Hi again! While I was at work my roommate decided to redecorate the birdcage. In doing so he moved the zebra nest (by the way the zebra finches have calmed...
Put the nest back wherever it was. Usually zebs relocate with no problems but perhaps yours are more sensitive. If the eggs were fertile and were already...
thanks Christine I'll try that, 'cause the zebras at the momment are trying to take over the raising of the socities nest and it's starting to cause some...
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Jeff- Just curious how it's going with your finches...I read your previous emails with Christine & appreciate the knowledge for myself...I have some limited...
Hi, haven't posted in quite a while, but I am still alive, even though the Doc told me I'd be dead by July. I vistied my Grand parents in Jackson Wyo...
Has anyone got any suggestions what I can use for nesting materials for my Zebras? Is there anything that I can use from around the house? How about pieces of...
Don't I feel dumb now!!!!!!! LOL!!!! I live in the south too and should have thought of pine needles! Thanks a lot! I'll go gather some today for them. What do...
Do you wash them, microwave them or anything else? I tried them years ago and my birds were very " itchy ", Thanks, Julio E. ... Pine needles. What I have used...
I didn't do anything special - just tried to find clean, dry pine needles. Anytime you introduce something from the outdoors into the aviary, you take a...
I will wash the gourds out as good as I can and then steep them in boiling water for about 30-45 minutes. I learned long ago that putting something in the ...
I have used some pasture grass. I usually cut it into about 6" lengths just to make it a little easier for them to maneuver in a caged area. I thought Gourds...
I am trying to find someone breeding Black Masked Dacni, Blue Capped cordon Blues, siberian goldfinch, or Violet Tears somewhere near Idaho. Has anyone heard...
JoDee, Things are starting to calm down as far as the present fledglings are concerned. One of the societies and the male zebra are now taking care of the...
I am new to the Finch world. I recently got my first pair of Zebras. My male is approximately 5 months old and my female is about 4 months. How old are they...
Jeff, I am happy to hear that things are better with your finches now...I think it's very interesting and must be fun to watch the societies and zebras working...
-I normally use grass too, least as long as summer allows here in maine...most any, lawn grass or field grasses are readily used and accepted by the birds, i...
-Hello Dean, good to hear from You...sorry to hear about the doc's prognosis, but i dont believe much of what they say anyhow. I was recently put on mental...
-Personally i'd let them get to be at least ten months, preferably older, before breeding. In other words i'd withhold nests till later. That's my opinion,...
I have always waited until my birds (finches & cockatiels so far) are a year old before breeding, but 10 months might be close enough...I normally don't have a...
I have at times used sisal rope, just cut it into short strands and unravel it, that way it's fine enough for them to work with...use sisal (hemp) rope as it's...
Thanks a lot. I have an area of my yard that only get cut about once a month so it gets about a foot high. I can gather some grass from there, and I know it's...
I agree yarn can be dangerous, the tiny fibers can wrap around the chicks feet or toes eventually cutting them off. I've use decorating natural excelcior...
The nursing home aviary I visited last weekend was using American Moss as a batting over the rear wall covered with chicken wire. This allowed the birds to get...
Pine needles in Idaho are mostly from spruce trees. They contain a lot of turpentine in the sap of the trees and the needles also have a high quantity in them....
In Arkansas we have short-needle pines, and there is some problem with the sap (turpentine?), especially when green. The needles that carpet the ground that...
Thank you Steve for your suggestions and advice. We have the long-needle pine here so that is what i'll use. I can pick it off the trees and let it dry good...
That sounds like it was really a pretty aviary! One thing I've been thinking about is putting a live tree in there too. Maybe a small oak, or something like...
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