How do I?

Aussiefinchfanatic · Post by **Aussiefinchfanatic** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:12 am

This may sound like a stupid question but how do Improve my zebra's diet so they dont crap all the time?

williep · Post by **williep** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:50 am

lol, if you think your Zebs crap a lot you should see my gouldians in their breeding cage, twice as much!!

I think it might be something to do with the amount of wet food they consume, birds on a seed only diet crap a lot less.Crap is not necessarily a bad thing. Are the droppings consistent each time and shiny, if so they're healthy otherwise they might have some sort of digestive track infection but it sound more like you provide a balanced diet and the crap is proof of that.

kiwi & mango · Post by **kiwi & mango** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:06 pm

well you say shiny are yo meaning on the wetter side then to a dry poop?

I noticed that somtimes their poop looks wetter then other times.

thanks

williep · Post by **williep** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:56 am

Yes wetter is not necessarily bad. When I provided a seed only diet the poop was dry but introducing wet food means the birds consume more water along with the water they drink causing more water in their poop.

I'm not talking about buckets of water, just that the poop almost becomes shiny and takes longer to dry.

Just be sure it's not diarrhea.

FeatherHarp · Post by **FeatherHarp** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:02 am

I find it curious how my finches can seem to "poop on command". I go over to the cage and talk to them and I hear....plop...plop...plop!