What is wrong?
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Housesitter
What is wrong?
I am house sitting for a friend and have not had much luck with animals. The latest issue is that there is an aviary with cockatiels, quails and a number of Gouldian Finches. Over the past few days the finches have started loosing feathers on their heads and today I found 2 dead. I know nothing about birds and I don't want the, coming home to dead animals what is wrong with the finches and what can I do?
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Sally
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Re: What is wrong?
Just have time for a quick answer before I leave, but cockatiels and finches should never share the same aviary, IMO. I would call the people and tell them what is happening.
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lovemyfinch
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Re: What is wrong?
I agree wholeheartedly with Sally here.
Just looking at the size of a cockatiels beak next the that of the head of a gouldian gives me shivers.
Just looking at the size of a cockatiels beak next the that of the head of a gouldian gives me shivers.
Janine
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30 Seconds to Bob
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Re: What is wrong?
Are you dumping out the food and giving them fresh food every day? If they'd been getting along and now all of a sudden, aren't - maybe they are fighting over food. Is the water clean? Bob
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2 orange cheeked waxbill finches
2 java finches, 1 split to normal, 1 white
2 bourke parakeets
1 american staffordshire/american pit bull terrier
1 boston/jack russel terrier mix
6 adopted stray cats
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3 turtles
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dan78
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Re: What is wrong?
There could be a number of factors, bob mentioned food sally and janine mentioned cockatiels and I reckon that these are probably the two problems I would look at. How long have these birds been together ? I would ring the owners and let them know what's happened and ask them what they would like you to do since they are their pets.