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dangling birds
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:03 am
by dfcauley
This is a question mostly from those who have open avairies. I was doing some cleaning this morning and heard one of my male gouldians screaming. As I turned around, a female gouldian had him by the wing and was literally dangling him from the branch. I, of course turned around and began waving at the bird and she immediately turned him loose. I have never seen this happen and it scared me. Can a bird kill another one doing this or break their wing? Boy am I having a TIME with my gouldians for some reason. My hat goes off to those of you who have such success. Beautiful as they are.... they sure are complicated.
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:49 am
by B CAMP
I have A outside aviary with zebra finches I see them do that,I think that they want the feathers to make nest,I stopped giveing nest material long time ago
BCAMP
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:32 am
by poohbear
That'll teach him to leave his mobile lying around...She must've read those texts he got from that hen waxbill down the road.
Paul.
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:49 am
by dfcauley
poohbear wrote:That'll teach him to leave his mobile lying around...She must've read those texts he got from that hen waxbill down the road.
Paul.
okay wise guy!
I had just never see this before. Poor thing couldn't get away and I always thought gouldians were suppose to be so passive.
Re: dangling birds
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:37 am
by Christopher Smith
dfcauley wrote:This is a question mostly from those who have open avairies. I was doing some cleaning this morning and heard one of my male gouldians screaming. As I turned around, a female gouldian had him by the wing and was literally dangling him from the branch. I, of course turned around and began waving at the bird and she immediately turned him loose. I have never seen this happen and it scared me. Can a bird kill another one doing this or break their wing? Boy am I having a TIME with my gouldians for some reason. My hat goes off to those of you who have such success. Beautiful as they are.... they sure are complicated.
I see this stuff happen quite often during the breeding season. As scary as it looks I have not seen them hurt each other.
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 2:34 am
by James
now we know where the term hen pecked came from. i felt like I was hanging by a wing when ex left me.
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:02 pm
by jamezyboo21
I have seen my zebras do that in the past. i think they do that to each other when they dont want them near themWhenever ne of my zebras got to close to another zebra nest they would chase after them and if caugt they would grabthem by the wing and just drop em and sometimes they would just pluck out feathers.