salebrosus
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Hehehehehehe ya never know Shermy!!!!!!!!!
Just kidding Alexr
Simone
Just kidding Alexr
Simone
Nasty......
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Another funny story. (not at the time thou)
When I was 19, my girlfriend at the time (not anymore) went to a party and her X was there.
She nicked of in the bush with him for :roll: , ya know. :lol:
Anyway the next day she came around my house to get a bit more loving, :lol: I took her pants off, :shock: and guess what I found sucking a bit of blood, :lol: Better still guess where?? A Tick :lol:
Sprung!! I later got some details of friends at the party.
ANd yes it is a true story, Sorry no photos & yes it did happen
When I was 19, my girlfriend at the time (not anymore) went to a party and her X was there.
She nicked of in the bush with him for :roll: , ya know. :lol:
Anyway the next day she came around my house to get a bit more loving, :lol: I took her pants off, :shock: and guess what I found sucking a bit of blood, :lol: Better still guess where?? A Tick :lol:
Sprung!! I later got some details of friends at the party.
ANd yes it is a true story, Sorry no photos & yes it did happen
Just to answer a few questions that were posed:
The Gouldian was a hen. Normal purple-breast, but my male is split to white-chested yellowbacked.
While I'm disappointed about the loss, I'm not overly devastated as I have lost many birds before over the last 25 years. I just found this frustrating as the Finches were just beginning a nest - last year my last pair had just completed a nest and laid four eggs when a rat got into the aviary and ate them both and the eggs, as well as three Star finches, four Diamond Doves and nine King Quail. I found him asleep in the Gouldian nest surrounded by brightly coloured feathers. He woke up, but only momentarily, until I put him back to sleep for good.
:evil:
Hix
The Gouldian was a hen. Normal purple-breast, but my male is split to white-chested yellowbacked.
While I'm disappointed about the loss, I'm not overly devastated as I have lost many birds before over the last 25 years. I just found this frustrating as the Finches were just beginning a nest - last year my last pair had just completed a nest and laid four eggs when a rat got into the aviary and ate them both and the eggs, as well as three Star finches, four Diamond Doves and nine King Quail. I found him asleep in the Gouldian nest surrounded by brightly coloured feathers. He woke up, but only momentarily, until I put him back to sleep for good.
:evil:
Hix
alexr
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...well I do own a Holden
(but is only a matter of time http://carsguide.news.com.au/news/story_page/0,8269,12851807%5E21822,00.html)
alexr
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At least you got him. (snake food?)
Is that common. I would not have thought that rats could catch birds (yes I know that the birds are in the cage and prob. can't get away - but still....)
westaussie
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Re: RE: Nasty......
Sounds like a dream I had once Simone
johnbowemonie said:
Sounds like a dream I had once Simone
salebrosus
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RE: Re: RE: Nasty......
I 'm sure i've had that dream once before too Westaussie,
Alexr- i figured i couldn't bag you out about the Holden, after all you've seen the light. hehehehehehe. Good luck in getting the new car. It looks great-any offers for a ride in it?
Simone.
I 'm sure i've had that dream once before too Westaussie,
Alexr- i figured i couldn't bag you out about the Holden, after all you've seen the light. hehehehehehe. Good luck in getting the new car. It looks great-any offers for a ride in it?
Simone.
alexr said:
Snake food? No way!!!!! Too many parasites, possibly diseases like salmonella that freezing can't kill - nah, way too risky. Straight into the compost bin.
And as for being common, I live in a bushy area and have been having problems with rats for a long time. 20 years ago a pair of princess parrots disappeared overnight and upon investigation in a corner of the shelter where there was a suspicious handful of feathers, I pulled up one of the concrete tiles making up the floor and found a nest of rats under it. All that was left of the Princesses were just a few feathers and the leg bands.
Having said that, rats have not caused any problems for any of my other parrots (mainly cockatiels) since, but my finches and doves have occassionally been raided. But it seems in the last three years the rats have had a population explosion - I get rid of one pair and another pair moves in. The incident last year was the last straw and I emptyed the aviary and rat-proofed it. No sign of rats since.
Fingers crossed.
Hix
alexr
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How about Bathurst. (been too scared to rock up in a holden
).How? I was considering a out-door enclosure for a (yearling) diamond pair that I'm planning to get for christmas. And you have got me nervous.
My aviary is at my Dad's place and backs onto bushland, so rats are prevalent. If your backyard backs onto someone else's house/yard, then rats won't be as bad.
When we built the aviary it was situated on some bedrock, and we concreted part of the pipe framework to the rock. Around the perimeter we sunk sheet tin to a depth of 2 feet below and two feet above ground level, as per NPWS recommendations (at the time). Large aviary, so we used the natural earthen floor. And that was one of the main problems. A few years ago the rats started getting over and under the tin and digging in. What was worse, I had a large Lomandra longifolia in the aviary (cause they are one plant that can thrive in a parrot aviary) and the rats dug their burrows under that. The entrance holes were obscured by the fronds and the rats could have been there for some time without my knowledge. Unless of course, finches went missing.
So what I did a year ago was to take all the birds out of the aviary for a few weeks, dug back the earth to expose the pipe framework, and concreted 12.5mm x 12.5mm wire mesh to the frame work. Not just around the perimeter, but over the cross bars too. A rat can now burrow completely under the aviary and be unable to get in.
And as I said, since doing that I haven't had any problems with rats at all. Just ticks.
