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B & C
Mar 12, 2014 2:03:10 GMT
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Post by lisamarie on Mar 12, 2014 2:03:10 GMT
Bonnie's cere is such a dark red, I feel so rushed! I don't want to breed Bonnie and Clyde until it is warmer out. Tomorrow I am giving the nesting box to my coworker so her husband can add the concave circle to the inside for me. I'm thinking I'll attach it to the cage the following week. I'll have to ask him to make a "stand" for it also because the nest box opening for the cage is in the top right corner of the cage. So the nesting box would be outside the cage. question : that perch thing that is part of the nesting box, (the small hole under the nest box birdie entrance hole) should the perch be all the way on the inside, all the way on the outside, or half and half? It is currently all the way on the inside but it doesn't look right..
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B & C
Mar 12, 2014 3:40:47 GMT
Post by ange on Mar 12, 2014 3:40:47 GMT
It can be all the way out side (Thats how i have mine) or mostly out, part way in. Depends what you like. The male will use it alot to feed the female while she is in the nest, and he is on the outside. when the babies are older both parents will feed the young from the outside of the nest
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Mar 12, 2014 4:36:39 GMT
Post by Pammy on Mar 12, 2014 4:36:39 GMT
I've always heard female breeding ceres to be described as brown and crusty. I wonder why Bonnie's cere is red.
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B & C
Mar 12, 2014 8:22:22 GMT
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Post by lisamarie on Mar 12, 2014 8:22:22 GMT
Pammy that's pretty much what I mean. It's a deep red/brown/maroon-y color. I think in just describing it wrong too
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Mar 12, 2014 8:24:55 GMT
Post by Sarah on Mar 12, 2014 8:24:55 GMT
If you don't want to breed yet, then don't! Lol!
In the majority of cases no matter how 'rarin to go she might be, she still won't mate and lay until she has the right set up. If she has no nest, you should be alright until you are ready. Have you observed any behavior that has made you feel that they might use a corner of the cage or food bowl instead?
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B & C
Mar 12, 2014 13:41:25 GMT
Post by luvsanimals2 on Mar 12, 2014 13:41:25 GMT
Yea, you don't need to feel rushed to breed them. Do it when you are ready.
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B & C
Mar 12, 2014 14:45:07 GMT
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Post by lisamarie on Mar 12, 2014 14:45:07 GMT
No I haven't seen any breeding behavior. I think it's a good and bad thing. Good because I don't have to worry and bad because maybe they will never breed! I'm just planning to put the best box in place the first week of April, maybe. Currently I am getting everything ready like the nest box and I'll have to buy pine shavings
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Mar 12, 2014 15:28:27 GMT
Post by kmic on Mar 12, 2014 15:28:27 GMT
I don't think it should be a problem coz as Sarah said, if they feel they don't have the right conditions to breed they probably won't mate. Once they have the right diet, long days and a place to breed (the nest) they'll probably start mating.
I also suggest having some back up baby food for the little ones in case one is rejected and the parents won't feed it.
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B & C
Mar 12, 2014 21:30:27 GMT
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Post by lisamarie on Mar 12, 2014 21:30:27 GMT
I will definitely have baby formula just in case! I need to do some research on what is a good brand!
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Mar 13, 2014 1:02:39 GMT
Post by Pammy on Mar 13, 2014 1:02:39 GMT
I feel so excited for you, Lisa! I know you're going to be an awesome birdie gramma.
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Mar 13, 2014 3:56:44 GMT
Post by Sarah on Mar 13, 2014 3:56:44 GMT
Word of advice in your ear, do not buy Kaytee formula if you can avoid it. I have not heard that it is bad in general, but they have had to issue several recalls on tainted baby bird formulas over the years, and I would hate to see you wind up with a bad batch.
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B & C
Mar 13, 2014 13:27:59 GMT
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Post by lisamarie on Mar 13, 2014 13:27:59 GMT
Well I won't buy KayTee anything anymore after the guy I got Leo from told me it's better to feed them cardboard :/ I thjnk the budgies were eating some of the ZuPreem pellets I put in the other day
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Mar 13, 2014 20:58:51 GMT
Post by ange on Mar 13, 2014 20:58:51 GMT
I used Kaytee Exact Hand Feeding Rearing Formula with my baby Budgies as that is the only brand we can get here in New Zealand
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Mar 13, 2014 21:12:45 GMT
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Post by lisamarie on Mar 13, 2014 21:12:45 GMT
Ange, if it is all you can get you can't be upset! Plus you've been breeding successfully for awhile, so if it works for you, you can't get mad!
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Mar 13, 2014 21:49:13 GMT
Post by Perla MV on Mar 13, 2014 21:49:13 GMT
I haven't bought any formula for my babies I can't find anything anywhere! I've been looking at some brads online but they get kinda expensive with the shipping and all... Fortunately Poki and Leelo are doing an excelent job feeding the three musqueteers . Lisa I think they only thing stopping Bonnie and Clyde from having babies is you haha, but not in a bad way, I mean it seems that they're ready, and if you put the nest inside their cage, they are not going to waste a lot of time on start using it I can bet on it! I don't think you have to worry about them not wanting to mate or something
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