Because they’re bred for meat, he said, they’re fairly large and tend to be docile, making them good companions. If you go into a Chinese restaurant and order duck, it’ll likely be Pekin, said Richard Blatchford, a poultry extension specialist in the department of animal science at UC Davis. By then, McWilliams and Jack were experienced duck parents. The fuzzy yellow duckling fit in the palm of her hand. “I’ve never known anyone with a duck for a pet,” said McWilliams’ friend, Brooke, who asked that her last name not be used due to privacy concerns.Īn April Fools’ Day baby, Cardi D was 3 weeks old when McWilliams brought her home from a pet shop downtown. Cardi D was a fixture in every group, a pampered city duck, her claws occasionally adorned with nail polish. The couple sold $1 sodas out of an ice chest and, throughout the day, sat around a small table with friends who still lived at the Grand. (Cardi D had pooped on all of it.) They stored extra clothing and suitcases in a second tent nearby. To make their temporary home cozier, McWilliams and Jack had placed blue-and-yellow carpet, faux wood panels and a patch of artificial turf on the concrete outside their tent. “It’s really important to keep the families whole.” “When we’re serving somebody on the streets, we’re serving the whole need, which includes their companions,” Murphy said. Team members also help get people into interim or permanent housing that allows for pets or emotional support animals. LAHSA works on connecting those who are homeless with veterinary care and food resources for their companions, she said. There have been dogs, cats, guinea pigs and snakes. When it comes to animal companions of the unhoused, Colleen Murphy, LAHSA’s associate director of unsheltered strategies, has pretty much seen it all.
McWilliams hopes for a house with a yard.
They had received a housing voucher with the help of their Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority caseworker, but are still struggling to find permanent housing.
They were living on unemployment and odd jobs. They’d been staying at the downtown hotel for almost a year through Project Roomkey, a homeless relief initiative launched at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. McWilliams and her boyfriend Jack had been living under the overpass since May they moved there after they were kicked out of the L.A. She no longer sounded like a squeaky toy and was shedding feathers, white tufts floating around her like dandelion fluff in the wind. Cocoa Puffs are a favorite.Īnd she’s going through puberty, McWilliams noted. Cardi D also eats watermelon, mealworms, crickets, cockroaches and even cereal.
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