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Post by Laraine on Feb 2, 2010 10:02:04 GMT 10
Have you spotted the "critter" recently Ellen? I still have 2 baby cockatiels (one died last week). The vet didn't get a clear result from the autopsy, as it was very small, but I am giving the whole cage a dose of Triple C. Jim, the vet, advised giving them a slice of wholemeal bread each day which I have been doing. I have to ring him on Sunday with a report. The 3 baby budgies have fledged, they are pretty colours, and I have another budgie sitting on eggs. Looks like the budgies are in breeding mode now. I put the pair of peachfaces back into the aviary as I think the Rosellas have finished breeding, boy are they troublemakers. Lol.
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Post by meandem on Feb 2, 2010 16:22:05 GMT 10
No Laraine, I haven't seen the critter lately, but having said that I never ever saw one before that first time. They are a night creature and do most of their hunting at night. The aviaries are now set up in a way that he can't scale walls and get into any nests. I never want to go through that ever again.
Sad to hear you are still losing your babes. You would soon know if it was one of these critters that I had, he/she was pulling the heads clean off the birds and storing them in one of the nest boxes. And because we don't check boxes everyday, he/she had a three day head start on us. It wasn't until two days in a row when we found two birds each day dead of the floor with no heads that we realised there was something going on. I guess you live and learn, and also it is the joys of living in the bush.
I hope you soon discover what it is that is culling your population, it is heartbreaking for me to read, I hate to think what it is doing to you. Good luck with your peachies back in the mix, hopefully they will all get along harmoniously.
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Post by vankarhi on Feb 2, 2010 19:09:34 GMT 10
Ellen I can remember you talking about the "critter" but can't remember what it was???
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Post by Laraine on Feb 3, 2010 13:33:45 GMT 10
The peachies are causing havoc in the aviary. The female Eastern Rosella likes to spend a good deal of time in the breeding box and they insist on hopping in as well. She squarks and the male jumps in to save her, there are a lot of feathers on the floor. They really like to stir. Once the baby tiels decide what they are going to do and hopefully fledge I think I will put the peachies in with the tiels as there won't be any breeding boxes in then.
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Post by robert on Feb 3, 2010 15:25:53 GMT 10
Laraine, As much as I like Peachface, I don't advise keeping them in the same aviary with other birds.
from Robert and Precious
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Post by Lewis on Feb 3, 2010 17:35:46 GMT 10
laraine you cant keep peachies or any lovies with other bird it ends up in death and all of the time it is the other birds not the peachies or are killed keep them by themselves in an avairy or in something just not with any other birds it wont end well
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Post by xoxoEbzxoxo on Feb 3, 2010 17:41:29 GMT 10
The guy I got my birds off of last week managed to keep and breed peachface lovebirds with a whole range of other birds with no problems. He only got the occasional pair that were really nasty but other than tht they were fine all together.
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Post by Laraine on Feb 4, 2010 13:52:16 GMT 10
The problem with my pair is that they go into all the breeding boxes and toss out the owner, (and perhaps kill baby rosellas) who then won't go back in so that if they are breeding it is lost. I think they are ok as long as there are no breeding boxes, but will keep a close eye on them.
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Post by vankarhi on Feb 4, 2010 14:14:34 GMT 10
yes my parents had peachies/lovies and mum called them "leg biters" as they bit anything else of a different species in the aviary with them.....so they had to house them on their own or get rid of them.
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Post by meandem on Feb 4, 2010 14:33:40 GMT 10
Ellen I can remember you talking about the "critter" but can't remember what it was??? Dunnart...................oh and I have a few other names for it as well, none of which my fingers are allowed to type!  |
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Post by vankarhi on Feb 4, 2010 16:56:37 GMT 10
lol   |
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Post by vankarhi on Feb 4, 2010 17:00:01 GMT 10
ok just googled "dunnart" ....... gee aren't they cute......but they are "carnivourous" .... they look sort of like a bigger type of mouse. I am sure I wouldn't think they were cute if they were ripping the heads of my birdies though  |
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Post by meandem on Feb 4, 2010 17:24:30 GMT 10
Yeah Cute hey.................I didn't think that at the time! Now I look back, they are cute, but will only remain cute if they stay out of my aviaries!
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Post by vankarhi on Feb 5, 2010 7:15:20 GMT 10
I agree Ellen "only cute if outside the aviary"
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Post by zooyouthben on Feb 8, 2010 19:13:03 GMT 10
Dunnarts are awesome!!!!!!! i love dunnarts  i kept 50 when I was breeding them properly |
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Post by sypher on Feb 8, 2010 19:54:32 GMT 10
What did you feed them Ben?
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Post by zooyouthben on Feb 8, 2010 21:21:37 GMT 10
Mealworms, crickets, roaches, mice and day old chickens cut up, Wombaroo Small Carnivore mix and High Protien Supplements mixed with Roo mince. they eat about half their weight atleast a day
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Post by vankarhi on Feb 9, 2010 7:53:25 GMT 10
so how big are they actually Ben?? In the pics I saw it was hard to guage the size.
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Post by zooyouthben on Feb 9, 2010 9:25:21 GMT 10
Females a bit bigger than a mouse, males half that size
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Post by vankarhi on Feb 9, 2010 12:35:06 GMT 10
ok i thought they looked about the size of a mouse.....well don't they eat a lot for their size then.
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i kept 50 when I was breeding them properly
