Not much info on the Strawberries

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Not much info on the Strawberries

Post by treeeeee1 » Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:58 am

Hi there,

I recently purchased a hen (Ruby), and was lucky enough to find a friend (WhatNot) for her. Poor thing, he was in the bird reject area (WhatNot Box), missing half his leg and foot, no tail, I took him anyway, felt very sorry for him. I have a special platform for him, with water and food right there. The store is very reputable, but said they really don't know what happened. Looks like a bad accident to me. Hopefully his tail feathers grown back to help him fly around for balance, obviously will always be crippled. :(
They are getting along beautifully, seems like she is protecting him, and staying very close. My question if anyone can help, there is not much information on the berries online, seems like plenty on all the other breeds. I have zebras also, but not in same area, the berries have their own private large one, since he is a bit handicapped and I dont want any other birds picking on him.
-Theresa

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Post by Hilary » Mon Jun 05, 2006 1:33 am

What kind of info are you looking for? I also just recently got a pair, and they've been doing well on the usual foods. I just put the two of them together last week, so can't add much regarding breeding habits (yet). Congrats on your new pair, and thank goodness there are people like you who will give the disadvantaged guys a good home!

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Post by tammieb » Mon Jun 05, 2006 1:39 pm

I answered your post on the other thread concerning this topic but will offer my 2 cents here also.

Strawberries require basically the same care as zebras. They do appreciate live food on occasion and will require it daily if raising young. The chances of a one legged male mating successfully are slim though.

Are there particular concerns you have with this species?
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Post by JeannetteD » Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:55 pm

Hi there!

Try searching under Red Avadavat (hope I spelled that correctly).

That's another name for the strawberries

Jeannette

p.s. there's also GREEN avadavats, but I've never heard anyone talk about those, EVER

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Thank you all for your replies

Post by treeeeee1 » Tue Jun 06, 2006 2:04 am

I was just interested in all the details, LOL, just wanting all the info I could get, I am glad that they are easy like the zebras, really helps to know, thank you all.
-Theresa

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Post by tammieb » Tue Jun 06, 2006 12:40 pm

Crystal has a fairly detailed species information chart on the main site, http://www.finchinfo.com Just look for the menu on the left and click on "species".
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Post by treeeeee1 » Tue Jun 06, 2006 10:41 pm

Thank you so much, that is so much more than I found and was very helpful, thank you all really appreciated!
-Theresa

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