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Post by wilsta on Jun 4, 2007 10:04:42 GMT 10
I was at a market yesterday and i was looking at the masked lovebirds there I was shocked when i noticed the actual size of the lovebirds they were tiny, in the cage next to them were some zebra finches and they were about the same size. Its quite alarming.  |
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Post by robert on Jun 4, 2007 17:18:10 GMT 10
Yes ,it is alarming. Clearly Mask Lovebirds ,that small,ought not to be breed.Ideally they ought to be able to live out their lives in a big aviary.Lovebirds that small are the result of careless breeding. Maybe they have hybridized.Some people believe,they ought to be culled,which here means killed.I cannot support that. Best Robert and Angel
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Post by Minna on Jun 4, 2007 18:18:16 GMT 10
That's so tiny. !! It seems unfair to kill the poor babies, though. It's not their fault they're so little! >_< What sort of health problems must they have, being so small... D: |
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Post by wilsta on Jun 5, 2007 12:19:19 GMT 10
I am not sure why they are so small but it could have been a resulted in careless breeding more likely like robert said. It really annoys me breeders allow this to happen.
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Post by robert on Jun 5, 2007 15:45:21 GMT 10
It does annoy me,too, that breeders allow this to happen. Also it is not the fault of these lovies,that they are so small. Some breeders inbreed ,ie allow brother and sister to breed or hybridize with another species. However it happened, I can understand those aviculturalists who believe these birds ought to be culled, ie killed.This market ought not to be selling these birds.Someone very likely will buy them,and then breed them,and so continue and increase the number of such small birds.Ideally they ought to put in a large aviary and if they breed, the fertilized eggs, taken away, and destroyed and replaced with infertile eggs. It is possible to buy infertile eggs. While I do not agree with killing them, I can understand whey some people advocate this. Best Robert And Angel
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Post by wilsta on Jun 5, 2007 15:56:21 GMT 10
They should be all placed in an aviary without breeding box etc this may halter the breeding patterns but I dont think its possible to stop this kind of breeding its just got to a point where breeders are careless and take birds to markets to make a few bucks. I guess not everyone has the passion to keep breeding quality birds like most of us here on the forum. I do not agree to cull the the birds but a more proactive way of keeping qaulity birds out there should come to peoples attention and breeders that sell to pet shops is a great place to start.
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Post by robert on Jun 7, 2007 16:02:45 GMT 10
Hopefully this is the right spot for this comment. Have been informed that most of the Peachface around the Brisbane area would be related,even if distantly related.To improve the health of our birds ,might be helpfull if new birds are imported from elsewhere in Australia,and especially if they are imported from a distant area.I think it is important for the blood line,if there is also totally new blood.Hope this makes sense. best Robert and Angel. Doubt if this just applies to peachface but also other lovies.
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Post by wilsta on Jun 7, 2007 19:25:25 GMT 10
Its usually the case when there isnt alot of Lovebird breeders I am sure that if all DNA across australia I would believe that there would be a link related down the generations.
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