I am buying a Rainbow Lorikeet, anyone know any websites or stores or even breeders in the toronto area. Thank you
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I don't know of any near Toronto, but there is a WONDERFUL breeder who does ship his birds from Lafayette, Louisiana. This man is not your average breeder. He doesn't sell to just anyone and he kind of quizzes everyone before letting them buy a bird. He makes sure that the person knows everything about the Lory and gives great advice. He's less expensive than most breeders but you have to do your homework for him to sell you a bird. He has very healthy birds and a great reputation. His name is Damian Shaheen and his email is cajunbait2000@yahoo.com and he will send you his phone number (or I can send it to you, I just don't want to post it) and help you find the right Lory for you.
Australia. I have them wild in my backyard. You put feed out and they just come, along with the Sulphur crested cockatoos, the King parrots, the Crimson Rosellas, just to name a few. A character trait with Rainbows is that they tend to boss the other ones around. As a pet they are demanding, they learn whistles, they talk and they often dance or bob. They love companionship and get stroppy if you don't pay them attention and they take it out on you by biting. So do your homework on this breed before getting one. Good luck.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Anyone here have a mynah?
If so where do you get them and how much?
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well i used to see tons of them in middle east, india and pakistan, but not in north america. I havent seen one here in a pet shop either. Btw, they can mimic human speech as well huh? cool.
I don't have one, but google mynah birds and you will get lots of information and probably some breeder links.
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well i used to see tons of them in middle east, india and pakistan, but not in north america. I havent seen one here in a pet shop either. Btw, they can mimic human speech as well huh? cool.
I don't have one, but google mynah birds and you will get lots of information and probably some breeder links.
Anyone have any homemade parakeet toy ideas?
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It depends on what kind of toys you are looking for.
It could be as simple as one or two jingle bells hanging from a rope or chain , or as complicated as a play gym made from branches or dowels to allow the bird to exercise.
You can even make simple treat toys by taking chipped fruits and veggies Fresh or dried) or other favorite small treats. Roll them up inside a plain unscented paper napkin, and twist the ends closed. Your 'keet will have a ball shredding the paper, and then will find the treats inside!
Sycamore branches are safe for birds, and are very eloquently twisted and shaped. I like to find these strangely shaped branched, and put then in the birds cages to give then new and unusual perches and play areas ! Free too !! Just wedge then securely into the cage. You should be able to find branches with several smaller branches going in different directions. With a little effort you can wedge these branches securely into the bars on the different sides of your cage.
Just make sure any wood you use is safe, and that metals contain no zinc or lead.( Poison to birdies !!)
Good luck !!
parakeets usually love anything that they can climb on or play with. they like bells, or ladders, or anything to keep them busy
How about a curved branch with bells and mirrors attached, attached to a solid stand?
My parakeets loved just plain clothes pins. They would leave their toys alone to play with them.
if u want to give them fun put on some music or read to them out loud .it is better than a toy.
I made a entire play gym for my Budgie and quaker, it has things to climb on, not just a ladder, it has toys hanging off of it, it's got big beads tied to it, all which are colorful ( they love color) i bought rings for baby toys( like what baby keys are attached too) and made him another perch inside his cage with it, plus hung one of the bead/ wooden ball bead toys i made to the inside of his cage
a few of the toys hanging down have bells on them its even got a homemade sleep hut on the play gym
if you'd like to see pictures of this( and it cost me under 30 dollars to make the entire thing and its pretty big) Send me a message with your yahoo email address and i can email you pics straight through yahoo
my birds love it, I even have my Quakers bath dish on it and that's where he takes his bath
Here are some supplies to collect or buy:
toilet paper rolls
suede string(walmart)
bottle caps-colorful ones(take out the thin blue plastic thing inside first if needed)
colored plastic pony beads(walmart)
thin string(colored)
clean shoe laces
plastic straws(can be cut into small bead type sizes for stringing)
strings- braid and knot them-with or without beads
string and bead on the tp rolls
in order to make holes in bottle caps to string them, poke thru center with pushpin, then small pair of scissors(closed tipped) and twist until it is the size desired.
