Figs?

lia-w · Post by **lia-w** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:22 am

We have this wonderful fig tree in our back yard which wild birds attack endlessly, so I am hoping to feed some to my pair of zebras? Is that safe? Also, are fig branches a safe perch?

Thank you :]

tammieb · Post by **tammieb** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:45 am

I have seen Fig on more than one safe list. So I would say it's okay. Whether your Zebras will eat it or not might be another story.

lia-w · Post by **lia-w** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:03 pm

I will put one in now and see how it goes! :3

Edit: they LOVE them!

tursiopschic · Post by **tursiopschic** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:28 pm

Mine like figs too. I'm jealous of your tree (because i like them too)

lia-w · Post by **lia-w** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:31 pm

Hah, we love our tree and the fruit (if the wild birds leave us any

).

lia-w · Post by **lia-w** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:35 pm

Hah, we love our tree and the fruit, if we can get our hands on them. The wild birds are rather greedy

tursiopschic · Post by **tursiopschic** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:52 pm

A friend does a lot of organic gardening...her solution for keeping squirrels and wild birds away as the fruits ripen, is to wrap the fruit (in her case peaches) in (clean) dog hair and cheesecloth.

lia-w · Post by **lia-w** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:32 pm

That sounds like a logical idea, but that would mean like 500 hundred cheese cloths...dog hair is no problem. We have a chow chow

I guess the positive thing about figs is that it can be picked before they ripen and just let them sit a while.

Hrm. My finches won't touch their egg food =\

Post by **Hilary** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:41 pm

Try mixing something they like (like maybe, um, figs??!) in with the eggfood. They'll probably pick out their favorite stuff and figure out that the rest isn't half bad, either.

(Anybody on the east coast need dog hair? My dogs are part chow!)

Too bad the birds can't use it to nest with......

lia-w · Post by **lia-w** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:50 pm

I agree, my dog is a POOF.

Alright, I will try adding veggi and such. I really do not want Millet to become egg bound.

Hoji · Post by **Hoji** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:18 am

I use a commercial eggfood and it is gone in hours!

lia-w · Post by **lia-w** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:26 am

Can we get that in normal pet stores or do we have to go to a specialty one?

Actually, we have a pretty cool one up here.

lia-w · Post by **lia-w** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:26 am

Can we get that in normal pet stores or do we have to go to a specialty one?

Actually, we have a pretty cool one up here.

Hoji · Post by **Hoji** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:55 pm

I find mine at Petco, I think Petsmart has it, too. Also a local small pet shop carries it. It seems to be very available every where and it is not expensive.

lia-w · Post by **lia-w** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:48 pm

Is it the actually Egg food bird food or is it just egg food by itself?