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The look on my zebras face when he...

Post by Dragooness » Fri Apr 25, 2014 7:20 pm

Picked up a mealworm and it MOVED! He then put it in the nest to build with :roll: The others have found out they are food but this guy... :| He looks offended when the bedding moves =D>
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Post by lovezebs » Fri Apr 25, 2014 8:27 pm

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That's cute. I love it when they get surprised by something. I have a picture of one of my Socie boys looking at a fruit fly. Lets see if I can find it.
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Post by dcompt » Fri Apr 25, 2014 8:37 pm

Lovezebs - funny picture! All of mine were looking like that at their carrots this morning. Carrots! They love grated carrots. But I put it on a paper plate, that they eat from, but not often, and sprinkled a few poppy seeds on it for a treat. They were terrified of their carrots on a suspicious plate - and with spots! You'd think I tried to poison them on a regular basis. I finally took it out, washed the regular dish and put it in that, and eventually they ate some of it, reluctantly, but they usually clean it out. I got the message. Tan dish. No poppy seeds.
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Post by Dragooness » Fri Apr 25, 2014 8:57 pm

They like fruit fly's too? Consider them ordered! I used to feed them to my bettas, but I kinda got tired of them... But hay, anything for the birds! The little pied finally decided to eat a worm, they where a bigger hit with the spice boys. I have got to get them some lady friends 8)
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Post by cindy » Sat Apr 26, 2014 12:40 am

You may need to check the nest in a bit, if he is dropping mealies into the nesting material they will eventually go through the life cycle and change into black beetles...my Red Headed finch male did this, I thought they were eating them....about a week or so later I bumped the nest box to take a peek inside for eggs and a bunch of black beetles emerged from the bedding.

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Post by dcompt » Sat Apr 26, 2014 4:14 pm

Finch bed bugs!
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Post by Dragooness » Sat Apr 26, 2014 4:26 pm

Lol he figured it out, I doubt his eggs are live, noone is sitting tight. And everyone uses THAT nest, there are four in there!

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