De-stress/hide-away box for the bullied finch

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Paulie
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De-stress/hide-away box for the bullied finch

Post by Paulie » Fri Oct 03, 2008 11:07 am

Well i wasn't sure whether to post this tidbit of information in 'housing' or 'health'...i opted for health because it dealt with the problem of an aggressive/bully finch and feather plucking.

I was at odd as to why a female gouldian of mine was being overly aggressive to my male and i suspected perhaps the on-coming breeding conditions my birds were played a part. I didnt want to separate them because i knew them to be bonded birds and it bothered me to break them up over a litttle in-house fighting.

They are currently housed in a breeding cabinet and so after some advice from a local breeder i impleted two changes.

First was to remove perching rods that were either too high or low this gave a little more room in the cabinet and allowed the birds to not be higher or lower than the other.

Second was to introduce a de-stress/hide-away box which allows for one bird to have a little escape and privacy from the other when things got too rough. I thought it was a brilliant idea and have built a few more for a flight cage i have [just in case]

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this was the design given to me by the breeder with the advice, i just built a singular unit for the cabinet.

ANYWAYS: the end result was no more feather plucking, no more aggressive behaviour and now my finches are laying eggs...so i guess it made for a happy home

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Post by B CAMP » Fri Oct 03, 2008 4:25 pm

Paulie
I think thats a great idea I wonder if it would work on other spiecies =D>

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Post by mickp » Sat Oct 04, 2008 6:35 am

I'm thankful that I dont have any of these sort of problems, guess for once I have been lucky in that my birds are housed in an aviary and have plenty of space to get away from each other whenever the need arises
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Post by FeatherHarp » Mon Oct 06, 2008 5:51 pm

What a creative and simple solution. I like your idea! I will have to remember that and it sure helps to see a photo of what you are talking about. :D

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Post by Geordie » Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:01 am

Brilliant idea. Going to try that with my Javas, during molts the get really aggressive to each other, best of pals other times though.

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