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Post by B CAMP » Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:55 am

Well today turned out to be bad this morning found dead zebra finch in my outside aviary by the time i saw it they had pulled a lot feathers out poor thing . later in the day I was showing a friend my birds about 3 hours later my hen red parrot finch was dead,have no clue as to why she was fine eating well very active no sign of illness am sure she wasn't egg bound ?
I had a gouldian chick in a hospital cage for two days with wet vent and just sleeping alot she didn't make it ether.
These birds were all in different cages I really hate that most of the time you just don't know why they die,the rest of the birds in the same cages all seem fine. The last bird I lost was 3or4mos ago.
Now I need to find a hen red parrot finch as the male is going crazy,it took me about 3mos. to find her,they never got down to breeding,he won't stop redoing the nest put in take it out never stopped

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Post by jamezyboo21 » Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:20 am

Sorry to hear about your losses. I hate when that happens to when they die and you have no reasons for why it happened.
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Post by Sally » Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:29 am

Oh, I am so sorry for your losses. It's tough enough to lose any of them, but three in one day--that's got to be hard. I think one of the most frustrating things about keeping finches is that we rarely know what happened when they die. There is an avian vet near me, but the one time I took a finch in, he had never treated a finch before and really wasn't able to tell me much--a waste of money.
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Re: bad day

Post by BillD » Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:36 am

B CAMP wrote:Well today turned out to be bad this morning found dead zebra finch in my outside aviary by the time i saw it they had pulled a lot feathers out poor thing . later in the day I was showing a friend my birds about 3 hours later my hen red parrot finch was dead,have no clue as to why she was fine eating well very active no sign of illness am sure she wasn't egg bound ?
I had a gouldian chick in a hospital cage for two days with wet vent and just sleeping alot she didn't make it ether.
These birds were all in different cages I really hate that most of the time you just don't know why they die,the rest of the birds in the same cages all seem fine. The last bird I lost was 3or4mos ago.
Now I need to find a hen red parrot finch as the male is going crazy,it took me about 3mos. to find her,they never got down to breeding,he won't stop redoing the nest put in take it out never stopped
I'm sorry for your losses. Nature has a way and we don't always understand it. You did what you knew to help them. I'm glad Sally gave her reply..
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Post by mickp » Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:57 am

nature sure can be a *, sorry to hear about your losses.
if only someone was able to publish a "dummies guide to finches" a new book for each species
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Post by L in Ontario » Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:26 am

I'm very saddened to hear of your losses. Never easy to bear and 3 in one day must be very rough. :cry: I hope you can find a RH Parrot Finch hen soon.
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Post by B CAMP » Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:46 am

Thanks for the replies,I do hope I can find A red parrot finch soon for my male and myself,I really wanted to get them to breed,but the male is so active hope he settles down soon

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Post by dfcauley » Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:11 am

So....so sorry to hear of your bad news. It happend to us all, but is never easy. :lol:
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Post by atarasi » Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:47 pm

Sorry to hear about your birds Bill.

Too bad you aren't closer to me....my friend who breeds Gouldians mentioned that he has 3 pairs of parrot finches and they keep producing. I'm sure he'd have a hen for you.
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Post by B CAMP » Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:52 pm

That would work for sure but way to far :cry:
I will find one just don't know when?

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Post by mickp » Fri Jan 16, 2009 6:35 am

the only book I could ever write would be full of blank pages waiting for each peron that bought it to fill in. most times it takes me about 5 minutes to type each post that I put in the forums. the first attempt is typed as I would usually say it then I have to rewrite it minus the unwanted naughty words and also move bits around so it may occasionly make sense :lol:
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Post by dfcauley » Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:21 am

mickp wrote:the only book I could ever write would be full of blank pages waiting for each peron that bought it to fill in. most times it takes me about 5 minutes to type each post that I put in the forums. the first attempt is typed as I would usually say it then I have to rewrite it minus the unwanted naughty words and also move bits around so it may occasionly make sense :lol:


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Post by B CAMP » Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:15 am

mickp
Don't think your the only one that has that same problem I do the same every time,thankfully I have spell check or you couldn't read my post at all :lol:

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Post by williep » Sat Jan 17, 2009 3:41 pm

Sorry for your losses Bcamp, never easy losing 1 bird let alone 3 in one day. Hope you find a RHPF soon, they are one of my favorites.

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