progress so it's taking him some time to learn how to use it now i know what you're thinking why on earth would a duck need to be groomed but because of his disability he cannot groom himself so he needs some assistance [Music] there you go you are dirty look at that it's not exactly certain what caused frankie to lose his ability to use his legs but he has to be supervised in the bath to ensure his safety we are bathing him today just using fresh clean water and frankie is definitely having the time of his life don't fall so he's missing feathers yeah that's what happened there you know so that's because he's not able to walk and stand completely upright so he gets a little bit of damage to his wings so we have him he sleeps in a plane so that it's soft it's one of the soft clay pens so there's as minimal damage as possible um but to be able to give him a little bit of freedom and allow him to have fun [Applause] frankie comes from a place called grey's haven farm sanctuary they became a non-profit corporation in 2018 and since then have become a home to many residents that have been previously neglected abused or have been taken in from the meat and dairy industry while michelle the founder of the sanctuary also takes and rescue dogs their main focus remains with farm animals that do not have anyone to advocate for them and their primary goal is to provide a safe and permanent home where their residents are protected and allowed to live freely for their natural lives they also run a volunteer program and currently they are short on volunteers they provide humans the opportunity to experience the unique intelligence found within these amazing creatures bennett is a commercial bred turkey that was found on a back road with 11 other turkeys he was brought to the sanctuary in august 2019 where he will live out the rest of his life with his wife margie all of these animals here have a story and they all have a name there are currently 11 pigs on this farm and the big blonde one's name is ruben in july 2018 he was saved from serious neglect he was a three-month-old piglet that was left to be exposed to the elements and had severe sunburn as well as a terrible eye infection he did not know kindness and his life was not valued that was of course until he went to grey's haven sit down dead good boy speaking nice sit down good come on kids if you'd like to donate to this sanctuary or learn more about the residence or how you can help please check out the links that are in the description now let's get back to frankie after his bath or should i say my bath it's off to the blow dryer ducks do something called preening which helps them to stay dry preening is the process by which ducks groom themselves this gets rid of dust dirt and parasites from their feathers during preening ducks spread a waxy waterproof oil throughout their feathers this is secreted by a gland that is located near their tails since frankie can't groom himself properly he remains very wet after his bath so he needs some help in order to get dry frankie's current wheelchair is great but he needs one that is better suited for him so it's easier for him to walk so on behalf of my subscribers and this pet loving community that we have created i have decided to personally donate towards his new wheelchair if you haven't already please hit that subscribe button and comment below what animal you'd like to see next thank you so much for watching i hope you enjoyed the fabulous frankie

Channel: Girl With The Dogs

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Length: 4min 24sec (264 seconds)

Published: Sat Mar 05 2022