Duck has a Sandal

Posted by Miss Cellania in Animal on August 12, 2009 at 10:39 am


Lucky the duckling is very lucky to have been adopted by an orthopedic nurse after she broke her leg, which left her with a right foot that bent the wrong way. Alison Morgan of Newport, Wales, performs physical therapy on the leg and had a special duck sandal made for Lucky by cobbler Kelvin Reddicliffe. The sandal protects Lucky’s toes from irritation and further damage.

Mrs Morgan is now trying to raise the £500 needed for an operation which entails Lucky’s right leg being broken again and set correctly. Since the damaged leg is now seven millimetres short, Lucky will also have rods inserted around it to lengthen the limb a small amount every couple of days until it is in line.

‘It is quite complicated but it works on humans and the vet is quite confident it will work,’ added Mrs Morgan.

‘Lucky is a real character and full of life. That is why I didn’t want to go with the first vet’s opinion about being put to sleep.

‘She loves having a cwtch (Welsh for a cuddle) and is as good as gold.’

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12 comments to "Duck has a Sandal"

  1. Theory
    August 12th, 2009 at 12:07 pm

    £500 for a duck with a broken leg? Assuming they have a joint account, I wonder what her husband makes of all this.

  2. Theory
    August 12th, 2009 at 12:08 pm

    £500 = $800, BTW.

  3. Johnny Cat
    August 12th, 2009 at 12:59 pm

    Cute, and it's good to see the cobblers of the world getting some attention.

  4. Yo
    August 12th, 2009 at 1:29 pm

    You'd have to be a quack for trying to foot that bill.

  5. SenorMysterioso
    August 12th, 2009 at 2:00 pm

    Were having duc... um... goose for dinner tonight honey. Lucky? I saw him fly away.

  6. seekshelter
    August 12th, 2009 at 4:15 pm

    they could have at least made one for the other food so he didnt walk all duckish...

  7. Vonskippy
    August 12th, 2009 at 5:54 pm

    Yeah, that's a good way to piss away £500.

  8. Alex
    August 13th, 2009 at 12:03 am

    "cwtch" ... apparently Welsh has an aversion to vowels.

  9. tomtom
    August 13th, 2009 at 3:04 am

    I don't know about these stories... I saw a similar one about a goose with crutches... it turned out to be propagander.

  10. ted
    August 13th, 2009 at 7:16 am

    cwtch? I would have guessed "crotch". Does that make me a bad person?

  11. VonSkippy
    August 14th, 2009 at 2:20 am

    "the damaged leg is now seven millimetres short"

    Yeah, better get that fixed right off, it'd be a shame if the duck had a permanent waddle.

  12. Skychild
    August 14th, 2009 at 9:55 am

    For those of you being critical and/or TRYING to be funny, ya sad wasters. I'd be happy to spend £500 or at least donate towards it because it's a fantastic cause. Stop being lemmings like 99% of the human race who think creatures of the animal kingdom 'just ain't worth it' when the damning truth is it's the pathetic human race who cause the vast majority of the world's problems, so maybe when something like this occurs it's the right time for a bit of pay-back. If you're on benefit & not even earning it you're not entitled to an opinion, and for anyone else, what would you rather spend it on - cigs, booze, drugs & clubbing? Yeah? Well don't tie up my NHS bed when your sad leisure hobbies catch up with you.


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