Have fun-WARNING: do not use key rings to connect
If you need to know the type of connections to buy to hang up toys with, take a look at a local pet store for ideas(then purchase them elsewhere for a cheaper price)
You can also add fruitwood branch(packages from pet store that come in large or small and with holes in the center for stringing)
Anyone ever had this problem?
Ok, here goes nothin' a friend of mine owns two pigeons a male parlor roller and a female parlor/homing pigeon mix.
The birds mates back in June but one thing though, I called my friend on Monday and she told me the baby didn't live cause her head was deformed. The bird was a back cross: 50 % homing pigeon 75% parlor roller
she does plan to breed them again, I've been told by another pigeon breder on this site that it probably won't happen again but I'm not sure.
I have read about several pigeon mixes that have grown in to adults and have held up ok.
Anyone ever had this problem before?
(no jokes please)
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I've had pigeons inbreed more than this and they were always fine...
But why take the chance even? Get rid of one of them, and buy some more pigeons, enough to keep the gene pool from getting messed up...
Pigeons are practically free at poultry/animal swaps. Check in your local paper for times.
OK how many times will i answer your post? You will not know if this is a genetic flaw until it appears again. If it does, then you know there is a genetic gene that is throwing it off. But until then, you won't know.
If indeed your friend breeds again and the deformity comes out, then you know it's a genetic deformity and she should not breed them again.
Case resolved, so stop asking this question again and again, OK?
Yea would'nt you know it , the female always get's replaced
i find as if there is genetic problem in your case brother! plz try getting another male pegeon from somwhere els to avoid birds of the same family mating.and i asure you of very healthy birds!
The birds mates back in June but one thing though, I called my friend on Monday and she told me the baby didn't live cause her head was deformed. The bird was a back cross: 50 % homing pigeon 75% parlor roller
she does plan to breed them again, I've been told by another pigeon breder on this site that it probably won't happen again but I'm not sure.
I have read about several pigeon mixes that have grown in to adults and have held up ok.
Anyone ever had this problem before?
(no jokes please)
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I've had pigeons inbreed more than this and they were always fine...
But why take the chance even? Get rid of one of them, and buy some more pigeons, enough to keep the gene pool from getting messed up...
Pigeons are practically free at poultry/animal swaps. Check in your local paper for times.
OK how many times will i answer your post? You will not know if this is a genetic flaw until it appears again. If it does, then you know there is a genetic gene that is throwing it off. But until then, you won't know.
If indeed your friend breeds again and the deformity comes out, then you know it's a genetic deformity and she should not breed them again.
Case resolved, so stop asking this question again and again, OK?
Yea would'nt you know it , the female always get's replaced
i find as if there is genetic problem in your case brother! plz try getting another male pegeon from somwhere els to avoid birds of the same family mating.and i asure you of very healthy birds!
Anyone ever done this, looking for a decent answer?
Just curious, for those who have hand raised pigeons or any other bird for a pet, would it be easier to raise a pigeon around the fall instead of in the summer due to the heat?
I only ask this cause my friend's pigeons mated about a month ago and their current set of chicks are 2 weeks old.
I'm hoping they'll have a second set by the time I vist my friend in LA(that'll be in September).
I did find out from another pigeon owner online that pigeons will start a second nest once the chicks from the first set are two weeks old. From what I've seen my friend's birds breed year-round if left together, though since she sold a majority of her flock there's only 2 left.
(no jokes or wisecracks, thank you)
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Summer, Winter, Spring or Fall, the birds don't care what time of year it is. Heat does affect birds, but not terribly. They spread their wings out to let the air circulate and carry the heat away from their bodies, and open their mouths when they are hot. Some enjoy bathing regularly. Some love to be sprayed with water. Birds are very susceptible to drafts, so you have to keep them out of drafts. Pigeons are very intelligent and hardy.
Enjoy and take care.
