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Post by Rob on Nov 3, 2006 14:30:56 GMT 10
Well wanting a Galah for months and finally finding one, Ive now got another. Female this time, My father-in-law was on the look out for one and one of his mates had one, and he was moving so he was looking for a new home for her. She is so sweet and apparently a stray, No idea how old she is though. I introduced her to Banjo and he tried beating her up and following her around his cage, so I took her out and went and purchased a new cage. Ill take some pictures of her for you guys.
Rob (the Galah rescuer!) lol
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Post by Rob on Nov 3, 2006 14:44:15 GMT 10
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Post by Jane on Nov 3, 2006 16:36:08 GMT 10
Good to see you're obsessed and couldn't stop at one bird. Aren't they addictive? Your new girl looks gorgous I'm sure they get along well in no time.
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Post by vankarhi on Nov 3, 2006 17:44:53 GMT 10
lucky you...........two galahs now. Yes pretty soon you will need to go into the confessional to confess about your newly found addiction to birds................and how you can envision a big bird aviary and lots and lots of birds in it.............actually maybe 2 or 3 aviaries with ekkies in one, alexandrines in the other...................oh hang on that is my addictive dream not yours................  |
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Rob
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Post by Rob on Nov 3, 2006 18:44:32 GMT 10
Definetly ekkies in atleast one aviary... lol Any idea on how too see how old she is? She is an absolute sweetheart loves me to death and lets any male touch her.. as soon as the wife touches her, whack one biten female.. I put her in with Banjo before I realized he had worms and he bossed her around a bit, after I worm both of them ill put her back in with him, They should get used to each other.. |
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Post by vankarhi on Nov 4, 2006 11:55:38 GMT 10
Well she is defiently an adult.................apart from that I have no idea how to age them unless she is banded?? Babies and young galahs have quite a bit of grey feathers through their pink feathers.................and she has none.
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Post by silvercloud on Nov 4, 2006 16:30:58 GMT 10
Oh she is gorgeous. Congrats on such a pretty girl. You do realize that this is only the beginning, I bet you can't stop at these 2 LOL
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Post by vankarhi on Nov 6, 2006 10:29:14 GMT 10
Jules....................he might start getting scared..............we are all telling him it is an addiction. LOL I am not addicted...........just because I will be saving for a male ekkie and male alexandrine both adults for my girls....................doesnl't mean I am addicted  |
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Post by silvercloud on Nov 6, 2006 11:17:47 GMT 10
Of course not Tracey  |
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Post by AussieBirds on Nov 6, 2006 12:24:20 GMT 10
Jules....................he might start getting scared..............we are all telling him it is an addiction. LOL I am not addicted...........just because I will be saving for a male ekkie and male alexandrine both adults for my girls....................doesnl't mean I am addicted Ummmmmm yes it does Tracey PMSLOL ;D ;D ;D ;D John |
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Rob
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Post by Rob on Nov 6, 2006 19:59:59 GMT 10
Yep, I think I'm becoming a full blown addict...  lol.. Any ideas on how to get them not to want to fight all the time? Banjo follows her and she runs away, I caught her scratching his head for him, then she started ripping at his feathers.. LOL and then he got angry and went her, at the moment I have them both in his cage (which I hope is big enough?? its in the pics) and I have them covered up.. All I can hear is eating, so more than likely Banjo is eating and she is in a corner scared... lol even though shes the one starting the fights.. |
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Post by AussieBirds on Nov 6, 2006 20:04:14 GMT 10
Sounds like they are sorting out the pecking order Rob hopefully they will sort it all out before they do any damage to each other.
John
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Post by vankarhi on Nov 6, 2006 21:10:15 GMT 10
Just my opinion............but I would have them in separate cages for a few weeks, side by side, so they can get used to each other without being able to damage each other. Let them out for play times together and watch them............when it appears they get on ok................then i would put them in the same cage. That is just my opinion though.  |
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Post by AussieBirds on Nov 7, 2006 9:53:54 GMT 10
Sounds like a good move to me Tracey ;D
John
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Post by vankarhi on Nov 7, 2006 12:14:49 GMT 10
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Rob
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Post by Rob on Nov 7, 2006 20:47:19 GMT 10
Well, 2nd night tonight in the same cage, they don't argue as much no more, but Banjo still doesn't like her eating from his food bowl.. considering there are two in the cage anyway... LOL but they seem to be okay, I think he follows her around because he wants attention from her. She is a real b*tch to my wife though, absolutely hates her, when she walks passed her cage, daisy trys to snap at her and bite her.. LOL she loves the males though!
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Post by vankarhi on Nov 8, 2006 12:38:26 GMT 10
Get your wife to spend a bit of time beside the cage, just talking quietly or even get a book and just read to the birds. Pat the male and let the female bird see that he likes the female human company. she might come around slowly this way. Get your wife to offer her treats for any slight showing of attention from the bird to your wife..........positive attention too not lunging or biting behaviour. Don't get offended (I know it is very hard but maybe Daisy has been badly treated in the past or maybe she has not dealt with women before. My female galah loved men too, but she did not have an aggressive bone in her body (until a few months before she died) and she would willingly go to a female human but given a choice would prefer to go to men.
maybe even playing with Banjo and giving him some attention (not going overboard though.......might cause her to become worse) and giving him some treats just to show Daisy that Bonjo thinks the female humans are not too bad.
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Post by Rob on Dec 19, 2006 20:03:23 GMT 10
update;
they are both doing fine, Banjo is still an attention seca, but they love each other now.. Ive even busted them trying to do the deed, with Banjo screaming out "hello" "hello" LOL
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Post by vankarhi on Dec 19, 2006 20:36:01 GMT 10
PMSLOL...............Skye said "kiss kiss" while trying to flirt and encourage some romance from a male ekkie in sept/oct this year. Funny birds hey??
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Post by silvercloud on Dec 19, 2006 20:46:25 GMT 10
LMAO that would've been so funny. Glad to hear they're doing well.
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lol.. 