December was quite the month for me. As i said i had gotten quite a few zebras from a friend of mine. well i had a pretty bad December to say the least. some of the birds i had gotten had just been banded about a week before i got them. somehow on two of my zebs had their bands split and were pinching the legs. i did not notice until it was too late, ill skip the terrible details, needless to say the poor birds had to go to the vet and had to have an amputation
when i got home that day, i had to take off all the bands that caused this problem in the first place. thinking it would be easier, i took all my finches and moved them to do a deep clean of the cages. well my cage setup somehow got snagged to my coat and as i pulled away they all cam tumbling over
all but one cage survived the fall. all the others had their wood sides break off. so after a good 12 hours of zipties and broken cage pieces, i got them all housed until i can get a new setup. on top of all of this a few days before newyears, during my time caring for my injured birds, i found 2 of my females had been fighting pretty badly. one of my white females had the tip of her to beak broken off. shes been placed in a cage with just her mate and has been well. so after one terrible month. im happy to say things have gotten better and now my attention is on getting my new breeding cages. thanks for letting me rant here
