Ask the Swan Specialist
Date: 10 June 2009
Hi Jeanne:
You might try to reintroduce the cygnet, but it probably is not going to work and you need to be ready to recapture and save from its parents. If the cygnet is too weak or the parents just reject it for being away for so long, the ultimate outcome will be that the parents will try to kill it.
DO NOT give it to another pair of swans. They will immediately kill the cygnet.
Placing both young cygnets together on a secured lake is not an option. They both will succumb to predators as a 7 week old cygnet will still not be able to protect itself or the other swan.
The best option is to take both cygnets to a wildlife rehabilitator or waterfowl sanctuary. Raising both of the cygnets together will increase the chances that imprinting on humans will be minimal and they both can eventually be released as a pair on a private pond. The Regal Swan
Messages In This Thread
- Double Clutch: Will the parents drive the 7-week-old cygnet away when new eggs hatch? -- Jeanne Moore -- 29 May 2009
- Re: Double Clutch: Will the parents drive the 7-week-old cygnet away when new eggs hatch? -- The Regal Swan -- 29 May 2009
- Re: Double Clutch: Will the parents drive the 7-week-old cygnet away when new eggs hatch? -- Jeanne Moore -- 30 May 2009
- Re: Double Clutch: Will the parents drive the 7-week-old cygnet away when new eggs hatch? -- The Regal Swan -- 30 May 2009
- Injured cygnet taken to the vet for 5 days: Will its parents take it back? -- Jeanne Moore -- 9 June 2009
- Re: Injured cygnet taken to the vet for 5 days: Will its parents take it back? -- The Regal Swan -- 10 June 2009
- Why the injured cygnet was accepted by the parents after an absence of 6 days -- Jeanne Moore -- 15 June 2009
- Re: Why the injured cygnet was accepted by the parents after an absence of 6 days -- The Regal Swan -- 16 June 2009
- Why the injured cygnet was accepted by the parents after an absence of 6 days -- Jeanne Moore -- 15 June 2009
- Re: Injured cygnet taken to the vet for 5 days: Will its parents take it back? -- The Regal Swan -- 10 June 2009
- Injured cygnet taken to the vet for 5 days: Will its parents take it back? -- Jeanne Moore -- 9 June 2009
- Re: Double Clutch: Will the parents drive the 7-week-old cygnet away when new eggs hatch? -- The Regal Swan -- 30 May 2009
- Re: Double Clutch: Will the parents drive the 7-week-old cygnet away when new eggs hatch? -- Jeanne Moore -- 30 May 2009
- Re: Double Clutch: Will the parents drive the 7-week-old cygnet away when new eggs hatch? -- The Regal Swan -- 29 May 2009
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