Duck as a main protein

I've used duck mixed with other lower fat proteins like turkey and rabbit, (9lbs turkey 1lb duck for example) but I haven't yet used duck as a main protein. Does anyone here use it? Is it maybe too fatty? What about the bone content?

I have used duck (and free goose), it is very very fatty. My twin sister recently bought Ritz a treat, a part of a duck leg that she found in a main stream grocery store. It was incredibly tough to cut, all that skin and bone! I threw most of it away and diplomatically told my sister "thanks but no thanks".
Unless there are medical reasons, I think you should rotate proteins, so I wouldn't use duck exclusively. Unless you plan on feeding, for example, one day only duck, one day only rabbit, then that would be fine.
If your cat is particularly fond of poultry, you might try sourcing some goose, pheasant or quail. Hare Today/My Pet Carnivore have large selections of poultry/rabbit. (I've recently learned that Ritz may have some food sensitivities that may be contributing to her FHS episodes, so I'm also looking for alternative proteins.)

I guess I'll just stick to using it at a fattener (is that a word) for leaner proteins. Thanks!

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Ritz said:

I have used duck (and free goose), it is very very fatty. My twin sister recently bought Ritz a treat, a part of a duck leg that she found in a main stream grocery store. It was incredibly tough to cut, all that skin and bone! I threw most of it away and diplomatically told my sister "thanks but no thanks".
Unless there are medical reasons, I think you should rotate proteins, so I wouldn't use duck exclusively. Unless you plan on feeding, for example, one day only duck, one day only rabbit, then that would be fine.
If your cat is particularly fond of poultry, you might try sourcing some goose, pheasant or quail. Hare Today/My Pet Carnivore have large selections of poultry/rabbit. (I've recently learned that Ritz may have some food sensitivities that may be contributing to her FHS episodes, so I'm also looking for alternative proteins.)

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Wait, what's the difference between duck and a geese? 

Oh, good question, good point.
Based on a quick Google search, there is a difference, at least structurally. And geese are usually bigger than ducks.
But in so far as nutrition, again, good point: don't know. Which makes my buying duck at the international supermarket a more intriguing idea. After I buy an electric knife.

Ducks are more aquatic and eat more of a meaty diet and their meat is a bit darker, how much fat really depends on what the source is, wild, hobby farm raised, mass farmed.  Geese are larger and eat mostly plants, their meat is really greasy/fatty as well.  I feed what I can of both proteins but they can be spendy.