Hix
When we built the aviary it was situated on some bedrock, and we concreted part of the pipe framework to the rock. Around the perimeter we sunk sheet tin to a depth of 2 feet below and two feet above ground level, as per NPWS recommendations (at the time). Large aviary, so we used the natural earthen floor. And that was one of the main problems. A few years ago the rats started getting over and under the tin and digging in. What was worse, I had a large Lomandra longifolia in the aviary (cause they are one plant that can thrive in a parrot aviary) and the rats dug their burrows under that. The entrance holes were obscured by the fronds and the rats could have been there for some time without my knowledge. Unless of course, finches went missing.
So what I did a year ago was to take all the birds out of the aviary for a few weeks, dug back the earth to expose the pipe framework, and concreted 12.5mm x 12.5mm wire mesh to the frame work. Not just around the perimeter, but over the cross bars too. A rat can now burrow completely under the aviary and be unable to get in.
And as I said, since doing that I haven't had any problems with rats at all. Just ticks.
Hix
salebrosus
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Your on for Bathurst then alexr. Only about 165 days to go.
Simone.
Simone.
Nephrurus
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You're losing gouldians too! If the weather does'nt get them, and the ticks dont (i've never had ticks), f***ing air sac mite will. My male yellow head died this morning. I noticed he looked a bit sick a couple of days ago, and treated them with ivo-mec. I think he may have been past the point of no return. I'm sick of gouldians, too finicky and stupid.
I'm going to the fairfield bird sale on the weekend. Maybe I'll find something a bit tougher...
-H
I'm going to the fairfield bird sale on the weekend. Maybe I'll find something a bit tougher...
-H
Nephrurus
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Sorry, did'nt read all the posts! I had the same problem as hix. ABout a year and a half ago i undertook the massive task of rewiring and rat-proofing my aviary after losing Hooded parrots, numerous finches, bourke parrots, turk parrots and quails to rats. The rats always seemed to target birds just as they were on eggs (my hoodeds had three chicks). After rewiring the entire 8x5x2.5 metre aviary i've have had no problems with rats or mice, although as a precautionary measure, i keep a box of rat poison (the raptor safe poison, i forget the brand) in an 8 foot piece of plastic piping outside the aviary. mice and rats seem to find this first before attempting to break in and get my birds. So far I've managed to breed Red-browed firetails, Black mask finches, red faced parrot finches and almost gouldians (the male that died this morning was sitting on eggs).
-H
-H
Nephrurus
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Re: RE: Nasty......
I've had zebras before. Never again! they breed too much...
I was thinking something a little more charismatic and wont overrun my aviary. Diamond firetails or if i can find them, Yellow rumps...
-H
Hix said:
I've had zebras before. Never again! they breed too much...
I was thinking something a little more charismatic and wont overrun my aviary. Diamond firetails or if i can find them, Yellow rumps...
-H
Re: RE: Nasty......
Saw both for sale at Gunnadeah a few weeks back. Diamond Firetails are gorgeous and I would love to have some, but not till they become exempt. Too difficult to move the offspring otherwise. Same with Doublebars.
Hix
Nephrurus said:
Saw both for sale at Gunnadeah a few weeks back. Diamond Firetails are gorgeous and I would love to have some, but not till they become exempt. Too difficult to move the offspring otherwise. Same with Doublebars.
Hix
Nephrurus
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Re: RE: Nasty......
Not til they become exempt? Boooooo..... so many of the best birds are the ones you need licences for! Mask finches for example....
You have reptile licence dont you? just get the extra licence. The birds are no harder to move (usually). Diamond firetails are usually pretty easy to move, same with masks and the rarer non-exempt species. I find it hard to give away red-head finches. To many red-heads are wild caught... which is a buggar because they are really difficult to breed.
Also, do you remember how much the Yellow rumps were going for?
-Henry
Hix said:[ but not till they become exempt.
Hix
Not til they become exempt? Boooooo..... so many of the best birds are the ones you need licences for! Mask finches for example....
You have reptile licence dont you? just get the extra licence. The birds are no harder to move (usually). Diamond firetails are usually pretty easy to move, same with masks and the rarer non-exempt species. I find it hard to give away red-head finches. To many red-heads are wild caught... which is a buggar because they are really difficult to breed.
Also, do you remember how much the Yellow rumps were going for?
-Henry
RE: Re: RE: Nasty......
I found that nobody wants the doublebars, because you need a license to buy them, so petshops now have problems selling them. But I agree, there are some spectacular finches that are not exempt. Disappointed when Longtails went on the list 18 months ago, for that reason.
Can't remember how much the Yellowrumps were. I'll check when I get home and see if I took a pic with the prices. There was two pair of Bleeding Hearts, for $220 a pair, and a pair of Purple Crowned Fruit Doves for $750, if that's of any interest. At Shoalhaven Sale last Saturday I saw Bluefaced Parrot Finches for $45 a pair, and Redfaced for $55 a pair. Plus a lone Tri-colour male, I think $100.
Hix
I found that nobody wants the doublebars, because you need a license to buy them, so petshops now have problems selling them. But I agree, there are some spectacular finches that are not exempt. Disappointed when Longtails went on the list 18 months ago, for that reason.
Can't remember how much the Yellowrumps were. I'll check when I get home and see if I took a pic with the prices. There was two pair of Bleeding Hearts, for $220 a pair, and a pair of Purple Crowned Fruit Doves for $750, if that's of any interest. At Shoalhaven Sale last Saturday I saw Bluefaced Parrot Finches for $45 a pair, and Redfaced for $55 a pair. Plus a lone Tri-colour male, I think $100.
Hix
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