Petstore gouldian purchase FLOP! Debbie heres your update

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Re: Petstore gouldian purchase FLOP! Debbie heres your updat

Post by Babs _Owner » Tue Sep 12, 2017 8:04 am

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I must admit, 20 aviaries would be great to visit, but not to have to maintain. But 3 aviaries is just about right!

So you have a spare room for me? Or can I pitch a tent out in one of them? hahaha

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Post by lovezebs » Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:32 am

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Marius, have you been holding out on us? When did these other two aviaries go up? Last we heared there was one aviary, now there are three?

We need some pictures of course.

Congratulations on a wonderful breeding season :D
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Re: Petstore gouldian purchase FLOP! Debbie heres your updat

Post by MariusStegmann » Thu Sep 14, 2017 12:09 pm

lovezebs I have had 3 aviaries for several years now. A few years ago, I split my large 6 meter aviary into 2 X 3 meter aviaries. The other one is a leftover of when I had my aviary against the wall between me and my neighbour (the one behind me, that reported me to the Health Authorities for having an aviary too close to the property line). I left it empty for a while and then put a few pairs of gouldians into it. I have some plans to extend that aviary and to split it into 4 aviaries for breeding gouldians.
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Post by MariusStegmann » Thu Sep 14, 2017 12:14 pm

Babs Babs, you are thinking of an outside aviary like it is an inside one. An outside aviary requires very little work. You can put large seed and water feeders in and only go into the aviaries when you want to looks inside the nests or when you give the birds special treats. I go inside my aviaries 2 to 4 times a day, but I can go away for 10 days and everything would still be fine.
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Post by lovezebs » Thu Sep 14, 2017 12:21 pm

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Where have I been???

I still thought you had the one aviary that you mived away from the wall with the crazy neigbours and they're dogs #-o
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