Well....It Finally Happened :-(

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Well....It Finally Happened :-(

Post by FeatherHarp » Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:39 pm

I had to rehome my two male Zebra finches. :cry: :cry:

All this time I was reading about how others people's Zebra finches had agression issues with their other birds and mine always got along well with my Owls & Gouldians. Well....now my two guys decided to get agressive the last few weeks.

I was hoping they would get over it when I put them in a separate cage for a few days and then put them back but I guess not! Must be hormones? Anyway since I don't have another cage large enough to keep them in...I just decided to rehome them. I found this nice lady who was so happy to get them and she is looking for two female Zebras for them....lucky fellows! :roll:

So now I am down to just 2 Owls and 2 Gouldians. I sure notice the difference in noise level with the Zebra brothers gone now. And even the other finches don't move around much now. At least the Zebs kept everybody exercised! I will probably end up with fat finches soon...lol!

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Post by jamezyboo21 » Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:42 pm

I had to rehome a lot of my zebras but i think if i rehome the rest of them, i will keep my chestnut flank white with the black cheeks.
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Post by dfcauley » Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:10 pm

I know you hated to do that especially after having them for so long. But at least they got a new home. Things will be much calmer in the cage now. They just have problems. :lol: soon or later.......
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Post by hilljack13 » Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:49 pm

I know that sucks..I'm sorta in the same situation with one of my males. He is my favorite one but space/pairing etc is forcing me to hunt a new home for him. :cry:

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Post by Sally » Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:29 pm

I know it is hard to do, but sometimes you can't have peace in your flights with Zebras. I admire the people who do keep and breed them, especially when they have lots of them, as it must take a tremendous amount of attention and shuffling birds around to keep peace in their setups.

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Post by jamezyboo21 » Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:05 am

Lots of work, i was constantly checking on them in the flight cage to make sure they didnt fight or have any babies fall out the nest. I rehomed a lot of mine and eventually when i can finally let go of them I will just keep a male and female black cheek pair to breed.
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Post by williep » Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:55 am

FH, I have the perfect solution for you. Since the boys are gone :cry: how about a new species. This sounds like the perfect opportunity for you to do some bird retail therapy. I suggest a pair of Cordons or stars. Just a thought...

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Post by FeatherHarp » Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:37 am

I thought about that too williep....but I an wanting to breed my Owls so I will need that extra room for the baby Owls (if I can get them to raise babies successfully!) They have been parents once already so hopefully they will do a good job again! :D

If I ever get another cage...then I will get more finches but right now we are sitting tight with the baaad US economy. :?

Dreaming about getting more finches is totally free though...lol! :D

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Post by hilljack13 » Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:58 pm

FeatherHarp wrote:I thought about that too williep....but I an wanting to breed my Owls so I will need that extra room for the baby Owls (if I can get them to raise babies successfully!) They have been parents once already so hopefully they will do a good job again! :D

If I ever get another cage...then I will get more finches but right now we are sitting tight with the baaad US economy. :?

Dreaming about getting more finches is totally free though...lol! :D
If you get some more owls to fledge I can help you out on the economic side :D :D

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