Post by avinet on Nov 14, 2008 21:57:56 GMT 10
How much poop can a bird hold? An awful lot, and it is a BIG mess when it comes out!!
Jello (lutino ringneck) is sitting on 8 eggs at present - the ones used for the candling thread elsewhere. Her nestbox is in her cage in the family room at home, and she and mate Sasha have been breeding this way for around 8 years now. Jello is an excellent mother, and is scrupulous about keeping her nest box clean. Never a sign of a dropping in it, as can be seen from one of the photos below. Even when babies are in the box there are never any droppings, she must eat them since they aren't thrown out.
Since she is such a tight sitter her exits from the box are infrequent, and she is currently only doing one big poop a day. And I mean BIG. The photo shows what I mean! Fortunately this time she is doing it in the cage, mostly on the newspapers, but in past years she has flown up to the curtain rail and done it there - messy
One thing at least, with all that poo I know that Sasha is giving her lots of food - she certainly isn't starving in the box
Jello peering out of her box
Jellos 8 eggs, in an immaculate box - a bit of additional shaving have been added to make sure the eggs don't roll around to much.
The poop - all in one single expulsion!
Jello (lutino ringneck) is sitting on 8 eggs at present - the ones used for the candling thread elsewhere. Her nestbox is in her cage in the family room at home, and she and mate Sasha have been breeding this way for around 8 years now. Jello is an excellent mother, and is scrupulous about keeping her nest box clean. Never a sign of a dropping in it, as can be seen from one of the photos below. Even when babies are in the box there are never any droppings, she must eat them since they aren't thrown out.
Since she is such a tight sitter her exits from the box are infrequent, and she is currently only doing one big poop a day. And I mean BIG. The photo shows what I mean! Fortunately this time she is doing it in the cage, mostly on the newspapers, but in past years she has flown up to the curtain rail and done it there - messy
One thing at least, with all that poo I know that Sasha is giving her lots of food - she certainly isn't starving in the box
Jello peering out of her box
Jellos 8 eggs, in an immaculate box - a bit of additional shaving have been added to make sure the eggs don't roll around to much.
The poop - all in one single expulsion!
