Zebra Finches, Gotta Love 'Em....

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Re: Zebra Finches, Gotta Love 'Em....

Post by lovezebs » Mon Oct 05, 2015 6:07 pm

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I need night vision, I need a plucker control collar, I need less Zebras..... Soup sounds good :-D . A few carrots, a bit of celery, a half dozen Zebbies, a few potatoes, an onion, some noodles, another half a dozen Zebbies, to taste...... Buahahaha!!!

Nasty nasty little bugge.....birdie!
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Re: Zebra Finches, Gotta Love 'Em....

Post by lovezebs » Mon Oct 05, 2015 6:14 pm

Who can it be now????
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Re: Zebra Finches, Gotta Love 'Em....

Post by lovezebs » Mon Oct 05, 2015 6:17 pm

I think I know......
It's got to be this guy.....
Looks as guilty as sin!



Trying to look like a little angel.... HUH!!!
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Re: Zebra Finches, Gotta Love 'Em....

Post by Babs _Owner » Mon Oct 05, 2015 6:26 pm

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I thinks its the two in the 3rd picture. They look like they are saying "Okay cool it!! Shes got a camera!" The angel at the bottom doesnt look plucked because quite obviously she will beat the bajeebies out of the rest of them! Pluckers dont mess with that one!

Her innocence even frightens me! #:-S :))

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Re: Zebra Finches, Gotta Love 'Em....

Post by Kelly » Mon Oct 05, 2015 7:03 pm

Picture # 2

Look at the feather lust in his eyes
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Re: Zebra Finches, Gotta Love 'Em....

Post by lovezebs » Mon Oct 05, 2015 8:33 pm

Babs & Kelly

How about the guy peeking in at the top ?

Hold on now ! He's not even a Zebra...... :shock:
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Re: Zebra Finches, Gotta Love 'Em....

Post by slwatson » Tue Oct 06, 2015 12:17 pm

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He's got you fooled...she won't accuse me cause I'm not a zebra :lol:
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Re: Zebra Finches, Gotta Love 'Em....

Post by lovezebs » Tue Oct 06, 2015 7:46 pm

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Hahaaha....

Nah, just kidding. He's a good boy, unless you put another Shaft Tail male in with him. Then he's not so good :evil:
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Re: Zebra Finches, Gotta Love 'Em....

Post by Babs _Owner » Wed Oct 07, 2015 7:19 am

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hahaha@ feather lust!

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Re: Zebra Finches, Gotta Love 'Em....

Post by MiaCarter » Wed Oct 07, 2015 1:57 pm

lovezebs -- Been there, done that!

I've got a very plucky hen. She goes through phases. (With no apparent cause - it doesn't coincide with stress, nesting or the availability of nesting materials. Got me perplexed!) On top of it, she only plucks dark birds. CFWs are not touched!

My recommendation: separate her from the victims until they recover. Often, if you can get them out of that habitual cycle of plucking for a week or two, it's enough to serve as a "reset" button.

I've found that undyed feather dusters work well for those who don't want to stop plucking. It lets them find satisfaction from the plucking process.
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13 Zebra Finches....and 2 squeeps!
3 Society Finches
6 Gouldians
1 Weaver
1 Pintail Whydah
2 Cockatiels
2 Parakeets

....along with 1 MinPin, 1 Pug, 1 JRT, 1 Yorkie, 2 Chihuahuas and 15 cats.


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Re: Zebra Finches, Gotta Love 'Em....

Post by lovezebs » Wed Oct 07, 2015 9:44 pm

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Her who? Mia.... The problem is, we don't know who is doing it. If I knew who it was, that bird would be so out of the flight.

Read my post further up, 'about the PLUCKER', you will see what I mean.

Someone is plucking regularly and a whole lot, and no idea who the culprit is.

I pull out the pluckies to re-grow their feathers back in another flight, and next thing I know, another bird or two have been plucked over night in the Zebra flight.

I still might invest in a feather duster. I'll have to figure out where to get an undyed duster. That sounds like a really good idea, thanks.
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Re: Zebra Finches, Gotta Love 'Em....

Post by MiaCarter » Thu Oct 08, 2015 8:54 am

lovezebs -- Oh no!
I must have mis-read; I'd thought you'd caught the culprit. That complicates matters doesn't it!

The natural feather dusters aren't too difficult to find. Target has them consistently, so you might look there if you have one nearby.
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13 Zebra Finches....and 2 squeeps!
3 Society Finches
6 Gouldians
1 Weaver
1 Pintail Whydah
2 Cockatiels
2 Parakeets

....along with 1 MinPin, 1 Pug, 1 JRT, 1 Yorkie, 2 Chihuahuas and 15 cats.


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Re: Zebra Finches, Gotta Love 'Em....

Post by lovezebs » Thu Oct 08, 2015 9:51 am

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No Target in Canada. Will check in Walmart. Hopefully they will have something.
Thanks Mia.
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Re: Zebra Finches, Gotta Love 'Em....

Post by MiaCarter » Thu Oct 08, 2015 9:56 am

lovezebs - No Target in Canada! My stars! :shock:
Humum to....
13 Zebra Finches....and 2 squeeps!
3 Society Finches
6 Gouldians
1 Weaver
1 Pintail Whydah
2 Cockatiels
2 Parakeets

....along with 1 MinPin, 1 Pug, 1 JRT, 1 Yorkie, 2 Chihuahuas and 15 cats.


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Re: Zebra Finches, Gotta Love 'Em....

Post by lovezebs » Thu Oct 08, 2015 10:06 am

MiaCarter

We had Target for a while, but I guess business wasn't that good, 'cause they pulled out earlier this year.
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