HELP, What do I Have? Pics

jamezyboo21 · Post by **jamezyboo21** » Mon May 05, 2008 12:23 am

yeah i forgot all about that. are you planning on getting more? im going to build 2 cages so i can keep my societys and zebras together and my other finches in another cage.

Bonzo · Post by **Bonzo** » Mon May 05, 2008 12:30 am

jamezyboo21 wrote:yeah i forgot all about that. are you planning on getting more? im going to build 2 cages so i can keep my societys and zebras together and my other finches in another cage.

I think i'm just going to have to stay with the pair i have right now for a while. an see what they do.
Maybe if i show them a porno flick they might get the idea

jamezyboo21 · Post by **jamezyboo21** » Mon May 05, 2008 12:58 am

lol. maybe hahaha

if there paired up already they should eventually do something my pair laid an egg the same day i got them.

dfcauley · Post by **dfcauley** » Mon May 05, 2008 6:44 am

I cant find any jute or coconut fiber at least in a petsmart.

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You will probably have to order some off the internet.

Bonzo · Post by **Bonzo** » Mon May 05, 2008 9:14 am

Well This morning my male started using the Orchard Grass starting the nest

$\:D/$

jamezyboo21 · Post by **jamezyboo21** » Mon May 05, 2008 11:34 am

ypu, it doesnt take to long for them to start. i put nesting material in the cage last night and this morning it was all gone.

Bonzo · Post by **Bonzo** » Mon May 05, 2008 11:41 am

well mine are not that fast

do they build during the night? thought it was sleep time for them

livinonaprayer · Post by **livinonaprayer** » Mon May 05, 2008 11:48 am

Bonzo wrote:
livinonaprayer wrote:Bonzo, you made me laugh reading your comments. I feel for ya.
We just recently got a pair of zebras. Put the nest in the cage and some nesting material and before you knew it babies were on the way.
Be careful about what nesting material you use. Check with these guys before you go out and buy junk like I did. They've been soooooo much help to me.
Since I have babies now I'm going to be asking more questions.

Are white zebras common?
I'm using Kaytee ORCHARD GRASS as nesting material as all of Petsmart
shops are using.
But i'm having NO LUCK, all they do is play with it, an nibble a bit

I guess he'll start building when the mood strikes. It's funny because mine started right away. He couldn't wait, the little devil.
I started using pieces of raffia, then a few little strips of paper. He was putting everything he could get his beak on in that nest. When he started to shove parsley in the nest I had to stop. I guess he wanted everything just right for the little mother to be.
Don't fret. He'll start building.

Bonzo · Post by **Bonzo** » Wed May 07, 2008 10:38 am

Bonzo wrote:
jamezyboo21 wrote:you probably could've got the white female. the eggs might have been infertile or not even hers and who knows when the next time you see a white zebra again. i was lucky i got 2 all white and they were from diffrent bloodlines. im keeping what i have to see what colors i get, but everytime i see a diffrent one i usually buy them. i was lucky to find the black chgeek zebra because i had went to 8 petshops and ended up finding her and snagged her up right away.
I'm not to sure sticking another hen (white) in with my bonded pair right now

Hi All,
I just need to be sure, IF I deside to go back to Petsmart to get the all white zebra hen, Can i stick her in with my bonded pair?
I have a large flight cage with a divider & thought that i could seperate them with that for a bit, till they would seem OK

does it sound alright

jamezyboo21 · Post by **jamezyboo21** » Wed May 07, 2008 10:55 am

that sounds okay to me. i would do that if i had a divider but if you have a flight cage there should be enough room for her and the pair and you can just add another nest for her to stay in. just eep her nest away from the other pair.

Bonzo · Post by **Bonzo** » Wed May 07, 2008 11:17 am

jamezyboo21 wrote:that sounds okay to me. i would do that if i had a divider but if you have a flight cage there should be enough room for her and the pair and you can just add another nest for her to stay in. just eep her nest away from the other pair.

Thanks J, but does that mean i could never remove the divider

Should i use the (solid or wire) divider?

jamezyboo21 · Post by **jamezyboo21** » Wed May 07, 2008 4:44 pm

i dont know how big your flight cage is but, if it is good size, you probably wont even need the divider, i dont know for sure though. all i know is right now i have 10 pairs in a large traveling cage and i put 10 nests in there and they still all get alog, i have seen anyone fighting and they all been using the nest and i actually have 4 nests with eggs in them already. other ppl will tell you thats wrong and all that but for now thats what i have and as long as eerything seems to be okay thats what they will stay in till i get the 2 flight cages.

Bonzo · Post by **Bonzo** » Wed May 07, 2008 6:09 pm

jamezyboo21 wrote:i dont know how big your flight cage is but, if it is good size, you probably wont even need the divider, i dont know for sure though. all i know is right now i have 10 pairs in a large traveling cage and i put 10 nests in there and they still all get alog, i have seen anyone fighting and they all been using the nest and i actually have 4 nests with eggs in them already. other ppl will tell you thats wrong and all that but for now thats what i have and as long as eerything seems to be okay thats what they will stay in till i get the 2 flight cages.

The only cage i have is 30x18x18

jamezyboo21 · Post by **jamezyboo21** » Wed May 07, 2008 7:20 pm

yea, thats kinda small.

Post by **Sally** » Thu May 08, 2008 1:28 am

Bonzo, three Zebras in a 30x18x18 cage usually doesn't work. The bonded pair may really pick on the intruder.