It doesn't matter when you raise the bird. I'm sure there will be a baby for you when you get there!
ok, just make sure that your friend doesn't sell anymore to anyone. As long as 1 is male and the other one is female, then your friend should have a baby pigeon by September. As long as the pigeons are kept in the right conditions (heat related), then they should breed really well, make sure the pair are in the house near the end of August. and in a big enough cage for them to be comfy. hope i helped.
My Cockatiels have raised more than one brood in a year.
That being said, most ornamental birds ( meaning birds other than domestic chickens and other farm fowl ) have a definite time period for mating. Cockatiels mate in the spring. If their first brood is reared sufficiently, they may produce a second brood. But don't expect them to breed and produce offspring all year long.
I have no experience with pigeons, and they sort of fall between the definition of domestic fowl and ornamental birds. After all , they are raised by many people, but they are still wild birds. However, I am not aware that pigeons produce offspring in the winter. therefore it seems logical to think that they have a limited breeding season.
If anyone knows differently for a fact, please enlighten me.
I only ask this cause my friend's pigeons mated about a month ago and their current set of chicks are 2 weeks old.
I'm hoping they'll have a second set by the time I vist my friend in LA(that'll be in September).
I did find out from another pigeon owner online that pigeons will start a second nest once the chicks from the first set are two weeks old. From what I've seen my friend's birds breed year-round if left together, though since she sold a majority of her flock there's only 2 left.
(no jokes or wisecracks, thank you)
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Summer, Winter, Spring or Fall, the birds don't care what time of year it is. Heat does affect birds, but not terribly. They spread their wings out to let the air circulate and carry the heat away from their bodies, and open their mouths when they are hot. Some enjoy bathing regularly. Some love to be sprayed with water. Birds are very susceptible to drafts, so you have to keep them out of drafts. Pigeons are very intelligent and hardy.
Enjoy and take care.
It doesn't matter when you raise the bird. I'm sure there will be a baby for you when you get there!
ok, just make sure that your friend doesn't sell anymore to anyone. As long as 1 is male and the other one is female, then your friend should have a baby pigeon by September. As long as the pigeons are kept in the right conditions (heat related), then they should breed really well, make sure the pair are in the house near the end of August. and in a big enough cage for them to be comfy. hope i helped.
My Cockatiels have raised more than one brood in a year.
That being said, most ornamental birds ( meaning birds other than domestic chickens and other farm fowl ) have a definite time period for mating. Cockatiels mate in the spring. If their first brood is reared sufficiently, they may produce a second brood. But don't expect them to breed and produce offspring all year long.
I have no experience with pigeons, and they sort of fall between the definition of domestic fowl and ornamental birds. After all , they are raised by many people, but they are still wild birds. However, I am not aware that pigeons produce offspring in the winter. therefore it seems logical to think that they have a limited breeding season.
If anyone knows differently for a fact, please enlighten me.
Anybody have chickens?
my neighbor has 15 hen chickens that i take care of on a regular basis, they recently started layind a few eggs, but they are laying them on the ground in their chicken coop and not in the boxes that were made for them to lay, is their anything that we can do to coax the chickens to lay in their boxes?
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oh for petes sake.. First of all you have to make sure your egg boxes are cozy. Are they big enough? Are they well ventalated? Is there straw in the boxes? If this is their first year you can train them by taking one egg to each nest and leaving it there. (mark it with a crayon so you dont pick up the bad egg on accident) Once they realize the egss are always in the box and start to lay in the box you can take the bad eggs out and dispose of them. You could also move the boxes to where they are now laying and gradually move the boxes to where you want them.
no but i want one
Chickens have their own agenda and they will do what they want to do, which is probably not what you want them to do.
They like to sit in straw sometimes, you might try that. But sometimes they like to sit in a hole they scratch into the dirt. There is no figuring a chicken.
