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Peculiar behavior

Post by lyderbug » Sun Mar 30, 2008 6:24 pm

How odd....I currently have two female societies. The male passed away about 2 months ago. Both females have laid eggs in the past and have been fine without the male. Until.......

I noticed the older female posed as a male, feathers all fluffed and such, and attempted(a rather sad attempt I might add :lol: ) to sing as the male would. Well gosh darn it, the younger female crouched down and flicked her tail as if she was ready to do "the deed".

That's about as far as is went...but whoa....I guess I need to get another male hahahha. Horny little buggers. :lol:

Has anyone else ever seen this behavior? I think it's rather comical.
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Post by jamezyboo21 » Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:28 am

That's crazy. I havent seen my females try that yet but maybe its because i have males, maybe your right, you just need to get another male for them. are you planning on doing that? i know my button quail have done that. i have seen some of the males trying to mate with other males even with the females being in the same cage.
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Post by lyderbug » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:39 am

We were def planning on getting another male.

I adore button quails. I hope to get a few some day. I think they are such an odd pet.
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Post by Fancie Flight » Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:18 pm

ok thats funny. lol maybe twisted but funny. lol
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Post by James » Sun Jun 08, 2008 2:53 am

What are button quails? I have never heard of them. James
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Post by jamezyboo21 » Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:37 pm

There chinese button quail they live about 4 years and there very tiny anda lot of ppl keep them in there aviaries for pets and they pretty much eat anything the finches waste so there is not much to clean up.
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Post by emessis » Mon Aug 25, 2008 3:19 am

Buttons are the smallest quail in the world...tiny, as mentioned above. They can occasionally become very tame and can be great little house pets, as long as you don't have predatory cats!
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Post by mickp » Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:12 am

if only some of you people that like button quail lived closer to me, would gladly give a few pairs away. my little flock would out pace zebra finches when it comes to breeding. they hatch out one lot of eggs and immediately start the next clutch. at present the males & females are housed seperately :cry:
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Post by emessis » Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:30 pm

Gosh, it seems there are more buttons breeding readily and raising their own young than one would be led to believe by reading about them online! How many buttons did you start off with, mickp?
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Post by mickp » Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:38 am

started with one pair. within a few months I was giving them away or swapping for feed at pet stores.
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Post by Geordie » Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:24 am

Just make sure when you buy a new male it isn't wearing a leather cap... :lol:
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Post by James » Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:18 pm

Geordie wrote:Just make sure when you buy a new male it isn't wearing a leather cap... :lol:
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