Interspecific Relations

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NaOH55
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Interspecific Relations

Post by NaOH55 » Fri Oct 26, 2007 12:59 am

For anyone concerned about mixing owls and societies :wink: :

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Post by EmilyHurd » Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:08 am

Very cute!

I don't believe I'd ever worry about mixing the two though... owls and societies usually get along with everyone :)

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Post by NDan » Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:38 am

How about interbreeding? Is there a chart somewhere that tells the possibility of interbreeding?

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Post by EmilyHurd » Fri Oct 26, 2007 3:17 pm

Owls, from my experience, are hard to breed as it is.... I'm sure that they could produce fertile eggs with society finches, but they likeliness is probably not huge.

I've had my female star and male society produce a fertile egg.

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Post by Gunnar » Fri Oct 26, 2007 3:22 pm

Not gonna happen. No way no how, it's just not. Owls and zebras can sometimes produce hybrids but that should be avoided.

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