Male Gouldian Not Singing
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Male Gouldian Not Singing
I have a male gouldian that has not been singing since I got him two month ago. Believe he had air sac mites when I got him and treated with SCATT he now no longer makes clicking noise which is good but he doesn't sing. He's able to churp but no song.
What's up with this and is it a problem for breeding if he can't sing to his mate?
Chris
What's up with this and is it a problem for breeding if he can't sing to his mate?
Chris
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Chris,
Is it possible he's still recovering from the Air Sac Mites? From what I've been reading it takes 3-4 months after treatment for the birds to finally be rid of all the dead mites in their system.
Is it possible he's still expelling what's left of the dead mites and recovering?
Hopefully someone with more experiance will chime in.
Is it possible he's still recovering from the Air Sac Mites? From what I've been reading it takes 3-4 months after treatment for the birds to finally be rid of all the dead mites in their system.
Is it possible he's still expelling what's left of the dead mites and recovering?
Hopefully someone with more experiance will chime in.
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I doubt that singing will make a difference with breeding - I've had pairs that bred with no singing that I ever observed. He may still be dealing with the mites, or he may just not be feeling frisky yet. I have a beautiful boy that didn't sing for at least the first 6 months after I got him - now he's starting a tentative courtship.
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There MAY still be a union. It's happened with some of my pairs. Maybe I just missed the singing, but I don't think that it's the singing that actually fertilized the eggs... Some hens will accept a male without all of that fancy stuff, and some males will sing their butts off and never get anywhere with a particular hen.
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So if the male doesn't have to sing to get the female attention or for her to mate .....then why do they sing?
Do they sing as part of the courtship?
I ask because our male sings all the time to our female and she will answere him with a little noise.
So does he sing to try and mate with her at the time of singing? When we hear him singing to her is he really say somthing else or wanting to do somthing else?
Also on the singing and breeding topic. When a females beak turns black then you know she is ready for breeding. How long does it take for her beak to go black and how long does it stay black. Or how long is she in her breeding time?
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Do they sing as part of the courtship?
I ask because our male sings all the time to our female and she will answere him with a little noise.
So does he sing to try and mate with her at the time of singing? When we hear him singing to her is he really say somthing else or wanting to do somthing else?
Also on the singing and breeding topic. When a females beak turns black then you know she is ready for breeding. How long does it take for her beak to go black and how long does it stay black. Or how long is she in her breeding time?
thanks