Bee would beg for food while Tyler was eating — and Tyler of course would sneak him whatever he wanted.
Young said the two would tear Tyler’s room apart in five minutes flat, and then look equally guilty when she caught them.
Bee is also “very protective of his boy. If I am holding Tyler and he’s crying, Bee is at my feet quacking, making sure he’s not hurt,” Young said.
Young had kept pet ducks for many years before having Tyler. She’d had a dozen or more of them at a time. But — by their choice — they’d mostly been outside pets until Bee.
Bee opened her eyes to how keeping an indoor duck “isn’t nearly as weird as it seems.”
“At first I laughed put loud when I learned people kept ducks inside wearing a diaper,” Young says. “Bee is just as loyal, smart, and sweet as any dog or cat.”
Of course, for Tyler, none of this seemed strange at all. He’s never really known life without his feathery, diapered best friend.
“As far as Tyler knows, having a pet duck is the thing to have,” says Young. “He loves his Beaker, and he will tell you just that.”
Now, almost five years later, Young’s house has since welcomed another baby (and another duck in diapers). But the original best friends will always have a special place in each other’s hearts.
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