I have 2 as pets. When mine are going to lay an egg, they like to sit head first into a corner. So if you have any corners, they seem to like that.
make it eat dirt
Believe it or not, they make glass eggs so you can put one per nest to encourage the hens to lay in them. If you can't find the heavy glass ones, go to a ceramic shop and get a ceramic one.
Do be sure there is plenty of hay or straw in the nests.
Good luck with your chickens
The one answerer was correct you have to make the nest boxes cozy. Line with straw, leaves or sawdust. If they are laying eggs on the ground pick them up and put them in the box. Once the chickens start laying in the boxes you need to collect them every day or two to keep them laying. Otherwise they will go broody and just sit on the eggs. You can also use golf balls as substitute eggs to coax the hens.
No chickens are lazy creatures and if they don't want to hop up in the box they won't ours(33) often lay on the floor under the nest box under the roost and under the feeder at times.
Yes, there is a very easy way. Get some fake chicken eggs, wooden, plastic, or glass. Plastic easter eggs will also work, or rocks that are shaped like eggs (You can also use real eggs for a few days, as long as you mark them so you dont eat them and dont let them rot in the nest). Put the eggs in the nest to lure the chickens in. Once one chicken starts laying in the nest boxes, they will all follow her example.
Well, what you can try is to put some golf balls in the boxes. That way they might think that those are eggs and might figure out that's where they're supposed to lay. But if they decide that they don't want to, there is no way to change a hen's mind!
Best of luck to you!
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oh for petes sake.. First of all you have to make sure your egg boxes are cozy. Are they big enough? Are they well ventalated? Is there straw in the boxes? If this is their first year you can train them by taking one egg to each nest and leaving it there. (mark it with a crayon so you dont pick up the bad egg on accident) Once they realize the egss are always in the box and start to lay in the box you can take the bad eggs out and dispose of them. You could also move the boxes to where they are now laying and gradually move the boxes to where you want them.
no but i want one
Chickens have their own agenda and they will do what they want to do, which is probably not what you want them to do.
They like to sit in straw sometimes, you might try that. But sometimes they like to sit in a hole they scratch into the dirt. There is no figuring a chicken.
I have 2 as pets. When mine are going to lay an egg, they like to sit head first into a corner. So if you have any corners, they seem to like that.
make it eat dirt
Believe it or not, they make glass eggs so you can put one per nest to encourage the hens to lay in them. If you can't find the heavy glass ones, go to a ceramic shop and get a ceramic one.
Do be sure there is plenty of hay or straw in the nests.
Good luck with your chickens
The one answerer was correct you have to make the nest boxes cozy. Line with straw, leaves or sawdust. If they are laying eggs on the ground pick them up and put them in the box. Once the chickens start laying in the boxes you need to collect them every day or two to keep them laying. Otherwise they will go broody and just sit on the eggs. You can also use golf balls as substitute eggs to coax the hens.
No chickens are lazy creatures and if they don't want to hop up in the box they won't ours(33) often lay on the floor under the nest box under the roost and under the feeder at times.
Yes, there is a very easy way. Get some fake chicken eggs, wooden, plastic, or glass. Plastic easter eggs will also work, or rocks that are shaped like eggs (You can also use real eggs for a few days, as long as you mark them so you dont eat them and dont let them rot in the nest). Put the eggs in the nest to lure the chickens in. Once one chicken starts laying in the nest boxes, they will all follow her example.
Well, what you can try is to put some golf balls in the boxes. That way they might think that those are eggs and might figure out that's where they're supposed to lay. But if they decide that they don't want to, there is no way to change a hen's mind!
Best of luck to you!
Any vet doctor How do i get rid of pesticides on a bird? Ring Necked Parakeet?
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Pesticides kill birds through the air they breath and through the skin and when on vegetables or fruits we fed them.
If someone put pesticides on a bird that would be animal abuse!
Call an Avianvet or any vet ASAP and save this poor living creature.
first off why would your bird have pesticides on it? you need to immediately bath the bird before it begins preening itself and dies from the pesticides. dry it off as best you can keep it in a very warm draft free place to dry its feathers
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