http://mrflapper.com/blog The quacks, life and times of a celebrity pet duck. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:02:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Flapper headed back to the vet today for another round of stretching his cloaca. The cloaca is the muscle inside the vent that has scar tissue on it from when Flapper had surgery in August 2008. The scar tissue was causing that muscle to close up so much that Flapper ... http://mrflapper.com/blog/2010/03/20/back-to-the-vet/ Flapper's blood work says he has high urates. We got a message that the vet wants to do an ultrasound, but we want to talk to the vet first. We thought Flapper had urates building up, and he did. But now we see urates in his waste, and that seems ... http://mrflapper.com/blog/2010/03/16/waffle-boy/ Flapper is home from the vet, and seems to be resting comfortably enough. He had some waffle treats and took his medicine like a sweetheart. We should have blood work results on Tuesday and know more then. Hopefully he will feel okay in the morning. He had a nice swim ... http://mrflapper.com/blog/2010/03/13/let-us-never-speak-of-this-day-again/ The vet called and said Flapper is stable for now, and strong. They think what I am seeing is that he's in a lot of pain. They looked in his vent and his cloaca is almost completely closed off from scar tissue. The opening should be about the size of ... http://mrflapper.com/blog/2010/03/13/update-3-biting/ Flapper is at the ducky hospital today. I hope the vets can figure out what's wrong. I always assume the problem is his chronic plumbing issues, but maybe it is an infection like Chewy had earlier in the year. That scared me when Chewy had it and he acted similar ... http://mrflapper.com/blog/2010/03/13/update-2-hospital/ The light of my life, my buster Flapper, is not doing well tonight. Friday morning he didn't quite seem himself, so I gave him a bit of pain medication to see if that was what was bothering him, because of his chronic plumbing problems. It perked him right up and when I ... http://mrflapper.com/blog/2010/03/13/light-of-my-life/ In every day, there are five key phases of Flapper. Flapper explains what each phase means and how you can use each phase to your best advantage. The first phase is posing. This is an important phase. This is a default phase for many uses. It can show how cute you are, ... http://mrflapper.com/blog/2010/03/09/the-five-phases-of-flapper/ "The breakfast treats are missing!? SUPER DUCK TO THE RESCUE!" "I will find you, missing waffles. Super duck will save the day!" "This is my trusty sidekick, Chewy. Every superhero needs a good sidekick." Flapper received this super awesome cape from our friend Terrie. She makes all kinds of quilts and aprons and ... http://mrflapper.com/blog/2010/02/27/super-duck/ Flapper made a run at catching Petunia today, and now he realizes that arthritis is indeed slowing him down. He can't catch her anymore! She was pretty happy about it though. After Flapper gave up catching Petunia, he decided that he might as well hang out with me. http://mrflapper.com/blog/2010/02/20/snuggle-time/ Flapper was scheduled to have an endoscopy tomorrow, but we put it on hold for now. He is pooping better and feeling better from his chronic plumbing issues, so we'll just wait for now. Flapper has had trouble walking for a few months, and for some reason I always assumed it ... http://mrflapper.com/blog/2010/02/18/yay-for-flappers-bum-knees/