Newest Family Member Stormfly

 Some may say that a dog, two turtle and multiple fish and tanks should be enough for one family, but they don't seem to know Ethan in our family.  He is continually bringing stray animals and reptiles and fish home (the fish aren't lost, he catches those).  What did he bring home in February you ask?  A hurt little duckling.  I saw him coming, I knew he had something in his hands so I ran and locked the back door.  I told him that there was no way on earth he was going to bring another creature into the house, we already had two fish tanks taking up space on the counter.  Then he showed me this hurt little duckling that could hardly hold it's head up.  I'm such a sucker, I continually get taken in with this kid.  I figured the duckling wouldn't even make it a day so I unlocked the door and got a towel and the electric warming rock (from previous reptiles that we no longer with us) and wrapped up this little baby.  We all held it and cuddled it and it was then named Stormfly.  Yes, officially another family member all within an hour!  Sigh.  We got some water for her and wrapped her up and placed her on the heated rock and went to bed.  When we awoke to check on her the next morning she was holding her head up and sqwaking at us.  We got her out and she began following us around the kitchen.  If we put her back in the box and she couldn't see us she would get all stressed out and make noise until we paid attention to her.  I think we are in love with her.  We have tried to get her to go with different Mama ducks at the different ponds.  The mama's would try to gather her under their wings, but as soon as she saw us walking away she would begin to follow us quacking as loud and hysterically as she could.  So we are making a home for her and we take her out to the pond a couple times a day to get her in the water and help her forage around in the plants.  We'll see how long we can take care of her.  I've read that around 9 weeks you can release ducks back into the wild even if they have imprinted on humans if you keep them outside and help them swim and forage for food.  We'll see what happens.